New study finds hydroxychloroquine ineffective at treating COVID-19
By Jessie Hellmann - 07/23/20 05:04 PM EDT
Another study has found that an antimalarial drug touted by President Trump and his top advisers is not effective at treating COVID-19 and may cause adverse effects.
The study, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that hydroxychloroquine did not improve outcomes for the 667 COVID-19 patients participating in a randomized trial at 55 Brazilian hospitals.
In the study, patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 illness were split into three groups, in which one group received hydroxychloroquine, another group received the drug along with azithromycin — an antibiotic — and the last group received neither.
All groups received standard care for COVID-19.
The study found a 7-day course of hydroxychloroquine, with or without the antibiotic, did not result in better outcomes.
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