Ok let me give you a Pharmacist’s information and take on Hydroxychloroquine and not make this biased or political in any way. Just the facts. Hydroxychloroquine will not kill you just from taking it. If you had a kidney disorder that could be a problem. If you are
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..taking a drug that it would interact with could cause QT prolongation. But taking it by itself at a dosage of 200-400mg daily is no where near a lethal dose. Now side effects could be something to be concerned of, but again they are uncommon. ...
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...one of the worse side effects being Retinopathy. Which in studies happened in 4% of the attendants. But even then it is reversible in the early stages. But if advanced it could be irreversible. To the question of if I think it works against covid. I do not know...
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...it’s too early to say for certain that it does Or doesn’t. There are very few small trials. I hope in the future we can see further research. But if one is healthy and being monitored I do not see a problem with them taking the drug prophylactically. I’m not saying it ...
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...prevents the disease BUT from what I have heard from frontline doctors and nurses that are taking it, the medicine is already at a steady state in your system so in that way one could say it is preventative.
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