Hydroxychloroquine trial

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Hydroxychloroquine trial

Post by jimbob » Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:15 pm

KAJ wrote:
Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:44 pm
Lew Dolby wrote:
Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:04 pm
Looks like Didier Raoult, the french medic who pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure for CoViD, is about to be struck off (at last).

[French TV; can't find an eng-lang link yet]
Controversial French doctor Raoult in disciplinary hearing over notorious Covid-19 tips
About time too
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Hydroxychloroquine trial

Post by KAJ » Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:49 pm

jimbob wrote:
Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:15 pm
KAJ wrote:
Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:44 pm
Lew Dolby wrote:
Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:04 pm
Looks like Didier Raoult, the french medic who pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure for CoViD, is about to be struck off (at last).

[French TV; can't find an eng-lang link yet]
Controversial French doctor Raoult in disciplinary hearing over notorious Covid-19 tips
About time too
From that link
The disciplinary chamber, chaired by a magistrate, can decide on sanctions against the doctor ranging from a simple warning to a temporary suspension
so it looks as if he won't be "struck off". But
Raoult must leave his job at the end of June at the latest due to retirement rules.
I don't know if the retirement is only from that job or from all medical practice.

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Re: Hydroxychloroquine trial

Post by sTeamTraen » Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:18 pm

The (mostly) French outlet Mediapart reports that they have interviewed multiple people ar Raoult's hospital, who have described (a) a culture of fear, (b) precise details of how Raoult and his inner circle faked the results of the first HCQ trial, and (c) how videos of Raoult pontificating run on a loop on screens inside the hospital. Details here in two posts (use Deepl.com to translate, it's great).
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Re: Hydroxychloroquine trial

Post by Woodchopper » Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:54 am

Hydroxychloroquine was prescribed in hospitalised patients with Covid-19 despite of the low-level evidence.


Subsequently, HCQ use was associated with an 11% increase in the mortality rate in a meta-analysis of randomized trials.


The number of hydroxychloroquine related deaths in hospitalised patients is estimated at 16,990 in six countries.


These findings illustrate the hazard of drug repurposing with low-level evidence for the management of future pandemics.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 222301853X

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