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Manitoba scientists examining potential of yet-unproven COVID-19 treatment with controversial drug
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Despite a warning from Health Canada that it’s a dangerous drug to take without medical supervision, hydroxychloroquine — which is typically used to treat malaria and some auto-immune diseases — is still being touted by some as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
It’s still unknown whether the drug, which U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he was taking as a preventative measure, is effective against the novel coronavirus, says a local expert.
Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, with the University of Manitoba’s department of medical microbiology, told 680 CJOB it’s too soon to tell whether hydroxychloroquine will have an impact on COVID-19 in humans. “If you were to try and put two lists side by side about what we know about hydroxychloroquine in
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