Is Hydroxychloroquine Ineffective for Treatment of Coronavirus?
Study: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective in treating coronavirus Mortality rate was higher in patients who took the drug A new study has found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been touted as a possible cure for coronavirus, is not only ineffective in treating the disease, but may also be associated with higher mortality rates. In early April, US President Donald Trump said the drug could make a "dramatic difference" for those infected with the coronavirus. This week, however, the Veterans Affairs Department and a team of scientists presented a study based on a review of data from 381 male patients that found patients who received hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin bore the disease more severely than those who were not given the drugs. Of the study participants, 97 took hydroxychloroquine, another 113 took both hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, and 153 took neither. According to the study, 27 percent of pa...