One former FDA official called the findings “another nail in the coffin” for the antimalarial drug.
surveyed 96,000 coronavirus patients across six continents and is the biggest analysis yet of the use of antimalarial drugs to treat COVID-19.
Researchers found that patients who received hydroxychloroquine saw their risk of death climb by 34%, and a 137% higher risk of developing heart arrhythmia. Those risks climbed dramatically among patients who took hydroxychloroquine alongside an antibiotic, a mixture that President Trump isfindings did not come from a controlled study, but from an analysis of medical records, however the size of the analysis offers scientists a basis to conclude that the drug can cause more harm than good if used to treat coronavirus.
To date, there has been little to no evidence that hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine are effective treatments for coronavirus, and the findings fromThe Food and Drug Administration has not approved hydroxychloroquine as a treatment against COVID-19, while the National Institute of Health against people taking it as a treatment, due to a lack of clinical data showing it is a safe and effective treatment.The analysis, by doctors from Harvard, the University of Utah, University Hospital Zurich and HCA Research Institute, looked at patients that tested positive for COVID-19 between December 20 and April 14, across nearly 700 medical facilities globally.“It’s one thing not to have benefit, but this shows distinct harm...
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