Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Pi8bv4AhqMk   Hydroxychloroquine definitely helps eradicate severe novel coronavirus infections.  This is the conclusion of a randomized Wuhan University study looking at 62 hospitalized CoVid19 patients that was just pre-published online.   Those in the experimental group received hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day in additional to conventional medical and respiratory therapy.  Those receiving the med were 47% more likely to clear their pneumonia and enjoy faster temperature normalization.  The only 4 patients who deteriorated during the study did not receive hydroxychloroquine.   Preliminary studies like this give us hope that there are weapons we can use against this virus.  The drug may help in desperate cases and further study may support more widespread use.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.22.20040758v2.full.pdf   #covid19 #coronavirus #hydroxychloroquine