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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE??????
TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS STUDY IN HIS PRESS BS'ER YESTERDAY....SAID HE HADN'T SEEN IT. BULL. SHIT.
(CNN)Coronavirus patients taking hydroxychloroquine, a treatment touted by President Trump, were no less likely to need mechanical ventilation and had higher deaths rates compared to those who did not take the drug, according to a study of hundreds of patients at US Veterans Health Administration medical centers.
The study, which reviewed veterans' medical charts, was posted Tuesday on medrxiv.org, a pre-print server, meaning it was not peer reviewed or published in a medical journal. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia.
In the study of 368 patients, 97 patients who took hydroxychloroquine had a 27.8% death rate. The 158 patients who did not take the drug had an 11.4% death rate.
"An association of increased overall mortality was identified in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone. These findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies before widespread adoption of these drugs," wrote the authors, who work at the Columbia VA Health Care System in South Carolina, the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia.
The study, which reviewed veterans' medical charts, was posted Tuesday on medrxiv.org, a pre-print server, meaning it was not peer reviewed or published in a medical journal. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia.
In the study of 368 patients, 97 patients who took hydroxychloroquine had a 27.8% death rate. The 158 patients who did not take the drug had an 11.4% death rate.
"An association of increased overall mortality was identified in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone. These findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies before widespread adoption of these drugs," wrote the authors, who work at the Columbia VA Health Care System in South Carolina, the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/health/hydroxychloroquine-veterans-study/index.html
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Study finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 (Original Post)
spanone
Apr 2020
OP
Then they won't have to lie about the stats as much as they are right now.
CaptYossarian
Apr 2020
#6
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. That's gonna sting Trump's Pharma stock portfolio.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)2. At some point, he'll start recommending Cyanide capsules.
And the FOX crowd will gulp them down.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)4. Studies will show that not a single person who takes cyanide
Died of Covid-19
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)6. Then they won't have to lie about the stats as much as they are right now.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)3. I only believe anecdotal evidence when it says what
I want to hear.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)5. What have you got to lose?
What have you got to lose?