Doctors embrace drug touted by Trump for Covid-19, without hard evidence it worksA woman holds a hydroxychloroquine prescription in Seattle, Washington, US March 31, 2020. Some said they had come under pressure from patients to use the therapies widely touted by Trump and other supporters. Early, but mixed, data has emerged from COVID-19 trials of the malaria drugs in China. “For many lupus patients, (hydroxychloroquine) is a life saver,” patient advocacy group Lupus LA wrote in an emailed statement. Some are keen to see whether blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients will spur immunity in others — a method used more than 100 years ago.

Source: Standard Digital April 07, 2020 09:11 UTC