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Dr Miriam Stoppard: Ignore Donald Trump and his cure ideas for Covid-19

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Letters are still coming in from readers asking me if they should buy hydroxychloroquine, also known as chloroquine, off the internet.

One even quoted ­“Professor” Trump saying it’s “very powerful”, “a gift from god” with “very encouraging early results”. Despite the views of the US ­President, my answer is you should definitely not buy it.

Here’s why. Chloroquine is approved (licenced) to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. While it’s previously been tested in labs against a number of viruses, including SARS and found to inhibit their growth, there’s been no success in animal models.

In small uncontrolled trials, the drug has been tested against Covid-19 and reported as “highly effective”, but the evidence is sketchy,

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