<story><title>Swedish hospital suspends Covid-19 treatment with chloroquine</title><url>https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/sahlgrenska-stoppar-behandling-med-malariamedicin-mot-covid-19-1.26236140</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bobowzki</author><text>Ok so I&amp;#x27;m a Swedish intensivist working i Göteborg.&lt;p&gt;We currently don&amp;#x27;t use chloroquine&amp;#x2F;hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19 because:&lt;p&gt;1. We tried it and have not noticed any obvious positive effect.
2. No serious study have been able to replicate the success of the first French (severly flawed) study.
3. Potential severe sideeffects.&lt;p&gt;Awaiting the completion of ongoing studies we are using other treatment protocols. Should chloroquine&amp;#x2F;hydroxychloroquine be shown to improve outcome we will of course use it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Swedish hospital suspends Covid-19 treatment with chloroquine</title><url>https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/sahlgrenska-stoppar-behandling-med-malariamedicin-mot-covid-19-1.26236140</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>capableweb</author><text>&amp;gt; – Det började komma rapporter om misstänkta svårare biverkningar än vi först trodde. Vi kan inte utesluta svåra biverkningar, framförallt från hjärtat, och det är ett svårdoserat läkemedel. Dessutom har vi inga starka bevis på att klorokin har effekt vid covid-19.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;There started coming reports about suspicious serious side-effects than we first thought. We can&amp;#x27;t conclude it doesn&amp;#x27;t have strong side-effects, particularly from the heart, and the drug is hard to dosage correct. Also, we don&amp;#x27;t have any strong evidence that Chloroquine has an effect with [SIC] covid-19&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Reporter asks: &amp;quot;Har ni haft fall med svåra biverkningar?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Have you had cases with strong side-effects?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Answer: &amp;quot;– Inte som jag känner till i Göteborg, men det finns rapporterat misstänkta fall från andra kliniker.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Not as far as I know in Gothenburg, but there is reports of suspicious cases from other clinics&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Alla sjukhus i Västra Götalandsregionen följer Sahlgrenskas exempel. Men de är än så länge ganska ensamma. På de stora sjukhusen i Stockholm ges fortfarande klorokin.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;All hospitals in &lt;i&gt;swedish region&lt;/i&gt; follows Sahlgrensk&amp;#x27;s example. But they are currently pretty alone. They still give patients Chloroquine in the big hospitals in Stockholm&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Let me know with a reply if you want other parts translated, bit busy but can at least provide this for now.</text></comment>