Once again, another study has found the anti-malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine doesn't help treat coronavirus patients. New York researchers said patients received no benefits whether they took just the drug or paired it with the antibiotic azithromycin. Early studies suggested that hydroxychloroquine might have antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects that could help people sickened by coronavirus. About 25 percent of patients receiving hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin died compared to around 20 percent for those who received hydroxychloroquine alone and 10 percent of those who just took azithromycin. Its warning came after Americans began hoarding the drug and several studies reported alarming rates of dangerous heart arrhythmias - a known side effect of hydroxychloroquine - in coronavirus patients treated with it.

Source: Daily Mail May 12, 2020 22:20 UTC