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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by raphlinus on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:41AM (#22672017)
Someone on the Twitter thread linked to this, which seems to be not exactly the same document but contains very similar text in the abstract:

http://subject.med.wanfangdata.com.cn/UpLoad/Files/202003/43...

I think it helps if you can read Chinese, though Google Translate seems to do a pretty ok job on it.

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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by HarryHirsch on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:06AM (#22672136)
No need to read Chinese, the abstract is on page 2. Conclusion: at current trial size no better than placebo. More study is needed to tease out an effect, if there is any.
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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by rurban on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:10AM (#22672426)
It does help if you read the translation.

By now everybody should know that the successful dosis is 2x500mg per day for 10 days. Not 1x 400mg per day, which is the old dosis for Malaria prevention. This dosis needs at least 2-3 weeks to be effective (saturate the cell membranes with zinc), and by then the infection is already over. And the Chinese treatment plan contained much more.

A study with zero value.

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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by newsbinator on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @04:03AM (#22672933)
What's the source of this?
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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by rurban on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @09:25AM (#22684279)
The official chinese treatment recommendation. https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/fd28s6/preprint_ar...

Amongst doctors both hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate run under broadband antiviral.

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