Thread by @drcheruvarun

To those who have recovered from covid and are eager to share their experience:

PLEASE try not to make it into a promotion for a particular drug or treatment regimen

I've seen too many tweets that read "Doctor gave me this drug and in 5 days I was fine!"
This can be dangerous..

Your individual experience may mislead others to think that it's a simple matter of "what worked for him should work for everyone" which is not how medical science works..
As doctors we determine what works via clinical trials which have to be well designed and conducted

And we determine the best treatment approach for each individual patient based on different levels of evidence:

And that Rx protocol may have to be modified further for multiple reasons, like drug interactions, potential for toxicity, side effect profile, etc.

So while I'll join in celebrating your good outcome, I'd also caution against making tall claims about which Rx "worked"

In mild covid, all that's generally required is rest, paracetamol for fever and aches and symptomatic treatment for other symptoms like cough. Any other drug that you might have taken and believe "worked" actually probably did nothing. It was just your body doing its thing!