Brazilian chloroquine study halted early after 11 patients die

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/chloroquine-study-ended-in-brazil-after-patients-developed-irregular-heart-rates


A Brazilian study that saw 81 coronavirus patients given chloroquine was ended early after some of them developed irregular heart rates, according to The New York Times. Chloroquine is closely related to hydroxychloroquine, which President Trump has promoted as a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus despite little evidence of its efficacy. The Brazilian study in the city of Manaus saw half the study participants given a dose of 450 milligrams of chloroquine twice daily for five days, while the rest were prescribed a higher dose of 600 milligrams for 10 days. Within three days, researchers started noticing heart arrhythmias in patients taking the higher dose. By the sixth day of treatment, 11 patients had died, leading to an immediate end to the high-dose segment of the trial. The researchers said the study did not have enough patients in the lower-dose portion of the trial to conclude if chloroquine was effective in patients with severe disease.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Yet Pence

Wants to the continue with the 'new Tuskeegee Experiment' in Detroit Hospitals? Whitmer needs to stop that right this minute. She's gotta go full blown states rights on that asshole.

[KayF]

2. "what do you have to lose?"

Link to tweet

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3. That anwers THAT question

For everyone except Donny Dumbass.

[Botany]

4. Trump, "What do you have to lose?"