Re; Are they going to stop it for lupus and arthritis patients too?
If they suffer severe side effects, yes, they should.
The question that was not answered by this article is this — How many PERCENT of patients administered with HCQ suffer severe side effects?
There is NO SUCH THING as a drug that does not have side effects for ALL patients. Even aspirin has side effects for certain people.
Re; Are they going to stop it for lupus and arthritis patients too?
If they suffer severe side effects, yes, they should.
One wonders how the doc with the largest lupus practice in the US (Dr. Daniel Wallace) got so lucky. He says he’s prescribed it for 42 years with zero hospitalizations necessary due to side effects. Yet a few other docs hit these major side effects in the first few days of trying it. How odd.
Correct! You can even say if something does not have side effects, it is not a drug. It's part of the definition.
Drugs are administered BECAUSE they have at least one side effect that works against the patient’s symptoms.
Aspirin makes my heart race. Nobody should ever take aspirin again. Ever. /sarc