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FDA pulls emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 remedy

The Food and Drug Administration has rescinded authorizations for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, promoted by President Trump as coronavirus treatments, as evidence begins to show the drugs may be harmful. “We now believe that the suggested dosing regimens for [ hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine] as detailed in the Fact Sheets are unlikely to produce an antiviral effect,”… Read More »

Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19

The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine does not significantly reduce admission to intensive care or death in patients hospitalised with pneumonia due to covid-19, finds a study from France published by The BMJ today. A randomised clinical trial from China also published today shows that hospitalised patients with mild to moderate persistent covid-19 who received hydroxychloroquine did… Read More »