r/science • u/PHealthy Grad Student|MPH|Epidemiology|Disease Dynamics • May 22 '20

RETRACTED - Epidemiology Large multi-national analysis (n=96,032) finds decreased in-hospital survival rates and increased ventricular arrhythmias when using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without macrolide treatment for COVID-19

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31180-6/fulltext
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u/[deleted] May 22 '20

On top of everything you've said, COVID causes patients to go into septic shock which on its own can lead to VTach or it leads to cytokine storm -> hypovolemic shock -> VTach. Regardless, medications I would not give right now: QT prolongators. You feeling nauseous? Zofran is off the table.