Trump is risking sparking a run on malaria drugs that ends up endangering people who desperately need them.
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Wondering about that. Is that confirmed. FWIW I had malaria a long time ago and cloroquine fixed it.
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Friends who use chloroquine to treat lupus have already started to get in touch with my staff to report that they can no longer get their prescriptions.
Trump is jeopardizing the lives of people using a proven treatment. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
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There are interesting case studies where this treatment was successful. But it hasn’t been successful in all cases, and the mechanism for which it may work is not well understood. And with all drugs, there are side effects and overdosing concerns.
American’s Doctor (Fauci) said there are only “anecdotal evidence” to suggest that it works. It could be those patients were starting to get better anyway. I’m sure they are doing rigorous study on that drug so if it works, YOU👈 will know.
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The disease is now resistance to that treatment, so it is no longer effective.
It is really dangerous senator. The evidence so far is minimal and retrospective and chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine are both toxic drugs and adding azithromycin only increases some of the toxicity like prolonged QT interval in the heart.
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I think it is more commonly used here for severe autoimmune disorders. People can’t fill prescriptions in many places already.
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Also senator, there are much better drugs to treat malaria than chloroquine, which has associated toxicities.
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