https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Police cars revolving light" aria-label="Emoji: Police cars revolving light">BREAKING: major safety issues seen in a study in #Brazil of #chloroquine treatment for #coronavirus. 25% of patients taking the higher dose of chloroquine recommended by #China had irregular EKGs that increase risk of a fatal heart arrhythmia. 17% DIED. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/health/chloroquine-coronavirus-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/1...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">One of the authors of the study, Dr. Marcus Lacerda, said that his study found that “the high dosage (of #chloroquine) that the Chinese were using is very TOXIC and KILLS more patients.”

Yet @realDonaldTrump–who is NOT a doctor–keeps pushing its use.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols over mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with symbols over mouth"> https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1249739693148774400?s=20">https://twitter.com/DrDenaGra...

~50% of patients were given 450 mg of #chloroquine 2x/day for 5 days, while the rest were given 600 mg for 10 days. Within 3 days, heart arrhythmias were noted in patients at the higher dose. By the 6th day, 11 patients had DIED, immediately ending the high-dose treatment arm.

Respiratory secretion at day 4 was negative for #coronavirus in only 1 of 14 evaluable patients, so there was no evidence that #chloroquine reduced viral load.

More studies needed, but there is NO current evidence that #chloroquine works, but it can increase the risk of DEATH.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Collision symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Collision symbol">

Patients were also given #azithromycin, which can cause the same EKG abnormality that increases risk for a FATAL heart arrhythmia. US hospitals are also using azithromycin to treat #coronavirus, often in combo with #hydroxychloroquine.

Pre-publication.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏼" title="Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)">
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20056424v1.full.pdf">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...