Wow. Brazil Study Shows *early* HCQ significantly decreases hospitalization rates

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yep, brazil and india is where i want to get my cutting edge healthcare from.

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Other countries have found the same.

Instead of money, we need to send this to everyone.

this is actually a pretty big deal if valid

closest thing we have to a real trial since this shite started and they found a statistical difference and even gave us a NNT.

There are ongoing clinical trials.

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yep, brazil and india is where i want to get my cutting edge healthcare from.

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I think it's ironic because there was a Brazil trial that everyone was referencing a couple days ago showing HCQ's "ineffectiveness and safety hazards" when the scientists were giving 1200 mg doses to patients who were effectively on their death bed.

Everyone wanted to believe that trial

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yep, brazil and india is where i want to get my cutting edge healthcare from.

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Countries like those tend to have the most experience with lethal communicable diseases due to their tropical nature, lower standard of living, and high numbers of the poor living in tight quarters.

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Hydroxychloroquine fails first meaningful RCT - PulmCrit

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Treatment was initiated late, an average of 16-17 days after disease onset:

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Libs furiously downvoting anything that might be positive

HCQ should have been given anybody and everybody the first day of symptoms at the first onset of this crap. And masks should have been mandated as soon as it became known to be in the USA. These 2 things would have held back this crap and it would be totally done much quicker than it will be now.

Of course, Democrats would have screamed because there would not be a crisis now.

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Treatment was initiated late, an average of 16-17 days after disease onset:

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Definitely a valid criticism! Still the best data we have so far.

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Adverse events were found in 30% of patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, versus 9% of the control group. Although not statistically significant, progression to severe disease occurred at a higher rate in patients receiving hydroxychloroquine.

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We know there are harms, though.

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Of course, it is possible that earlier use of hydroxychloroquine could be beneficial (e.g., perhaps at the first signs of illness on an out-patient basis). This is under investigation and additional data is likely to be forthcoming soon. Even if this does work in the outpatient clinic, it would probably have little impact on the management of these patients within the intensive care unit.

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I would love to see a double blind, placebo controlled RCT on early administration of HCQ + zinc in patients getting hospitalized. I think this actually holds promise.