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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 4501082" data-attributes="member: 4805">A study published Friday by the medical journal Lancet found more patients treated with President Trump’s long-touted antimalaria treatment for COVID-19 died than recovered. Trump said Monday he was taking the drug as a prophylactic to ward off the coronavirus despite warnings it could cause heart problems and other side effects.<a href="https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673620311806.pdf" target="_blank">The study</a>, the largest to-date looking at the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, involved an examination of medical records for 96,000 people hospitalized between Dec. 20 and April 14 at 67 facilities around the world for COVID-19 and treated with the antimalaria drugs. The patients had a mean age of 54. Fifty-three percent were men.Those who received Gilead’s remdesivir treatment were excluded from the study.“We were unable to confirm a benefit of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, when used alone or with a [an antibiotic], on in-hospital outcomes for COVID-19. Each of these drug regimens was associated with decreased in-hospital survival and an increased frequency of ventricular arrhythmias when used for treatment of COVID-19,” the researchers from Harvard and other institutions concluded.“Our findings suggest not only an absence of therapeutic benefit but also potential harm with the use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine drug regimens … in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.”<a href="https://www.ibtimes.com/latest-hydroxychloroquine-treatment-coronavirus-lancet-study-concludes-its-dangerous-2980958" target="_blank">The Latest On Hydroxychloroquine Treatment For Coronavirus: Lancet Study Concludes It&#039;s Dangerous, Not Effective</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jones, post: 4501082, member: 4805"] [I]A study published Friday by the medical journal Lancet found more patients treated with President Trump’s long-touted antimalaria treatment for COVID-19 died than recovered. Trump said Monday he was taking the drug as a prophylactic to ward off the coronavirus despite warnings it could cause heart problems and other side effects. [URL='https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673620311806.pdf']The study[/URL], the largest to-date looking at the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, involved an examination of medical records for 96,000 people hospitalized between Dec. 20 and April 14 at 67 facilities around the world for COVID-19 and treated with the antimalaria drugs. The patients had a mean age of 54. Fifty-three percent were men. Those who received Gilead’s remdesivir treatment were excluded from the study. “We were unable to confirm a benefit of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, when used alone or with a [an antibiotic], on in-hospital outcomes for COVID-19. Each of these drug regimens was associated with decreased in-hospital survival and an increased frequency of ventricular arrhythmias when used for treatment of COVID-19,” the researchers from Harvard and other institutions concluded. “Our findings suggest not only an absence of therapeutic benefit but also potential harm with the use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine drug regimens … in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.”[/I] [B][URL="https://www.ibtimes.com/latest-hydroxychloroquine-treatment-coronavirus-lancet-study-concludes-its-dangerous-2980958"]The Latest On Hydroxychloroquine Treatment For Coronavirus: Lancet Study Concludes It's Dangerous, Not Effective[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]

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