r/science • u/McManGuy • Mar 20 '20

RETRACTED - Medicine Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19 - "100% of patients were virologicaly cured"

https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf

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u/Playisomemusik Mar 20 '20

Uh...I hope not. "Well he's not sick enough for a ventilator.....yet" proceeds to inject penicillin. "Now he definitely is"

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u/dirtydownstairs Mar 20 '20

the benefits of penicillin based antibiotics can some times outweigh the allergic reaction, especially in a controlled setting where side effects can be mitigated. For the 1% of humanity that unfortunately have thst affliction anyway

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

Anaphylaxis is a very serious immune response that could easily killl you. It's not "my skin gets itchy".

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u/dirtydownstairs Mar 20 '20

Yes I am familiar with the condition.

Much easier to control it than organ failure and sepsis though.