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"Hundreds" of Dutch died from hydroxychloroquine side effects during Covid pandemic
11 months, 2 weeks ago

"Hundreds" of Dutch died from hydroxychloroquine side effects during Covid pandemic

NL Times  

In the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, several hundred Dutch people died from the side effects of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that seemed promising against COVID-19. And laboratory research showed that this drug might work.” Of the COVID-19 patients treated in Dutch hospitals, an estimated 10,000 or so were given hydroxychloroquine, and about 2,000 ultimately died, Bonten said. “If …

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Posts mislead on Mayo Clinic’s hydroxychloroquine webpage
54 years, 11 months ago

Posts mislead on Mayo Clinic’s hydroxychloroquine webpage

Associated Press  

CLAIM: The Mayo Clinic “quietly” updated its website in 2023 to say that hydroxychloroquine can now be used to treat COVID-19. A page about hydroxychloroquine on the hospital system’s website included outdated guidance that the malaria drug “may also be used to treat coronavirus in certain hospitalized patients.” But archives show the text has been there since at least May …

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Sixteen doctors fined for prescribing ivemectin, hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid
2 years, 2 months ago

Sixteen doctors fined for prescribing ivemectin, hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid

NL Times  

The Dutch healthcare and youth care inspectorate, IGJ, fined 16 doctors accused of prescribing the drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. In fact, the standards and protocols of the profession explicitly state that there is no flexibility to use these substances for the off-label use treatment of Covid-19,” the inspectorate stated. At the time, there were reports of some …

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Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA
2 years, 3 months ago

Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic. But Hahn told investigators that he felt pressure due to the “persistence” of Trump aide Peter …

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Column: Definitive study shows ivermectin is utterly useless against COVID-19
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Definitive study shows ivermectin is utterly useless against COVID-19

LA Times  

Tracey Savich, owner of Rolling Hills General Store, felt the need to warn customers against using veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19. These findings are important because ivermectin has been so assiduously touted by anti-vaxxers and credulous, irresponsible fools such as Sen. Ron Johnson, who has also used Senate hearings to promote hydroxychloroquine, another useless COVID treatment. “Unfortunately, the promotion of …

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Dr. Oz facing new scrutiny over medical claims after jumping into GOP Senate race: report
2 years, 11 months ago

Dr. Oz facing new scrutiny over medical claims after jumping into GOP Senate race: report

Raw Story  

The decision by Dr. Mehmet Oz to make a run for the Republican Party's nomination to fill an open Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Pat Toomey has opened the popular television doctor to fresh scrutiny over medical claims he has pushed over the years, reports the New York Times. "Over the years, Dr. Oz, 61, has faced a bipartisan …

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Doctors claim Brazil hospitals gave dodgy COVID-19 care
3 years, 2 months ago

Doctors claim Brazil hospitals gave dodgy COVID-19 care

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — Irene Castilho didn’t even have a day to grieve after her husband died of COVID-19. Whistleblowing doctors, through their lawyer, testified at the Senate last week that Prevent Senior enlisted participants to test unproven drugs without proper consent and forced doctors to toe the line on prescribing unproven drugs touted by President Jair Bolsonaro as part of …

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Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs. With the milestone likely to be reached this weekend, Brazil’s Senate is publicly investigating how the toll got so high, focusing on why President Jair Bolsonaro’s …

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
3 years, 6 months ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Associated Press  

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. Here are the facts: ___ Brain waves not a factor in naming COVID-19 variants CLAIM: The new COVID-19 variants were named after brain wave frequencies. As news about the delta COVID-19 variant made headlines, posts online began falsely claiming that the new variants …

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Remember Donald Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine? Study in India backs it as Covid-19 cure
3 years, 6 months ago

Remember Donald Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine? Study in India backs it as Covid-19 cure

India Today  

Hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted as a magical Covid-19 cure by former US President Donald Trump last year, has been found effective in a prophylactic study published in the Journal of The Association of Physicians of India last week. The study said, “hen adjusted for other risk factors, HCQ dose as per government recommendations, 2-3, 4-5, 6 or more weeks …

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India's Covid-19 management has a prescription problem
3 years, 7 months ago

India's Covid-19 management has a prescription problem

India Today  

As the cases of Covid treatment-linked diseases like mucormycosis witness a steep rise, questions have been raised about combinations of repurposed and experimental medicines recommended by health practitioners in India as a one-size-fits-all solution. Clinical trials conducted so far have not provided enough evidence that the antiviral drug either reduces mortality or the need for mechanical ventilation among severely ill …

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Misinformed and misleading
3 years, 7 months ago

Misinformed and misleading

The Hindu  

The Health Ministry released its first COVID-19 management guidelines about a year ago. Policymakers should have waited for the final publication, worked with industry to scale-up production of budesonide, and bolstered supply chains till the final results came in, rather than hastily making recommendations that may trigger panic buying and a crisis for patients who actually need it. Lastly, absence …

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Throat spray, oral drug for malaria-arthritis effective in reducing spread of Covid-19: Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Throat spray, oral drug for malaria-arthritis effective in reducing spread of Covid-19: Study

Live Mint  

Singapore: An antiseptic throat spray and an oral drug usually prescribed to treat malaria and arthritis have been found to effectively reduce the spread of COVID-19 in high-transmission settings, researchers in Singapore have found, according to a media report on Sunday. The findings were made based on a large-scale clinical trial conducted last May, involving more than 3,000 migrant workers …

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Hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be used as Covid preventive, says WHO
3 years, 9 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be used as Covid preventive, says WHO

Hindustan Times  

Anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used in efforts to prevent infection with Covid-19, according to the World Health Organization. Hydroxychloroquine was touted as a Covid-19 treatment by former President Donald Trump and later deemed ineffective. The WHO’s recommendation is based on evidence from six randomized controlled trials with more than 6,000 participants with or without known exposure to a …

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Oklahoma tries to return $2m worth of hydroxychloroquine
3 years, 10 months ago

Oklahoma tries to return $2m worth of hydroxychloroquine

Al Jazeera  

The anti-malaria drug was once touted by former US President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office is attempting to return $2m worth of a malaria drug once touted by former United States President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19, a spokesman said Wednesday. Alex Gerszewski, a spokesman for Attorney General Mike …

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Hydroxychloroquine push from backbenchers Craig Kelly and George Christensen a 'challenge' for Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly
4 years, 1 month ago

Hydroxychloroquine push from backbenchers Craig Kelly and George Christensen a 'challenge' for Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly

ABC  

Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has conceded it has been challenging to counter a push by some government MPs to use controversial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Key points: The Federal Government's health advice is that the drug does not work against COVID-19 The Federal Government's health advice is that the drug does not work against COVID-19 Hydroxychloroquine was …

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ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines
4 years, 2 months ago

ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government is planning to delete convalescent plasma therapy from the national guidelines for covid-19 treatment after the Indian Council of Medical Research’s clinical trial showed that the therapy did not significantly benefit patients suffering from the disease, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. ICMR, which is the government’s apex bio-medical research agency, had conducted a 464 …

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Remdesivir useless in covid fight: WHO
4 years, 2 months ago

Remdesivir useless in covid fight: WHO

Live Mint  

A World Health Organization trial of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir, the antiviral drug used to treat US President Donald Trump, showed little or no effect on the survival rates of covid patients, a result that is in variance with the trial reports of the drugmaker. The WHO trial, which also studied the effect of hydroxychloroquine, a combination of HIV drugs …

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WHO trial results show remdesivir has little or no effect for covid-19 patients
4 years, 2 months ago

WHO trial results show remdesivir has little or no effect for covid-19 patients

Live Mint  

Interim results from the World Health Organization’s solidarity trial showed that Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir showed little or no effect for covid-19 patients, a result which was significantly different from the positive results shown by Gilead’s own trial. “These remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on hospitalized covid-19 patients, as indicated by overall …

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WHO trial finds remdesivir has little effect on COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

WHO trial finds remdesivir has little effect on COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

Early results from large, randomised trial suggest antiviral does little to reduce mortality rates or time in hospital. A World Health Organization trial using four drugs including the antiviral remdesivir in the hospital treatment of COVID-19 has found the repurposed medicines have little to no effect on the length of time patients spend in hospital or their survival. “These Remdesivir, …

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Hydroxycloroquine does not help with Covid mortality; Improves ICU risk
4 years, 2 months ago

Hydroxycloroquine does not help with Covid mortality; Improves ICU risk

NL Times  

Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug often used to treat Covid-19, does not have a noticeable effect on the mortality rate of the coronavirus, according to a study by 14 Dutch hospitals. The hospitals analyzed 1,064 Covid-19 patients in 14 hospitals, 189 of whom were treated with hydroxychloroquine, 377 were treated with chloroquine, and 498 were not treated with either of the …

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Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine ineffective against coronavirus, reveal UK RECOVERY Trials
4 years, 2 months ago

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine ineffective against coronavirus, reveal UK RECOVERY Trials

Firstpost  

The results of the study, published by NEJM, showed that COVID-19 patients who did not need mechanical ventilation to begin with had a higher likelihood of needing ventilation or dying when they were put on hydroxychloroquine Hydroxychloroquine is no better than usual care in reducing the chances of death in COVID-19 patients, suggest the results of RECOVERY Trials published Thursday …

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Re-purposed Hydroxychloroquine Being Used for Mild, Moderate Covid-19 Cases: Harsh Vardhan
4 years, 3 months ago

Re-purposed Hydroxychloroquine Being Used for Mild, Moderate Covid-19 Cases: Harsh Vardhan

News 18  

Re-purposed hydroxychloroquine is being used for mild but high risk and moderate COVID-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. “One prophylactic trial of Aswagandha and three trials of Guduchi + Pippali; Yashtimadhu; and polyherbal AYUSH drug are planned on moderately ill Covid19 patients,” he said. Government action of nationwide lockdown, community involvement etc has …

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Amsterdam study shows hydroxychloroquine ineffective in Covid-19 treatment
4 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam study shows hydroxychloroquine ineffective in Covid-19 treatment

NL Times  

Hydroxychloroquine was not effective in treating Covid-19 in Dutch hospitals during the coronavirus crisis, according to a study by Amsterdam scientists led by internist-infectiologist Edgar Peters of Amsterdam UMC. The Amsterdam researchers compared seven hospitals where Hydroxychloroquine was included in the treatment guideline in the early months of the crisis, to two hospitals where the drug was not prescribed. In …

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