re: Anti Trump doctor just told me .....

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He’s the hospitalist at our local, fairly large, hospital. He’s a retired military general practitioner and worked as emergency room doc for 10-12 years after military retirement and now hospitalist

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There is a small risk of cardiomyopathy and heart rhythm disturbances with hydroxychloroquine. As medicines go, it’s a relatively safe one and people are on it for years. Just over 75% of the people who experience side effects are on it for over a month. The off label treatments using this are ~ 5 days. It’s a little surprising that someone with this background couldn’t find this information easily.

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I think part of the concern too is that Azithromycin can also can cause QT prolongation and the combination of the two does theoretically carry an increased risk of arrhythmia. So further study to ensure what the appropriate safety profile is compared to the effective dose range is warranted.