The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Covid-19

Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by viggity on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:05PM (#24366813)

millions of people take HCQ on a daily basis for their lupus. Ask any rheumatologist, the danger of Torsades de Points is only a concern for HCQ if the patient already has a serious heart condition, or if the patient has been taking HCQ for years.

Millions more take HCQ as a malaria treatment. It is generally recognized as safe, if you do not have a heart condition (and even then a short course is unlikely to yield adverse outcomes).

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by outworlder on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:10PM (#24366893)

> It is generally recognized as safe

There are no safe drugs for a patient admitted to intensive care. We should not start administering anything in large scale just because most healthy people can tolerate it well.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by Filligree on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:05PM (#24368264)

> Millions more take HCQ as a malaria treatment. It is generally recognized as safe, if you do not have a heart condition (and even then a short course is unlikely to yield adverse outcomes).

COVID-19 can infect the heart and damage it. As safe as HCQ might be on its own, here it's adding extra load to a system that's already under stress.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by aden1ne on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:21PM (#24367018)

Covid has severe effects on the cardiovascular system, with myocardial injury being a frequent occurrence of those covid patients admitted to hospital.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by deelowe on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:21PM (#24367027)

The dosages are different (much higher) for Covid-19.

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