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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by rsynnott on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:38AM (#22663016)
> chloroquine is a very well known cheap drug. There is no new risk associated to using it that doctors arent already aware of.

I mean, you could say the same of practically any older drug. It's a fairly well-understood, cheap, somewhat dangerous drug.

> we do have a lot of statistics now on the outcome of patient not treated with that drug.

Sure. We also have a lot of statistics on the outcome of patients not treated with thalidomide, and morphine, and basically any other cheap somewhat dangerous drug you care to mention.

> if there's no suscipicion this drug could cause new problems

While I don't think there are, there's the certainty that it will cause the usual old problems that this drug causes. Which you probably don't want when you also have covid-19.

We'd be better off waiting on a proper trial.

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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by TheHypnotist on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:47AM (#22663540)
We know the side effects for a healthy individual or those with malaria, but how do we know for certain this won't cause new problems in those with COVID-19?
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