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Does hydroxychloroquine work against COVID-19?

According to some experts and world leaders, hydroxychloroquine would be the panacea against COVID-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is originally an anti-malaria drug. The drug was also investigated as a treatment for patients with the coronavirus. Studies in large groups of patients show that hydroxychloroquine does not have a beneficial effect on COVID-19.

On the contrary, more deaths occurred in patients who took hydroxychloroquine than in those who did not take it. Therefore, hydroxychloroquine is no longer recommended in the treatment of COVID-19. Also in the combination with zinc and azithromycin, there appear to be more disadvantages than advantages to the use of hydroxychloroquine.

Source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2022926

Source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2023184

Author: Prof. Dr. Dirk Devroey - Latest update: 2022-02-22 - Copyright: Clinifacts 2024

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