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Long Island Doc prescribes doxycycline with hydroxychloroquine for heart patients....
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:29 pm
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Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:32 pm to Tcalman
I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:38 pm to Tcalman
quote:
Alam said that 38 of 47 patients treated returned to their baseline and their symptoms resolved. Seven of the patients were transferred to a hospital and two died
4% mortality rate. Taking hydroxychloroquine increases your risk of mortality.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:40 pm to Adam Banks
I read that to mean 2/47 of his patients taking doxy/hcq..which he said he was only doing in elderly patients
4% mortality rate in elderly patients compared to some 10-20% is a pretty big deal
4% mortality rate in elderly patients compared to some 10-20% is a pretty big deal
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:42 pm to Tcalman
Most people are assuming the reason azithromycin is being used as an adjunctive therapy is to prevent secondary bacterial infections.
But if azithromycin has efficacy, why are people assuming it is for bacterial infections? It has been overprescribed and its antibacterial efficacy is low due to bacterial resistance. I wonder if azithromycin’s role in coronavirus therapy involves azithromycin’s anti viral properties. Yes it is an antibiotic, but it has well documented anti viral properties.
If azithromycin’s efficacy comes from its anti viral properties, an antibiotic like doxycycline would have no role in covid treatment.
But if azithromycin has efficacy, why are people assuming it is for bacterial infections? It has been overprescribed and its antibacterial efficacy is low due to bacterial resistance. I wonder if azithromycin’s role in coronavirus therapy involves azithromycin’s anti viral properties. Yes it is an antibiotic, but it has well documented anti viral properties.
If azithromycin’s efficacy comes from its anti viral properties, an antibiotic like doxycycline would have no role in covid treatment.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 3:43 pm to TulaneLSU
doxy has some antiinflammatory properties like azithromycin- that's a proposed mechanism.
the reduction of secondary infections just seems lagniappe to me
the reduction of secondary infections just seems lagniappe to me
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