More studies say Trump’s beloved hydroxychloroquine can’t treat coronavirus

[Chris Smith]

• More coronavirus hydroxychloroquine study results are coming in, and they all seem to confirm previous research.
• The virus is not effective at treating COVID-19 patients, a large clinical trial from the UK shows.
• Two distinct studies analyzing the drug’s ability to prevent an infection with the novel coronavirus also revealed there’s no evidence the anti-malarial has any prophylactic capabilities against COVID-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is the unlikely star of the novel coronavirus pandemic for all the wrong reasons. If it wasn't for Trump’s continued endorsement of the anti-malarial, the drug would be just another medicine that doctors attempted to use on COVID-19 patients. There are many like it. Some work, others don't. But none of the other potential coronavirus cures that are in clinical trials received the same amount of attention from the public and health officials.

When used to treat malaria and other diseases, hydroxychloroquine is effective and safe. But the proposed course of treatment for COVID-19 requires patients to take an increased dosage, which could lead to severe side effects on the heart or even result in death. A study in The Lancet a few weeks ago seemed to deliver the final blow to hydroxychloroquine, as researchers said the drug makes COVID-19 worse for patients. That study was then retracted as some of the co-authors could not verify the authenticity of the dataset.

Some 15,000 of 96,000 COVID-19 patients were treated with hydroxychloroquine, according to that paper. It’s those figures that prompted authorities from Australia, France, UK, and the World Health Organization to pause their independent hydroxychloroquine studies. Some of these studies were resumed after the retraction of The Lancet study, and we now have more papers that say hydroxychloroquine isn’t effective at treating or preventing COVID-19.

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