Got some interesting info from my doctor. Thought it was worth sharing.
This is on the supposed drug treatment some have suggested could help.
This is on the supposed drug treatment some have suggested could help.
Quote:
1) Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: There is consensus among the physicians at Caras
Health, Stanford Concierge Medicine, Stanford Primary Care, and the Infectious Disease
Department at Stanford that hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin cannot be currently
recommended alone or in combination for outpatients for COVID-19. The French study which
brought this to the headlines was a "non-randomized open label" study- which is a weak
method to obtain information on which to base medical treatment decisions. In this study which
started with 26 patients, only 6 actually received this combination, of which only 4 had severe
infection including pneumonia.
According to the Stanford Infectious Disease Department consensus, the hydroxychloroquine
/azithromycin combination will put patients at risk of dangerous cardiac side effects. Also, there
is no reliable data on "synergy" between the two medications. There are about 40 other
potential drug treatments being studied for COVID-19 in close to 100 clinical trials. As the
results come in from these trials we will be able to draw conclusions about the most promising
treatments. At Stanford they would only consider a hydroxychloroquine/ azithromycin
treatment regimen in hospitalized patients who are not eligible for other treatments.