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Anti-malarial treatment hailed by Trump has no benefit for coronavirus patients, French researchers find
- Study is the most comprehensive done on hydroxychloroquine treatment for Covid-19 patients
- As well as measuring drug efficacy, researchers found abnormal heartbeat among side effects
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 5:41pm, 15 Apr, 2020
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An antimalarial drug touted as a potential treatment for
coronavirus
might have no benefit to patients at all, according to a new study by French scientists.
Researchers compared more than 180 patients – some receiving hydroxychloroquine treatment and others who were not treated with the drug – and found their outcomes were almost identical.
The research by doctors and scientists from 12 hospitals and public research institutes across France, is the most comprehensive study so far of the performance of the
controversial drug
in hospitals and involves the most Covid-19 patients.
“These results do not support the use of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised for documented Sars-CoV-2-positive hypoxic pneumonia,” the authors said in a non-peer reviewed paper released by medRxiv.org on Tuesday.
Treatment hailed by Trump has no benefit for coronavirus patients: paper
As well as measuring hydroxychloroquine efficacy on Covid-19 patients, researchers found abnormal heartbeat among side effects.
www.scmp.com
And it gets even worse
Trump Has Stake In Hydroxychloroquine Drugmaker: Report
The president has repeatedly touted the anti-malaria drug as a coronavirus treatment despite a lack of medical evidence.
www.huffpost.com
President Donald Trump reportedly owns a stake in a company that produces hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he has repeatedly touted as a coronavirus treatment even though his experts say there’s no strong evidence it works.
Trump “has a small personal financial interest” in Sanofi, the French drugmaker that makes Plaquenil, the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine, The New York Times reported Monday.
Kkkkkk third world America moving like Zimbabwe
@Nak Muay weren't you raging at @Baki over this and ranting about lefties insulting your poor god emperor? Kkkkkk restore his honour warya
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