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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A small study in Brazil of chloroquine/zpak was stopped early because patients taking a higher dose developed cardiac issues. Preprint - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20056424v1

[quote]Several clinical trials for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are testing low doses for shorter periods of time in coronavirus patients. But the Health Commission of Guangdong Province in China had initially recommended those sick with the virus be treated with 500 milligrams of chloroquine twice daily for 10 days.

One of the authors of the Brazilian study, Dr. Marcus Lacerda, said in an email on Sunday that his study found that “the high dosage that the Chinese were using is very toxic and kills more patients.”

“That is the reason this arm of the study was halted early,” he said, adding that the manuscript was being reviewed by the journal Lancet Global Health.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/health/chloroquine-coronavirus-trump.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur[/quote]

The study you linked to did not look at HCQ plus azithromycin.  It looked at use of two different daily dosages of HCQ--1200 mg v. 450 mg a day.

The dosage that doctors in the US are using is 400 mg. a day.  It is not at all surprising that the study found 3 times the usual recommended dose is resulting in more instances of Long QT.

In other words, all this study shows is that doctors shouldn't supercharge dosages.[/quote]

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