[drone]

Likewise, on 3/25 a Dr. in New Orleans [0] also reported they were stopping using it as it wasn't helping and the side-effects were problematic.

"Plaquenil which has weak ACE2 blockade doesn't appear to be a savior of any kind in our patient population. Theoretically, it may have some prophylactic properties but so far it is difficult to see the benefit to our hospitalized patients, but we are using it and the studies will tell. With Plaquenil's potential QT prolongation and liver toxic effects (both particularly problematic in covid 19 patients), I am not longer selectively prescribing this medication as I stated on a previous post."

[0] - https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3102444

[panpanna]

I encourage every one to read the doctors post, it has tons of interesting information in it. Here are some extracts:

"Basically, if you have a bilateral pneumonia with normal to low WBC, lymphopenia, normal procalcitonin, elevated CRP and ferritin- you have covid-19 and do not need a nasal swab to tell you that."

Also

"Proning vented patients significantly helps oxygenation. Even self proning the ones on nasal cannula helps. "

While

"worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die."

[ldng]

Now, that's more informative and more precise.

"We are also using Azithromycin"

Interesting. So it looks like it is the treatment they're advocating in Marseilles. And it does not work on ventilated patients (if I understood correctly).