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(NEWS NOW) .- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of poisoning and death from the drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which Donald Trump has consistently promoted as a Covid-19 treatment despite there being no evidence in this regard.
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These medications are used to treat malaria, but have been used by the public in unsupervised Coronavirus cases or prescription, and out of clinical trials, which has resulted in fatal situations.
The agency indicated that they received reports from Covid-19 patients who suffered from “severe heart rate problems” when using malaria medications in combination with azithromycin, an antibiotic known as Z-Pak.
“Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can cause abnormal heart rates such as QT prolongation interval and dangerously fast heart rate, called ventricular tachycardiaThe FDA wrote in an announcement this Friday, April 24.
The statement also indicated that the agency will continue to investigate the risks associated with the use of these medications in the treatment of Covid-19. He also recommended that doctors not prescribe them to Coronavirus patients outside of a hospital.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this Friday indicates that researchers had to stop a study on the potential use of chloroquine in patients with Coronavirus, due to concerns for the safety of patients.
In this study, some patients developed irregular heart rates and almost 24 people died after taking doses of chloroquine every day as a Covid-19 treatment.
The FDA clarified that those who are taking these medications to treat diseases such as malaria or autoimmune conditions like lupus, they should continue taking your medicine as prescribed.
Until now there is no proven treatment for Covid-19 and any authority figure who says otherwise and promote medicines without any scientific support is putting people’s lives at risk, especially when the president of the United States says so.
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