Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective in preventing COVID-19- Study
The malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, was ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to coronavirus, a clinical trial released on Wednesday has reportedly shown.The study is the first large controlled clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine conducted after the malaria drug was promoted byIn March, Mr Trump repeatedly promoted the drug saying he had recently taken it himself.
Hydroxychloroquine has anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties and inhibited the virus in laboratory experiments. Ever since Mr Trump’s pronouncement, there have been a lot of debates raised on if the widely available malaria drug would be effective in the fight against the COVID-19. In the study, the patients were picked at random to receive either an experimental treatment or a placebo considered the most reliable way to measure the safety and effectiveness of a drug.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned in late April against the use of hydroxychloroquine in patients with heart disease due to an increased risk of dangerous cardiac rhythm problems. Meanwhile, some European governments have banned hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients, and U.S. hospitals have significantly cut back on its use.
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