WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an alert on Monday that it has revoked the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Trump started championing hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, as a COVID-19 cure weeks into the pandemic’s outbreak in the United States. The drug has been widely used in France and other countries in combination with zinc and azithromycin to treat COVID-19 patients.
The FDA said in the alert that hydroxychloroquine was not only an ineffective treatment for COVID-19, but was also known to have serious side-effects that could cause cardiac arrest.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
