Coronavirus Panel Recommends Against Use Of Hydroxychloroquine And Azithromycin : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

A panel of experts convened by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommends against doctors using a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19 patients because of potential toxicities.

“The combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin was associated with QTc prolongation in patients with COVID-19,” the panel said.

QTc prolongation increases the risk of sudden cardiac death.

via www.npr.org

I’m glad I’m not a doctor. I wanted to become a doctor, in fact a psychiatrist, because I admired the powder blue Dodge Charger that the shrink drove at the hospital where I was a groundskeeper. I told my mom about it. She said “If you’re going to go to the trouble of going to medical school, you might as well become a real doctor.” I was so crushed, I never thought of it again. But she was probably right.