Re:Bayer donates 3M chloroquine phosphate tablets for potent...
by snowwrestler on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:19PM
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I would give it a shot too if I was sick, but that is a far cry from calling it a miracle.
It shows promise and should be pursued—and it is. Let’s not oversell it though.
> there's lots of drugs like tylenol that we know to be horribly unsafe and yet they remain OTC anyway
Interestingly, one of the other therapeutic leads that doctors are following up on is whether Tylenol is safer than ibuprofen for Covid patients. It got reported that it was, but it’s not yet clear how true that is.
It shows promise and should be pursued—and it is. Let’s not oversell it though.
> there's lots of drugs like tylenol that we know to be horribly unsafe and yet they remain OTC anyway
Interestingly, one of the other therapeutic leads that doctors are following up on is whether Tylenol is safer than ibuprofen for Covid patients. It got reported that it was, but it’s not yet clear how true that is.