Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin
More than a month ago, without any research evidence, US
President Trump said on the social platform, "The combination of
hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin will be a special medicine to save patients
and reverse the epidemic."
Some well-known media people and even the US
Food and Drug Administration have begun to respond to Trump's call to promote
hydroxychloroquine.
However, more than a month has passed. According to CNN's
April 21 report, the latest analysis report released by the US Veterans HealthAdministration on the same day showed that the use of hydroxychloroquine may
have a higher risk of death.
At this time, Trump said nothing about the
"silver bullet" he had praised.
Trump tweeted on March 21 that hydroxychloroquine
is a special-purpose medicine,
requiring the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize the use immediately
Trump tweeted special effects medicine, the media blindly followed suit
Long before the US medical community began research, Trump
called hydroxychloroquine a "magic drug" for the treatment of the new
crown on social platforms, and also requested the US Food and Drug
Administration to authorize its use immediately.
The US Media Supervision Organization (Media Matters for
America) reported on April 21 that after Trump touted hydroxychloroquine as a special effect drug, Fox News conducted more than 300 hundred
publicity campaigns for hydroxychloroquine in the next two weeks.
Fox News
Channel host Laura Ingraham even personally applied to Trump for the
large-scale use of hydroxychloroquine nationwide.
In March 19th, local time, Ingraham said on the show that a
dying patient with new coronary pneumonia received hydroxychloroquine
treatment, and it turned out miraculously.
Ingraham also asked for credit on
the show, saying that Trump's plan to immediately supply hydroxychloroquine in
large quantities came from her unremitting persistence and appeal.
Sean
Hannity, another well-known host of Fox News Channel, further sold
hydroxychloroquine to fans, suggesting that anyone in need should try it.
The US Food and Drug Administration also responded to Trump's call
The US current news media "Politics" reported that although Dr.
Fuch, an expert in the White House anti-epidemic group, warned that the
efficacy of hydroxychloroquine was not certified.
The US Food and Drug
Administration responded to the call and formulated an emergency useauthorization on March 29, allowing the use of hydroxychloroquine
in patients with new coronary pneumonia.
Politics in the US media reported that the US Food and Drug
Administration urgently authorized the use of hydroxychloroquine
Speaking with data, the risk of using hydroxychloroquine is
higher
CNN reported on April 21 that the analysis report of the US
Veterans Health Administration showed that the treatment data of 368 patients
(both men) with new coronary pneumonia showed that the 97 patients who received
hydroxychloroquine had the most deaths and the mortality Up to 27.8%.
The case
fatality rate in the group receiving hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin was
22.1%. Among the 158 patients who did not take hydroxychloroquine, the
mortality rate was the lowest, at 11.4%.
Although this national study is not
the most rigorous experiment, it is indeed the first large-scale study on the
efficacy of hydroxychloroquine against new coronary pneumonia.
This study by the US Veterans Health Administration was
conducted with the help of the National Institutes of Health and the University
of Virginia.
CNN reports that hydroxychloroquine has no significant effect on new coronary pneumonia
Vanity Fair magazine reported on April 22 that after the
results of the study were published, the public opinion on hydroxychloroquine
changed direction. Monitoring data from the Media Matters for America show
that, compared with the previous weeks, the number of mentions of
hydroxychloroquine by Fox News has dropped by 75% since April 16.
Absolute
proponents of hydroxychloroquine like Ingraham have become silent, and have
never discussed hydroxychloroquine publicly on the show.
At the same time, in addition to briefly mentioning
hydroxychloroquine at the White House press conference on April 13, Trump has
significantly reduced public statements about hydroxychloroquine in the past
week.
American media
supervision organization quoted
social media tweets to sarcastically that Fox spent weeks talking about
hydroxychloroquine as a miracle therapy
Authoritative institutions have spoken
In view of the fact that hydroxychloroquine has not been
fully tested in patients with new coronary pneumonia, the medical community has
not yet made any conclusions about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in
the treatment of new coronary pneumonia.
"Vanity Fair" magazine
quoted the "Washington Post" news that the US Central Intelligence
Agency has issued a hint on the internal website, indicating that the use of
hydroxychloroquine may have dangerous potential side effects, or even sudden
death, and reminded employees not to follow Trump's advice, Take
hydroxychloroquine privately.
"Vanity Fair" article pointed out that the US Central
Intelligence Agency warned not to follow Trump's drug recommendations for the
treatment of new coronary pneumonia.
On the same day as the US Veterans Health Administration’s
public analysis report, the panel of experts under the National Institutes ofHealth, led by Dr. Foch, also issued a new guidance that again hit Trump’s
face.
The Institute said that there is insufficient data to prove
whether hydroxychloroquine is effective for new coronary pneumonia, and it is recommended
not to use hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to prevent "potential
toxicity" from harming other physical functions of patients.
Dr. Susan Swindel, a professor of medicine at the University
of Nebraska, added:
All studies are based on data. Except
for supportive treatment, we have not found any special drugs to have
significant effects on new coronary pneumonia.
Author's Bio
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| Dr. Shawna Reason |
Education: MBBS, MD
Occupation: Medical Doctor / Virologist
Specialization: Medical Science, Micro Biology / Virology, Natural Treatment
Experience: 15 Years as a Medical Practitioner
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