#HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

Joshua Hale Fialkov

JoshFialkov

Need some reasons not to randomly force your doc to prescribe a drug because an orange moron told you to? 1) It's not been shown to work clinically, so, you're

George Colgrove III ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Midnight Rider

colgrove11

Outcomes of hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with Covid-19Report by Joseph Magagnoli, Siddharth Narendran, Felipe Pereira, Tammy Cummings, James W Hardin, S Scott Sutton, Jayakrishna Ambati...https://www.medrxiv.org/con

Amy Proal, PhD

microbeminded2

It has been a hard week for me watching what I consider to be one of the biggest health scandals of our time occur in relation to two affordable, widely

Pres. Donald Trump is Now the Fed Chairman

Diamethious

Analyze the Q drops from today. Think Flu Outbreak in Russia. Think Bolshevik Revolution. Think overthrow of government. They cannot wage an open war on US soil because most own

Medical Axioms 🇺🇸

medicalaxioms

If you think this is bad, imagine trying to explain to patients when studies show hydroxychloroquine has a tiny—but statistically significant—benefit over placebo with a NNT = 50. This is

Lu Chen

houndcl

#chloroquine https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31180-6/fulltext Maybe there is a surprise in this observational study.If we treat intubation as an independent event, there is a weak survival benefit from the CQ+

Tanvi Madan

tanvi_madan

This'll go down well....not.https://twitter.com/ani/status/1247290614972133383 It's not so much the asking for the supply, which is fair enough since it involves existing orders & calls for respecting agmts, it's the "retaliation

Philip Freidin

PhilipFreidin

I'm reading that due to someone promoting hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) as a COVID-19 cure (no proof), pharmacies are running out. https://www.propublica.org/article/lupus-patients-cant-get-crucial-medication-after-president-trump-pushes-unprove

Mathieu Molimard

MathieuMolimard

THREAD 1/15#hydroxychloroquine ne peut pharmacologiquement pas avoir d'effet antiviral #covid19 et n’a de fait pas d’effet bénéfiqueAucune étude randomisée (avec tirage au sort) ne montre de bénéficePourtant des études observ

The Voice

BoetSchouwink

1/13 "Hydroxychloroquine was approved for medical use in the US in 1955. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. In 2017, it was the 128th most

Maggie Haberman

maggieNYT

“Mr. Trump first expressed interest in hydroxychloroquine a few weeks ago, telling associates that Mr. Ellison, a billionaire and a founder of Oracle, had discussed it with him.”https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-malaria

Joy-Ann 😷Reid

JoyAnnReid

IC you thought it too cynical to ask: "Trump reportedly owns a stake in a company that produces hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he has repeatedly touted as a coronavirus treatment

Tyler Shandro

shandro

Alberta is helping take the lead on trials for potential #COVID19 medications. This AB-specific study investigates effectiveness of #Hydroxychloroquine in preventing hospitalization for people at highest risk of developing severe

Walid Gellad, MD MPH

walidgellad

Once again, here a former FDA commish say hcq has 'significant toxicity', but yet the informed consents for covid trials say they are relatively safe. Which is it?(it's the latter,

l E T 17

Inevitable_ET

Think for yourself/trust yourself Prophylaxis (preventative/therapeutic/Cure) randomized trials on people with “comorbidities” “high risk” or “if there’s another reason they think you need to be treated” they’re going to give

Luciana Borio, MD

llborio

THREAD: 1. Many are asking questions about the latest RCT on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), preprinted on @medrxivpreprint Chen A, et al. Efficacy of HCQ in patients with COVID-19: results of a