The FDA warns against the drug's outside of a hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., chastised President Donald Trump on Monday for his decision to take hydroxychloroquine, saying health experts have warned about its effects and that it could be harmful to the president because he's"morbidly obese."
Pelosi's comment came after Trump said at the White House a few hours earlier that he started taking the drug after consulting with the White House physician. The FDA issued a warning last month that cautioned against the use of the medicine outside of a hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems.
In a statement late Monday, White House physician Sean P. Conley said that he had discussed the drug with Trump."After numerous discussions he and I had for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine we concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks," Conley wrote.
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