Patients given the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential treatment for COVID-19 did not improve significantly over those ...
Laura Ng, who has lupus and had to recently call at least five pharmacies before she could find a place to fill her hydroxychloroquine prescription, is photographed in Seattle, Washington, on Mar 31, 2020. LONDON: Patients given the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential treatment for COVID-19 did not improve significantly over those who did not, according to two new studies published in the medical journal BMJ on Thursday .
Demand for hydroxychloroquine surged after Trump touted it in early April, and US regulators have since authorised its emergency use for coronavirus patients. The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it began a study to evaluate the combination of antibiotic azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine, which Trump described as a potential"game changer" for the pandemic.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , part of the NIH, is sponsoring the trial, which is being conducted by the NIAID-funded AIDS Clinical Trials Group .
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