Clinical study on hydroxychloroquine with and without azithromycin

[Libertarian666]

@WiseOne:

"The proportion of patients that had negative PCR results in nasopharyngeal samples significantly differed between treated patients and controls at days 3-4-5 and 6 post-inclusion (Table 2). At day6 post-inclusion, 70% of hydroxychloroquine-treated patients were virologicaly cured comparing with 12.5% in the control group (p= 0.001). When comparing the effect of hydroxychloroquine treatment as a single drug and the effect of hydroxychloroquine and azithromyc in combination, the proportion of patients that had negative PCR results in nasopharyngeal samples was significantly different between the two groups at days 3-4-5 and 6 post-inclusion (Table 3). At day6 post-inclusion, 100% of patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin combination were virologicaly cured comparing with 57.1% in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine only, and 12.5% in the control group (p<0.001). These results are summarized in Figures 1 and 2. Drug effect was significantly higher in patients with symptoms of URTI and LRTI, as compared to asymptomatic patients with p<0.05 (data not show). "

https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/ ... I_IJAA.pdf

[Ad Orientem]

I've seen reports in multiple reliable sources indicating a cautious optimism over this drug. If this turns out to be effective the world (sans Italy and China) may be about to dodge a bullet.

[Libertarian666]

I've seen reports in multiple reliable sources indicating a cautious optimism over this drug. If this turns out to be effective the world (sans Italy and China) may be about to dodge a bullet.

Hydroxychloroquinine has been approved by the FDA for this use in record time.
I can tell you if my wife or I get sick, I'm going to badger my doctor to prescribe it along with azithromycin.
I'm sure he'd rather do that than have us show up in his office.

[WiseOne]

Yes, I got the notice about it. It's approved for clinical trials only and those are getting underway now. Cautious optimism but it would be great if this pans out.

[Cortopassi]

Not to be a Debbie downer, but what the hell are we going to create when a couple billion people are taking an antibiotic?

The anti-malarial makes sense. But adding the antibiotic to it seems to be risking something far worse in the future?

"I am NOT a doctor"

[Libertarian666]

Yes, I got the notice about it. It's approved for clinical trials only and those are getting underway now. Cautious optimism but it would be great if this pans out.

It's approved for compassionate use too.