"What disturbed me the most was when I was seeing not political officials say these medications are safe but seeing on the news cardiologists and infectious disease specialists say" hydroxychloroquine"is completely safe without even mentioning this rare side effect," Ackerman said in an interview.
"They've entered the danger zone," Ackerman said."That is not just my hunch that patients are going to be reacting to this drug — but they are reacting to this drug." He added:"This particular medicine is probably the only medication I know of that has become a Republican or a Democrat medication. That's just crazy."
A patient with a significantly prolonged QTc is at increased risk for severe disturbances of the heart's electrical system that can lead to sudden cardiac death.Ackerman said there are as many as 100 FDA-approved medications that can potentially prolong the QTc interval like hydroxychloroquine, and one of them is azithromycin. This combination, which Ackerman refers to as the “corona cocktail,” could be particularly dangerous in the wrong patient.
I’d trust the Mayo Clinic. They’ve never hurt me.
And who said that this drug didn't have side effects, or risks? No one, Trump has said that the drug wasn't proven, he said that he himself had high hopes for it like many doctors. He never told anyone to take it, without consulting their doctor.
The possibilty of contraindication with another medication is nothing to be worried about. This is why you get a prescription from your doctor. She checks for that and then you make a decision based on cost-benefit.
we need to eject this pestilence from the scene.
Small number = worth it
This is news. All meds have risk, that’s why every prescription is a doctor-patient decision. When you first start a med, you’re evaluated. Vaccines have risk, ventilators and intubation have serious risks. Look up every drug, every procedure. Be proactive about your healthcare.
This article is true for ever prescription drug.
I've taken it for my Dystonia and had very bad reaction. There are other problems with that drug. It's an old outdated medication that we have to be careful with.
Oh please. More disinfo. FakeNews
This treatment is a success in Marseille. Check results. raoult_didier IHU_Marseille
Also, taking aspirin raises your chances of suffering potential lethal risks of severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Now do every other medicine available.
Heart patients have to be careful with all their medications. That's why it requires a prescription. 🤷
How about let's find out if it's effective against Covid-19 first?
It's tragi-comic that the US media spends so much time trying to undermine hydroxychloroquine's effectiveness vs. 'coronoavirus' when they had nothing to say about it's 'side effects' as a FDA approved malaria treatment for 2 decades. Yeah, no agenda here at all, right?
With all the dangerous side effects, how can someone even of pushing this dangerous medication. It might be safe for Malaria but dangerous for healing the C-19. Unless, someone is paid to push this medication. In Germany, tests has shown anti-parasites meds worked better.
Well you need to have that doctor contact Dr Daniel Wallace in CA. Maybe you should investigate before you open your mouth. Not one of his patients over 40 years have a problem with the drug. fakeyou
You Know It's Been on the Damn Market n using it For YRS.!! STOP your BS !!! Lupus Patients USE it !! GET OVER IT !! The President Knows What They are TALKING about !! STOP LYING to US !!! FAKE NEWS Media !! God is Going to Punish Liars !!
I am sure people that are dying from Covid will reject the medication. Right?
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Huge article for ‘a rare side effect’. 🤦🏼♀️ And ‘they’ wonder why we detest the media?!?
Hey you network imbeciles, I DARE you to watch ANY drug commercial that you air. The list of side effects are the majority of the commercial.
I rather die trying something to save my life than not trying and just give up! At that point what have you got to lose?! I’ll roll the dice thanks!
10:1 odds Dr Ackerman is a Democrat ...🤓
So someone is on their death bed with Covid-19, and has a good shot at survival taking hydroxychloroquine, but NBC is saying, don’t bother to take it. Gotcha
Government as much as you hate it has to take the macro view on the situation. This is a war against an invisible enemy. While the media is trying to perpetuate the micro view, where everyone counts. And I get both points of view, but that is how wars are won.
This doctor is just playing politics. He is fully aware that it is the duty of the prescribing physician to inform the patient of any potential side effects. The president has only said that they've been seeing good results... which is what the doctors are saying.
You’d say it’s a miracle drug if Obama mentioned it
Tell your followers to listen to the Mayo Clinic, President Trump. I’ve been a patient at the Mayo Clinic for decades, and they never hurt me. I’ve always got quality health care.
So kinda like the medicine commercials I see on TV, where 60% of it are the side effects ? So ......just like all meds . Wtf kind of story is this 😂
cindi_feriby Kinda like the cure being worse than the problem?
That's why is by Doctor's PRESCRIPTION ONLY!
NBC news, The CNN of the mainstream networks
Urgh! Like all medications and the side effects associated with them!!!
Very fake news
You Rothschild/Sorosian shills. Let the doctor decide what is right for the patient. Pack up your bags, leave the building and studio and go let your masters drain you for chrome and eat you. You'd be more of an asset to humanity overall that way.
FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!
EnemyOfThePeople do you ever listen to side effects of highly advertised antidepressants? How about Death as a potential side effect? Evil
Do you even watch the commercials of the drug the pharmaceutical companies push? Good God, the side effects are sometimes worse than the problem the drug is trying to cure! You don't seem to be harping on those, do ya? NO! But because Trump.... OMG, get a real job...
Inexcusable is the key word. While people who know very little about anything spend hours a day looking foolish because of their hate. They really should be removed from tv.
What's your point ,NBC is fake news
I took this stuff multiple times while deployed overseas and saw no side effects. I believe it to be safe. Will some have side effects sure but what is the other alternative at this time with some likely dying without trying it
Now do vaccines. EnemyOfThePeople
Covid-19 does too. 🗽🇺🇸
So then let the doctors prescribe it if it’s working in 90% of the people!!!
As you all condem this drug have you bithered to look at the label of the drugs you taje evwry day and read the possible side effects of that. Many many of them have death side effects in the right conditions
Every TV commercial about drugs ends with a list of possible side effects...hire someone to write the disclaimer and show it every time Trump talks about it 😅 and remember that nobody is forcing you to take it.
People are warned that talking HCQ poses serious risks. Those recovering from the virus after HCQ treatment will begin to question the communist party propaganda espoused by NBC and ultimately many traitorous journalist will suffer.
The media assuming doctors can't do their job and make correct prescriptions. Yet you want the government to take over healthcare and make their decisions in Washington. Laughable
Don’t take it than.
After reading through the replies to your moronic article, I think I have this figured out. You actually perform a public service by giving readers of your BS a target to focus all their sarcasm, hate and derision on. You suck at journalism but you do that target thing very well
Fact check, wrong!
I'll take 'Which is why it is prescribed by a doctor who monitors progress in a controlled environment' for $500.
Right. This is known.
Also blindness. But every medicine has terrible, potential side effects. Even aspirin. The question is, are the risk of side effects worth the outcomes of the medicine?
So is sex......what's your point!!!?
You should watch the commercials on NBC for expensive pharmaceuticals and listen for possible side effects. You might be surprised!
'Pretty much all the drugs I prescribe are addictive and dangerous.' Gregory House, MD Season 1, Episode 5
👎 👎 every prescription has side effects, they have never out weighed prescribing them before. So why now? Why is the news pushing hard saying, potential life saving meds are bad? When did we choose to not allow ppl to decide for themselves if they want to take said meds?
You fkn guys are pathetic 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
If your news reporters had half a brain, they would realize every medication has side effects, even over the counter medications.
Oh please just stop already. Its painfully obvious you dont want this drug to work. Your TDS is showing big time. But it DOES work according to many doctors using it.
NBC news: Corona virus is great for people with susceptible to heart conditions, but hydroxychloroquine is bad because orangeman bad. This is the sorry state of the stupid media we have.
Nope..wrong, wrong, wrong There is NO evidence anywhere that it has caused any heart problems or death from it. Top pulmonary doctors have stated after decades, not one of their patients has ever had effects affecting the heart.
JoshMankiewicz I'd heard that it suppresses the immune system, too, and is dangerous for anyone with a compromised immune system. No?
And those with sickle cell trait G6PD. Malaria meds will kill them too
Let the people who are about to die from the China Virus decide if they want to take the chance -what’s wrong with you people-DonaldJTrumpJr
Too bad none of these commenters consider the contradictions when it comes to vaccinations...
Hello it’s dangerous let’s not try it on people who it’s dying... 🤣🤣🤣🤣I bet they will say give it to me.!!!! NOW
So like any med, check with your doctor first.
Probably a Dem Doc.
You do understand that every single drug has possible side effects, right ?
Then they can't take it. No big deal.
Whatever Trump said, media would spin the other way! Funny. Every medicine has some side effects. That is why it is called Prescription Medicine! Even aspirin may cause internal bleeding! This Hydro drug is 50 yrs old, millions ppl using it. Relatively Safe!
and those on Metformin who are Type 2 Diabetics
Which is why a doctor would only prescribe it to the appropriate candidates. Duh!
So what you’re saying is we’ll be watching hydroxychloroquine class action infomercials in 3-5 years
Yeah, and the whole 'ask your doctor quote' is somehow missing from your clickbait shit stories.
There’s your answer if your looking at the palace take the drug
They say it’s still safer than being an associate of Hillary Clinton
And that differs from every other drug in the World in what way?
That’s NBC’s opinion which doesn’t mean much any longer. They have sunk right down to the gutter.
Has anyone ever read the insert of a vaccine Those side effects apply to EVERYONE not just a handful of comprimised ppl.
He said to consult your doctor. Plain and simple yet your bias leads the way for click bait.
It’s a prescription drug. A real Doctor signs off on it. Besides, have you ever read the warning labels on over the counter drugs?
While chinese-virus is likely to be safe for 90% of the population, it could pose serious and potentially lethal risks to a small number of those susceptible to heart conditions.
So it has possible side effects like every other medication. *yawn*
NBC you’re lying again. Lots of data on the drug. Side effects ar “nill”. America, ask yourself why NBC doesn’t want you to know this drug cures and prevents the virus
Fake news it is safe for almost one hundred percent of patients. And it is the z pac that has possibly some heart issues. And less the one half of one percent patients have issues with z pac. Stop lying. To the American people.
Keep pushing the negative you asshats.
They lie Hydroxychloroquine has been around for 65 and can’t find even death associated to it . So what data are they using to make this argument.? Which Mayo Clinic cardiologist made that statement.
I want the choice. That’s why you discuss it with your healthcare provider. It would be wrong to discourage that.
It will save 90% of all infected people and science need to hurry up and find a solution for the other 10%. What’s the problem? As in any other medical treatment, patient’s pre-conditions need to be accessed.
The US Presidents job is to protect the country, well refusing to take action while the virus was spreading in the US for 2 months after firing the experts who train for deadly virus out breaks. Is unforgivable 10,000 plus US deaths now.
I wonder if you are facing potential death are you worried about the minute potential it may affect your heart? Maybe however that's the reason for patient and doctor to discuss risk /reward. Every drug out there lists potential risks and contraindications as is USUAL AND NORMAL
With heart conditions and Trump has made that clear. Every medication has side effects. 🙄
Wow, just like 99% of all medications. That's why it's only available through prescription. Stop trying to spread fear.
And it looks like this:
Burn in hell communists.
One side effect I had heard was a rash. I would much rather deal with a rash over being dead. NBC = FAKENEWS
Tell that to all the adults and children who take this drug daily all over the world for Malaria,Lupus Sjogrens disease and Rheumatoid arthritis.
Diarrhea, headache, upset stomach
These media outlets are the ones who should be charged with crimes again humanity! Die or take the med hmmm
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