FDA warns on safety threat posed by 2 drugs initially backed by Trump for Covid-19 — following an emergency use authorization
Two of President Trump’s initial top picks as near-term therapeutic remedies for Covid-19 are the subject of an FDA safety warning today.
The agency issued an alert on Friday on hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for “serious and potentially life-threatening heart rhythm problems, that have been reported with their use for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19.”
Trump, whose most recent musings on Covid-19 focused on the use of disinfectants (dangerous) and light (?) to stop the virus, earlier made repeated supportive comments regarding chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which he has cited as a powerful drug that could be a potential “game changer” and which couldn’t hurt anyone who tried it.
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