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Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

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Post by qes »

chvid wrote: post #22

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! Wrote president Trump a few hours ago on twitter. I really hope th…

> The FDA has moved mountains... be put in use IMMEDIATELY

The FDA didn't really have to do anything. Doctors could prescribe it for off-label use already.

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#32

Post by qes »

narrator wrote: post #17
OnlineCourage wrote: post #6

It's going to end up killing people. Chloroquine is nasty stuff and irresponsible to be hawking...pharmaceuticals can cause as much damage as they can prevent! There is no clinical basis and Trump continues to hawk it ultimately because he is so vested in hotels and hospitality and is more focused on financial damage control of his own investments than the health and safety of the American people.

I really don't get where this comes from. It's a generic drug that's been used for 70 years all over the world in tens of thousands of patients to treat malaria. It's already standard of care in China and South Korea where the recovery rates are high and the death rate is low. I think your extreme Donald Trump hatred is clouding your judgement.

> I really don't get where this comes from

It's hepatoxic and stays in your system for months. I believe side effects can include permanent blindness and psychosis.

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#33

Post by qes »

narrator wrote: post #29
JPLeRouzic wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not a doctor, but there is a book named "Self-determined Dying: Manual for a rational Suicide by Chloroquine". There is also a retinopathy named after Chloroquine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine_retinopathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8674334 You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage. The retinopathy happens after several years of taking the drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The course of treatment is six days for coronavirus.

> You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage.

Now tell us what the half life of chloroquine is compared to acetaminophen..

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#34

Post by chvid »

qes wrote: post #31
chvid wrote: post #22

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! Wrote president Trump a few hours ago on twitter. I really hope th…

> The FDA has moved mountains... be put in use IMMEDIATELY The FDA didn't really have to do anything. Doctors could prescribe it for off-label use already.

The president really shouldn’t write this stuff in his twitter though:

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3076240/coron...

Coronavirus: Nigeria reports chloroquine poisonings after Donald Trump touts antimalarial drug as treatment

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#35

Post by dougmwne »

mobilejdral wrote: post #23
dougmwne wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yikes Arkansas. That is not good news at all since it is one of the poorest states in the country. Since you've been watching this search trend, do you have any insights you could summarize?

Just because a state has one reported case from one person flying in doesn't mean it was showing up in the community. Florida was showing up early on even before it was being talked about, let alone the weird anti-talking about it they seem to be doing. I would not want to be living there now. Overall it has been playing out like you would imagine. Hot spots with big airports seem to light up first. Then the surround…

This corroborates your observation about Florida: https://healthweather.us/

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#36

Post by m0zg »

chvid wrote: post #22

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! Wrote president Trump a few hours ago on twitter. I really hope th…

I propose those who say this doesn't work and "2 grams will kill you" simply tell their doctors to not prescribe the drug, and let the dice fall as they may. You don't have to take it. This will put the current controversy to bed pretty quickly if death rate with is lower than death rate without, which we'll see in as little as 2 weeks. If everyone takes it it'll be much harder to see if it's effective.

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#37

Post by DuskStar »

qes wrote: post #33
narrator wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8674334 You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage. The retinopathy happens after several years of taking the drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The course of treatment is six days for coronavirus.

> You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage. Now tell us what the half life of chloroquine is compared to acetaminophen..

Evidently short enough that people can take it for years.

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#38

Post by quickthrowman »

X6S1x6Okd1st wrote: post #12
lalaland1125 wrote: post #5

This is actually causing a severe shortage at many pharmacies and hospitals. People are rushing out and hoarding this drug, preventing us from having adequate supplies for treating the serious cases.

Do you have a citation?

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/flor5z/please_sto...

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#39

Post by zwily »

narrator wrote: post #29
JPLeRouzic wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not a doctor, but there is a book named "Self-determined Dying: Manual for a rational Suicide by Chloroquine". There is also a retinopathy named after Chloroquine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine_retinopathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8674334 You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage. The retinopathy happens after several years of taking the drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The course of treatment is six days for coronavirus.

I’ve been hopeful for CQ/HCQ since the French small study came out about 10 days ago... but i wish Trump hadn’t tweeted about it. Now we are being inundated with “CQ can kill you!” headlines, and people are trying to hoard it, harming the people already relying on it.

If you read the list of side effects for basically any drug on WebMD, you’d never take any medication again.

We just need to be patient and let the doctors/scientists do their work. Doesn’t mean we can’t be hopeful though.

Re: Chloroquine on Google Trends

#40

Post by busymom0 »

zwily wrote: post #39
narrator wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8674334 You can overdose on it if you take more than 1.7 grams. The recommended dose is 400mg. For reference, you can overdose on tylenol and die if you take 4 times the recommended dosage. The retinopathy happens after several years of taking the drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The course of treatment is six days for coronavirus.

I’ve been hopeful for CQ/HCQ since the French small study came out about 10 days ago... but i wish Trump hadn’t tweeted about it. Now we are being inundated with “CQ can kill you!” headlines, and people are trying to hoard it, harming the people already relying on it. If you read the list of side effects for basically any drug on WebMD, you’d never take any medication again. We just need to be patient and let the doc…

I watched that press conference. He was trying to give hope to people and was optimistic. He even said he views things in the glass half full positive way. Even Dr Fauci said that they don't disagree - he just wants to see more studies because he's a scientist. It's the media's fault for trying to sensationalize it. I have pretty much stopped reading the media. They have cried wolf too many times now.
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