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Studies find further lack of COVID benefit from hydroxychloroquine
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Results from two new studies, including the first randomized controlled trial, are providing further evidence that the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine may not help COVID-19 patients.The two studies, published yesterday in BMJ, found that, when compared with standard treatment, the use of hydroxychloroquine did not increase the likelihood of virus elimination in Chinese patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, nor did it have any effect on reducing admissions to intensive care or death in French patients with more severe illness.
Both studies also found a higher rate of adverse events in patients treated with the drug.The authors of both papers conclude that the results do not support the continued use hydroxychloroquine in these
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