The United States Drug Regulatory Authority (FDA) Authorized Limited Emergency Use Of Two Malaria Drugs, which President Donald Trump has promoted, to treat the coronavirus.
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In a statement released Sunday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services detailed recent donations of medicine to a national stockpile, including the chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, both investigated as potential treatments for covid-19.
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The FDA statement says that the signatures Sandoz, Novartis and Bayer donated 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate “for possible use in the treatment of hospitalized patients with covid-19 or for use in clinical trials”.
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The document says that the FDA allowed “distribution and are prescribed by physicians to hospitalized adolescent and adult patients with covid-19, as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or is not feasible “.
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Trump said last week that two drugs could be a “gift from God,” although scientists warned against the dangers of exaggerating unproven treatments.
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HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains – Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) …..
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020
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Several researchers including Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert, have asked the public to be cautious until clinical trials validate more detailed studies.
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The Chloroquine has been used for years against malaria. This medicine, available and cheap, is also a powerful antiviral because it blocks the entry of the virus into the cell, according to Ignacio López Goñi, professor of microbiology at the University of Navarra, in Spain.
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For this reason, there are several research groups interested in seeing if it is effective in reducing viral load in patients with covid-19. The World Health Organization, in fact, is conducting an investigation into chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
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Two United States medical agencies, the National Institutes of Health and the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority, are working on clinical trials.
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It is important that a doctor authorizes its use. Last week a couple from Phoenix, Arizona fell ill half an hour after taking chloroquine phosphate. The man died upon arrival at the hospital, while the woman was able to vomit much of the product.
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“We understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat the virus, but self-medication is not the way,” said Dr. Daniel Brooks, medical director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, where the couple entered.
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The FDA itself warned a couple of days ago about the risks of taking chloroquine in its presentation to cure aquarium fish diseases.
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FDA is aware of people trying to prevent # COVID19 by taking chloroquine phosphate, a product used in aquariums. Don’t take any form of chloroquine unless it has been prescribed for you by a health care provider & obtained from legitimate sources. https://t.co/GFcZIxNbPk
– U.S. FDA (@US_FDA) March 25, 2020
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Some in the scientific community fear that Trump’s endorsement of these drugs could create shortages for patients who need them to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, diseases for which they are approved.
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Last week, after Trump’s tweet about hydroxychloroquine, a demand for the drug skyrocketed in Mexico, where it is sold for a much lower price than in the United States, putting chronic patients who do need it as permanent treatment at risk.
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So far in the United States, 143,025 coronavirus cases and a total of 2,514 deaths have been recorded.
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