Clinical trials are being conducted into the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine. Picture: Buda Mendes/Getty ImagesAbout 2500 Australian and New Zealand patients are expected to be given hydroxychloroquine as part of the Australasian COVID-19 Trial study, which is being led by the Doherty Institute in Melbourne.
About 28 per cent of those given hydroxychloroquine died, versus 11 per cent of those getting routine care alone. In its alert, the FDA noted the medicines had not been proven safe or effective for treating COVID-19 but was allowing them to be used as part of clinical trials, as well as for some patients where a clinical trial was not available or feasible.Source:AFP
“There is clearly a lot still to learn about treatments for COVID-19,” he said. “Large randomised clinical trials like ASCOT are the only way to do this.”Professor Mary-Louise McLaws of the University of New South Wales said none of the research so far into hydroxychloroquine seemed overly promising but she believes it’s too soon to rule out it out.
in mid-March to look at the safety and effectiveness of the four drugs including hydroxychloroquine, ebola treatment remdesivir, HIV drugs lopinavir/ritonavir and multiple sclerosis treatment interferon beta-1a.Source:AP“It’s only been five weeks or so and it often takes about 30 days for someone to either get better in hospital or die,” she said.
Let's mention that Remdesivir is manufactured by Gilead Sciences. The study also has multiple competing interests— Gilead Sciences is listed. Both competing interests are apparently unrelated to this work— but do you really believe that?
Yes we know... drinking or injecting disinfectant and shoving a laser light up your behind... trump’s genius idea!
You mean the drug Palmer bought and was hoping to be the miracle cure?
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