Coronavirus: No plan to treat Singapore patients with hydroxychloroquine
Singapore does not plan to use hydroxychloroquine to treat patients with Covid-19, even though the World Health Organisation plans to restart the trial of this drug.
A recent article in The Lancet journal - stating that the drug causes side effects and has no benefits based on information it claimed came from an international study - caused WHO to stop its trials of the drug. He said that a small number of patients here who were given the drug experienced gastrointestinal intolerance, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and discomfort in the upper abdomen below the ribs.Despite these reactions, the patients"still managed to complete the planned duration of treatment", Prof Lye said, but added:"There is no evidence that the use of the drug worked."
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