Hydroxychloroquine ineffective against mild COVID-19, study shows

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was ineffective for patients with a mild version of the disease in a study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota.in the study had persisting symptoms over a 14-day period, while roughly 30 percent of the group given a placebo were determined to have persistent symptoms over the same period.The difference was not statistically significant, the researchers said.

"Hydroxychloroquine did not substantially reduce symptom severity or prevalence over time in non-hospitalised persons with early COVID-19," the researchers wrote in an article to be published by Annals of Internal Medicine on Thursday.The randomised, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 491 non-hospitalised patients. Owing to test shortages in the United States, only 58 percent of participants were tested for the disease.in patients with mild illness", Dr.

 

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Many of these studies have been proven to not have been peer reviewed and pushed out very quickly. The latest one is the Lancet Laboratories study. As recent as this week.

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