On Saturday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against the use of chloroquine phosphate to treat the coronavirus in official guidance after the agency learned the substance killed one person and left another critically ill.
”Chloroquine phosphate, when used without prescription and supervision from a healthcare provider, may result in serious health consequences, including death,” the CDC said. “Clinicians and public health officials should discourage the public from misusing non-drug phosphates. Chloroquine (a chemical used in home aquariums).”
The agency added that the drugs chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate have been approved by the FDA to treat specific diseases such as malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.”Currently, these drugs are being studied and evaluated as treatments for COVID-19; however, their efficacy in preventing or treating this infection is unknown.”
NBC News reports on an Arizona couple in their 60s who became terminally ill after ingesting fish food containing chloroquine phosphate.
The man’s wife said she watched a televised briefing in which President Donald Trump talked about the potential benefits of chloroquine.
The couple mixed some of the substances with food and drink, and within 20 minutes they were both terminally ill.
”I started throwing up,” the woman told NBC News.”My husband started having respiratory problems and wanted to hold my hand.”
Research to determine whether chloroquine is safe or effective in treating COVID-19 is just beginning.
The French government has officially approved the drug for the treatment of COVID-19 on Thursday, after seeing some preliminary promising results at the Marseille clinic run by prominent biologist Didier Raoult, the French government announced. .
We have an epidemic,” Trump said at a news conference. “We have people dead now.If we were to go into the lab and test all of this long-term, we could test it on people who are now in serious distress and dying.If it works, we’ve done an amazing thing.If it doesn’t work, you know, we tried.”
Post time: Jul-05-2022