About that hydroxychloroquine....
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Remember the 2020 paper by Didier Raoult? It's been retracted.
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Doesn’t surprise me.
Next up: Ivermectin.
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Doesn’t surprise me.
Next up: Ivermectin.
@Steve-Miller That one did a bit better. At least the study is more comprehensive and rigorous in its methodology.
Ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
In summary, ivermectin could reduce the risk of mechanical ventilation requirement and adverse events in patients with COVID-19, without increasing other risks. Despite no conclusive evidence or guidelines recommending ivermectin as a therapeutic drug for COVID-19, clinicians could use it with caution in the absence of better alternatives, and self-medication of ivermectin is not recommended for patients with COVID-19.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024036788
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I still have the bottle prescribed to me in March 2020 in the cabinet (that I didn’t take). Steve took his, and it gave him weird hallucinatory dreams and made him feel generally awful - remember, that was in the very beginning when they had no idea if it actually worked or not, and we were terrified and desperate, and felt so very alone for the month we quarantined in the house.
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@Jodi Hard to believe it's been almost five years. It was scary to be on the outside looking in at your situation. Can't imagine what it was like to be living it.
Remember the battery for the digital thermometer?? :female-doctor:
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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I have taken hydroxychloroquine for many years for its on-label purpose (mild autoimmune stuff). As far as I know, I've never had any side effects at all. It's like taking sugar pills, except my hands and feet hurt when I forget to take it. I wonder if the side effects you felt happened because you also had Covid doing its thing in your body and there was some kind of interaction.
I've also wondered whether taking hydroxychloroquine as a maintenance drug has anything to do with the fact that I've only had Covid once, and it was a very mild case. Also I don't react nearly as severely to the Covid vaccine as Quirt does. Our bodies are complicated machines.
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@Jodi Hard to believe it's been almost five years. It was scary to be on the outside looking in at your situation. Can't imagine what it was like to be living it.
Remember the battery for the digital thermometer?? :female-doctor:
