Dr. William Haseltine, a biologist and former Harvard Medical School professor, warned Americans against using much-hyped malarial drugs to fight the coronavirus on Fox News, Monday, describing it as a “quack cure” which could have fatal side effects. On Dana Perino’s The Daily Briefing, Haseltine said, “It’s sad to me that people are promoting that drug. We know already from studies at best it will have a very mild effect. At very best.” Haseltine explained that one study “concludes it has no effect,” and another “concludes it has a mild effect,” before claiming, “The net result is that whatever effect it has it will be very mild. That drug has been used for years against many other viruses to no effect.” “The thing that makes me sad about that story is some people may take it who are on other medications or have other underlying conditions and may have very serious, even life threatening consequences,” he warned. “It is not something to take unless a doctor prescribes it.” The malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has been touted, notably, by President Donald Trump in recent days. Perino — who has not herself promoted the drug — pointed out that “there are stories of people saying that they’ve had this Lazarus effect by using this drug,” Haseltine replied, “That is nonsense. Complete and utter nonsense. And in any situation there are always going to be people who promote one kind of quack cure or another and there are Lazarus effects. In every epidemic I’ve ever looked at it’s always the case.” “Let me just repeat: we know that at very best this drug will have a very mild effect on changing the course of the disease if it has any effect at all. That is what the data has shown so far and I’m convinced that that is what other studies will show,” Haseltine declared. “And it’s not without adverse consequence. It is irresponsible to promote this drug at this time… People don’t want to hear that, but it’s unfortunately the case. I wish we had more hope.” https://www.mediaite.com/tv/noted-b...nst-coronavirus-quack-cure-drugs-on-fox-news/
But for TTCR, the body temperature recovery time and the cough remission time were significantly shortened in the HCQ treatment group. Besides, a larger proportion of patients with improved pneumonia in the HCQ treatment group (80.6%, 25 of 32) compared with the control group (54.8%, 17 of 32). Notably, all 4 patients progressed to severe illness that occurred in the control group. However, there were 2 patients with mild adverse reactions in the HCQ treatment group. Significance: Among patients with COVID-19, the use of HCQ could significantly shorten TTCR and promote the absorption of pneumonia. "Despite our small number of cases, the potential of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 has been partially confirmed," Zhang and colleagues concluded.
All this for mild illness, let me know when it actually works on something more than mild which is what people are dying from.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...cessfully-treated-HIV-malaria-medication.html Has Australia found a coronavirus cure? Patients in secret trials are successfully treated with HIV and malaria medication - and now it will be rolled out nationwide Australian patients treated with two existing drugs recovered from coronavirus Drugs will now be rolled out to 50 hospitals around Australia in a clinical trial In addition to treatments about 35 companies are working on possible vaccine The test was so successful that the same drugs will now be given to COVID-19 patients in 50 hospitals around Australia. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research Director Professor David Paterson - who is also Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - was part of the team that made the discovery. 'These medications have the potential to be a real cure for all, unlike the random anecdotal experiences of some people,' Professor Paterson said.