The French government has cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19.
Wednesday's announcement comes two days after the World Health Organisation said it was pausing a large trial of the malaria drug due to safety concerns.British medical journalhas reported that patients getting hydroxychloroquine had increased death rates and irregular heartbeats, adding to a series of other disappointing results for the drug as a way to treat COVID-19.
US President Donald Trump and others have pushed hydroxychloroquine in recent months as a possible coronavirus treatment. France decided at the end of March to allow the use of hydroxychloroquine in specific situations and in hospitals only. No vaccine or treatment has yet been approved to treat COVID-19, which has killed more than 350,000 people globally.
Yeah a drug used for years has safety concerns. Yes, not everyone should use but there's side effects from normal painkillers. And the treatment needs to have zinc also
But our military want to test it. Perhaps for other reasons. Is that true?
What will the US do with the 29 million doses the Trump White House bought?
Finally some sense. It’s dangerous. Don’t take it unless under medical advice. Politicians are not qualified.
Makes you wonder about all those patients taking it for allthose years treating chronic rheumatoid arthritis
My only hope is that Trump endorses compulsorily vaccines so the rest of the world will put free choice back on the agenda just to be contrary 😏
Just because trump is using it! Disgraceful!
BUT DR TRUMP SAID IT IS GOOD.
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