I was just reading the comments on Trump's tweet about Plaquenil, and my jaw hit the floor. The amount of misinformation is unbelievable, even from supposed "doctors." I can assure you that Plaquenil is a very safe drug. It can sometimes cause damage to the eyes when taken for long periods of time. I have been on the drug for six years, taking it every day, and have never had a problem. I also have a mother and brother, with similar autoimmune problems, and they both have been on it for years, and also have had zero issues. It is utter bullshit, that people are going to die from the drug!
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That's the whole thing feels so dumb to me. Yes, of course we know it has not been tested and proven to kill the Chinese Coronavirus. Tell me something I don't know.
What we do know is these drugs are not new and have been taken by thousands (maybe millions) of people. The interactions and side effects are extremely well known. If it's showing to be effective and the patient is not at risk for any of the side effects, give them the medicine. It's so obvious. If it doesn't work then okay they still have the virus--you know the virus they already had anyway.
Yeah, the sheeple saying "but there haven't been tests yet with Corona" are just retarded. Of course, it's a new, novel virus...They aren't saying Tylenol hasn't been shown effective either, but obviously it's a known drug that can help.
Also, it's the same people that think controlled studies are the ONLY effective studies. They took one science class and pretend that anecdotal evidence is useless. When in reality anecdotal evidence is often the first step to starting larger studies. Also, when experts have acquired years of actual experience, the studies are often just a way to prove what they already can predict. And experts are predicting that these drugs can be effective.
But they rather show doubt than hope.
While it IS true that the plural of anecdote is not data, it does nonetheless jump up and down screaming "look at me"!
But how can we know if we don't do more tests!!!!????
the left is terrified of having their manufactured panic failing too soon before it bringing down trump and his economy.
so they are desperately doing smear jobs of the working treatments. Its pathetic to watch.
They're like Wile E. Coyote at this point. "He can't keep getting away with it!!! REEEEEEEEE"
Thank you for correcting the record.
Dilbert's creator today said this his friend got the beer-virus and they are using this drug today on him. It's possible that we will see death rate go down, while detected folks go up.
Its coming from the extreme leftists out there that are now upset that we might have a drug that can stop deaths from happening now
Its sickening to listen to these crazies
In defense of the doctors, and I don't 'like' doctors.... they have to be careful about endorsing stuff, they are still afraid of being sued or accused. It's like Fauci said yesterday, he doesn't see any difference in what Trump says and he says. And FYI, did you see Fauci's face as Trump said 'deep State' when asking Pompeo to the podium yesterday? Fauci was losing it, trying not to bust out laughing, because Trump mocked the deep State. Best entertainment money cannot buy. Sad but damitt you gotta take the humor where it lies these days.
Some people who self medicated chloroquine in china have died from side effects, irregular heartbeats I think. But yes, in proper doses it is safe for most people.
Remember tho, every one of us is biologically different, we all get slightly different mileage.
I would take the drug cocktail, the Hydroxychloroquine & Azithromycin combination, in a minute if I catch the chinese fru. Not necessarily just 'any' chloroquine pill tho, all drugs are not the same.
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'Some people who self medicated chloroquine in china have died from side effects' But I dont trust what anybody says about anything that comes out of China. And if they were self medicating, who knows where they got this medicine, whats in it, and what the actual dose was.
Who knows what is in any medicines.
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gutter oil. just learned about it from here. def gutter oil.
Or in obama's "wife's" case, inchage.
Now I'm confused...of the two obama's which would you say is the 'wife', Hussein or Sasquatch?
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It's my understanding that the "wife" is which ever one is the "catcher", so in this case ....Barack is the wife?
Glad to hear it.
Anytime I'm in a conversation with a lefty and they start talking about how irresponsible POTUS is being about discussing hydroxychloroquine, I ask them this: "If your mother or child were in ICU with a critical case of COVID-19, would you authorize it as a treatment?"
They tuck and run because they know that unsafe argument is more marlarkey than JoePedo.
I think they are trying to discourage people from trying to buy it from black or gray market sources. It could be a placebo, or it could be rat poison.
Where the fuck are we supposed to get this shit to just start taking recklessly? It's a fucking prescription ...
The first rule of the fish pharmacy is don't talk about the fish pharmacy!
I thought the tested dosage is 500 mg daily?
If you truly have an emergency case(s), ask a doctor. If no luck, ask a veteranarian. At least 3 major companies are making the stuff available for free, so you should be able to get some soon.
thanks for sharing pede.
Just saw Dr Drew talking on fox news tonight saying exactly this. Its very safe, and his patients who take it are advised to see an opthamologist (that's the word for eye doc right?) once per YEAR to make sure there's no side effects. He said a couple weeks of treatment are statistically harmless. But fake news gonna fake. Thanks for confirming this pede.
These people are fucking sick. But that's ok, if they want to die more than get past this crisis, so be it
My wife has been on Plaquenil going on 15 years for control of her lupus, other than having to have her eyes checked for color blindness she has had zero side effects.
Can confirm, my wife has been taking Plaquenil for years. She has had several eye exams of which all showed no damage from the drug.
Lately they have been talking up the combination of hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin. Not just one or the other. Lots of people on Imgur attacking the president.
Absolutely true. Biggest side effect is having to get an eye exam every six months. The medical reports that are available online (and being peer reviewed now ) show that no Covid 19 left after 6 days. 100% success rate. That's good news for people that test positive. The Azithromycin is for any bacterial infections that set up while your body was busy trying to fight the virus.
I'm a little confused. While Plaquenil is a new name for me, I'm well familiar with HydroChloroquine but what exactly is categorized as "misinformation"? Are you saying Trump gave out a bunch of bad information on this or the media?
I'm glad it's a safe drug but I'd like to know the context behind the "misinformation" you're talking about.
After seeing this Plaquenil post, I looked further down and saw another post about South China News saying that taking HCQ will lead to poisoning and possibly death, so I'm going to assume this is why OP posted about how Plaquenil is a safe drug.
Thanks for clearing that part up about whether it was Trump or the media/people spreading misinformation.
Just a bunch of idiots who can't distinguish between when Trump talks about it having potential to work "off label" vs Dr. Fauci being a MD having to be strict on the line of evidence based medicine since it doesn't have any controlled trials for SARs-CoV-2 although some MDs have been seeing good results using the drugs. This is considering "anecdotal." Doctors use shit off label ALL THE TIME when it's reasonable to do so. Dr. Fauci has a medical license so has to be EXTREMELY careful with his words especially on a stage for the world to see. People see Trump's optimism about the promising drugs (already approved for malaria) as dangerous since it doesn't match up exactly with what Dr Fauci is saying (again, since he's limited on how he can promote it)
Funny when doctors start caring about side effects like now when there is a crisis. Obviously though this one is safer than most.
Can confirm. I'm also a Plaquenil user. My doc prescribed it for arthritis. As with any chronic condition, you will likely be taking pills your whole life, safety over a lifetime is key. The doctor told me this med is given to pregnant women, women who are nursing, children, even babies infected with malaria with no I'll effects. Of course they should continue testing but it's already proven helpful to many people. Thank God for the right to try.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience! Good luck & stay well! <3 <3 <3
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Sticky thread. Thanks so much for sharing
Hydrochloroquine (Quinine) has been around for many decades with near zero side effects. My wife has autoimmune issues and has been taking this drug for years without any problems. It's appalling how far the media will go to preserve their manufactured Corona crisis even when thousands of lives can be saved.
Everything is bad when used too long or in too high a dose. Normal therapeutic range Chloroquine for 7 days is going to do exactly NOTHING to anyone who doesn't have rare enzyme disorders. But these same people would die from an overdose from a single over the counter acetaminophen.
My mom also has been taking it for a long time. She's had zero problems. I know it can irritate your eyes but she hasn't had that problem and most people don't.
It might be effective against a number of dsRNA viruses.
You are now considered a super human.
Can you go out and get me some TP?
The Dems need something to justify their hatred of Trump. Even if it's a lie
Yea my 'ol man's a pharmacist, and my brother's a doctor, and both of them have said how this is a very safe drug; and while there's no conclusive studies proving it's efficacy for use against the corona virus, there are such little risks that we should already be treating everybody who has it with the drug. The biggest "risk," is that... it doesn't work. Very little harm in trying it, given the current research suggesting it very well could work, in lieu of the absence of any other conclusive evidence-based effective drug. I think I'm actually going to have my brother write a prescription at this point just to have it in the medicine cabinet... just in case