[mmichaels1970]

Sounds to me like they use it only if a person is high risk, ie has several conditions, elderly, disabled etc- not that they are waiting till they are severely struggling-

I considered that as a possibility as well.

Ok so what do the other 63% of doctors find to be more effective than Hydroxy?

From the article:

Azithromycin, known by the brand name Zithromax or Z-Pak, was rated the second-most effective therapy at 32%, followed by “nothing,” analgesics (including acetaminophen), anti-HIV drugs, and cough medicine

So I'm gathering that 37% are rating HCQ, and 32% are rating Z-PAK (alone) which accounts for 69%. Then we don't get percentages for "Nothing", "aceta", "anti-hiv", and "cough medicine".

So I'm guessing "nothing" came in 3rd.

[Bob434]

I guess the wording about the % is worded weirdly- it still doesn’t account, the way the article is written, for the 63% of other doctors- only that some of perhaps the same 37% found zinc to be second best- or maybe some of the other 63% also voted finding zinc second best- that still doesn’t answer the question what they found to be more effective than Hydroxy

My mind is swimming today (Brain fog) so maybe I’m reading it wrong-

[[37% of those treating COVID-19 patients rated hydroxychloroquine as the “most effective therapy” from a list of 15 options.]]

There was a list of options- 15 of them- but only 37% of doctors voted for Hydroxy as most effective- that leaves 63% that voted for something else that they felt was more effective- if I’m reading that right-

I’ve not heard of anything more effective than Hydroxy so far- I know they are testing some drugs, much more expensive ones- but no word on whether they work better than Hydroxy so far that I’m aware of-

I was just curious what the other docs thought worked better than hydroxy- The article doesn’t say unfortunately-