Posted on 04/06/2020 10:00:14 AM PDT by bitt
As many as 4,000 seriously ill coronavirus patients in New York are being treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, state health officials say.
President Trump has touted hydroxychloroquine as a potential life-saver, although there is no widespread scientific evidence to date showing it helps battle COVID-19.
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month said health care providers in the state would be using the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax, or azithromycin, for some last-ditch cases, based on potentially promising research.
“Time is of the essence,’’ Albany University Public Health Dean David Holtgrave, who is on the state’s research team, said in a statement.
A state Health Department official said the DOH has shipped doses of hydroxychloroquine to 56 hospitals across New York, distributing enough “to treat 4,000 patients to date.”
Patients have received doses as part of four- or 10-day regimens, officials said.
The University of Albany’s School of Public Health is observing the drug’s impact on the patients, and its preliminary study could come back in weeks instead of the usual months, officials said.
There are also clinical trials being conducted to see whether the drug can help block transmission.
NYU Langone Medical School is conducting a random trial with a $9.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“Currently, there is no proven way to prevent COVID-19 after being exposed,” said Anna Bershteyn, an assistant professor with the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone and the study’s co-principal investigator.
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Wishing all the deniers could read this.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/ny-coronavirus-patients-being-treated-with-anti-malarial-drug/
grr. the Post did the original
Thanks for posting; hope they can get more into use!
I haven’t heard one report of this drug having negative effects. In that case what can it hurt to prescribe it?
would be using the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax, or azithromycin, for some last-ditch cases,
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It works best when given as soon as possible after testing positive.
Waiting until they are critical guarantees less favorable results.
How nice of the governor to allow 4000 patients a chance to survive the virus while at the same time blocking use by the family doctors in New York. Cuomo is committing crimes against humanity.
see the truth here>>>>>
Why in the world would you wait for it to need to be a last ditch effort. Thats insanity...or agenda driven.
If this really works, we should see the new york numbers go down almost immediately here:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Unless they are only giving it to people that are too far gone.
112,000 active cases and we are only treating 4,000 with the cure.
Cuomo is an dolt not allowing Doctor’s to prescribe. Only place in the US with this restriction!
Complete idiocy. Biggest mistake is not doling this stuff (with Z-Pak and/or Zinc) to everyone positive.
Last ditch cases. How about seeing if it prevents progression to critical illness?
Ssshhhh. Don’t give them any ideas. I’m surprised we haven’t started hearing about hydroxy deaths!
I suspect that's the case, so if they die, they can say, "See, it doesn't work!"
NYS has tens of thousands of active cases.
“I’m surprised we haven’t started hearing about hydroxy deaths!”
If there was even one you can bet there would be wall to wall 24/7 reporting on it That’s for sure.
perhaps there will be lawsuits.....
The problem is when they use the HCQ along with other therapies. You can’t tell which variable created the effect.
“and its preliminary study could come back in weeks”
and why will “preliminary” results take WEEKS? oh yeah, it’s part of sand-bagging President Trump and murdering people just because President Trump wants to save peoples’ lives instead of “proving” whether the drug works.
notice from the video, the STUDY hasn’t even STARTED yet because of “negotiations” with the FDA ... yep, definitely major sand-bagging ...
by the time these assholes have their “data”, the pandemic will be over and tens of thousands will have died who could have been saved ...
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