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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      This @DetNewsOpinion op-ed by @khoekstra is pure partisan hack job. It's more propaganda than anything. The evidence that hydroxychloroquine works against #COVID19 is the thinnest of gruel. 1/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/03/26/opinion-michigans-doctors-fight-coronavirus-and-governors-office/2922272001/ …

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      The study cited by @khoekstra where hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin were claimed to be able to "cure" #COVID19 had such glaring methodological flaws and downright incompetent analysis that it really showed in essence nothing. 2/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-hydroxychloroquine-and-azithromycin-an-effective-treatment-for-covid-19/ …

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      The only currently reported clinical trial of chloroquine to treat #COVID19 was a negative study. 3/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/25/chloroquine-use-for-covid-19-shows-no-benefit-in-first-small-but-limited-controlled-trial/ …

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      Granted, it was a small study; so it's possible there's an effect that will show up in the larger studies under way, but, given this result, there is no reason to forego clinical trials and give these drugs off trial now. 4/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      There are also real world consequences to the hype around these drugs. For one thing, they are not benign. The doses used in the existing clinical trials were high. Although rare, these drugs can cause fatal arrhythmias. 5/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

      For another thing, the hype has led to hoarding, making it hard for patients who actually benefit from these drugs to get them. These patients suffer if these drugs are diverted before we know if they work. 6/

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

          Given that background, it was entirely reasonable of the state to crack down on the prescribing of these drugs, particularly outside of hospitals, to prevent or treat #COVID19. 7/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

          The narrative that the state is somehow hampering the efforts of doctors in Michigan to treat #COVID19 by restricting the use of these drugs is partisan propaganda, not fact. 8/

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

          Basically, this @DetNewsOpinion op-ed by @khoekstra is nothing more than a deceptive attack on what was a reasonable order rooted in science and medicine. Quelle surprise, though, given that it's the Detroit News and Hoekstra's with @PacificLegal. 9/9

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Mar 2020

          Whoa. I've changed my opinion. I used to think that the study cited by Hoekstra was just incompetently designed, carried out, and analyzed. Now I think it was more likely scientific fraud. 9a/9https://forbetterscience.com/2020/03/26/chloroquine-genius-didier-raoult-to-save-the-world-from-covid-19/ …

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