NIH Panel Recommends Against Using Drug Combination Touted By Trump Outside Clinical Trials

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A panel of medical experts from the National Institutes of Health on Tuesday recommended against using the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat the coronavirus outside clinical trials, undercutting President Donald Trump’s early claims that the drugs were a promising treatment for the disease.... [+]Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Imagesagainst the use of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin because they are “associated with QTc prolongation in patients with COVID-19.

Trump has spoken about the drug combination at the White House’s daily coronavirus press briefings and tweeted on March 21 “HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine.” The president has been criticized by some scientists for promoting the drugs without conclusive scientific evidence they work, and the attention on the drugs after Trump’s comments has

 

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Aren't you guys tired of this propaganda. People are using the combi, it works for them, they testify it. Some experts confirmed it good! If you guys don't wanna use it, it's ok but cut this childish crap, please!

Let me know when we start to win.

But they recommend that Vaccine, right?

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