Well, that was certainly a definitive clinical trial. SMH All of the studies
recommending the use HCQ also specify that it must be administered before infection or very shortly thereafter and be accompanied by a zinc supplement.
Lafayette General Hospital, like most hospitals, is concerned by the bottom line.
HCQ cocktail treatment is +/- $100 before or after early-on infection.
Remdesivir is +/- $3,100 per treatment
after infection and really has not shown any wonderful results. What would LGH opt for? You tell me.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...-at-more-than-3-100-for-a-course-of-treatment
I was in LGH for 7 days back in 2007 for a knee replacement. The total bill was $32,000+. I had to eat over $8,000+ to settle because the cost was over my insurance acceptable limit. The padded charges were ridiculous.
My gastroenterologist set me up for an MRI through LGH which was going to cost $1,300+. I went to an outside facility and it cost $550 and they had state of the art equipment.
LGH's credibility is zero to me.
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I found another scientific study promoting the HCQ + zinc + varied antibiotics treatment (HCQ Cocktail) as prophylaxis for COVID. It claims to be only the second peer-reviewed HCQ study and claims to only be an effective prophylaxis (preventative) treatment before infection or treatment very shortly after infection (4-5 days) to get positive results. Here are some excerpts from the study:
This study references the study by Harvey A. Risch I
posted earlier in this thread as well as another. The other has an anecdotal letter from a well-credentialed MD from California pleading with Congress to support his work.
The full study in PDF format is attached. It is quite long but the critical parts are in the first 50 pages and about the last 20. It contains the Risch article (the other peer-reviewed study) as well as some other anecdotal discussion.
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I also ran across another study (not peer-reviewed) about how India tackled COVID early on.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...lum_a_success_model_for_treating_covid19.html
Some excerpts:
The population density of the Dharavi slum is 6.8 times that of NYC and India handled it better.
India concentrated on the Dharavi slum early on as it was the highest risk area due to the high population density and they feared a high number of deaths.
One of their principal protocols was HCQ and zinc.
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The LA Times documented India's success in the Dharavi slum in
this article. It is a good summary of what India accomplished, but they conveniently left out the critical part that the HCQ cocktail played in that success. Bias? Possibly.
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My summary (sorry for being so long-winded): HCQ plus zinc has been summarily dismissed by most. Why? As I have shown above, there are particular circumstances that the HCQ Cocktail can be effective especially as prophylaxis or an early onset benefit. Are these studies foolproof? I don't know. All I know is that as a high-risk subject, COVID scares the sheet out of me and I am at least willing to study concepts outside of the status quo. The status quo has not had very good results.
Just my 2 cents. Bombs away.
EDIT: One last thing. Seven states have decided that physicians
cannot prescribe the HCQ Cocktail for treatment for COVID. They are:
New York
Nevada
Ohio (governor has requested that it be reversed)
Idaho
Kentucky
North Carolina
Texas
Three states have
recommended physicians not prescribe the HCQ Cocktail for treatment of COVID. They are:
Louisiana
Kansas
Missouri
I don't know about you, but I do not want politicians (damn their souls) to insert their pompous arses between me and my personal physician. Do you?