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Not in the inpatient setting. We usually go with higher dose solu-medrol IV instead of oral prednisone. In the outpatient setting for conditions like COPD exacerbation or asthma exacerbation, it is standard practice to give a steroid taper of prednisone orally. Also of note, there is very...

Since the FDA still hasn't officially cleared P&Z for use against COVID-19, we are only administering this combo inpatient for those that are moderate to severe risk and in PCU or ICU that way we can more closely monitor their clinical progression. Plaquenil has a lot of side effects in those...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Plaquenil has proven helpful, but it is far from a "cure." Have young people on vents still dying regardless of being on Plaquenil and Azithromycin. We have even started hitting them with biologics like Tocilizumab in order to suppress Cytokine storm and...