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Safety fears over drug hyped to treat the coronavirus spark global confusion

A study that suggested using hydroxychloroquine — a malaria drug — to treat people with COVID-19 could be dangerous has slowed clinical trials, but the study itself has also been questioned.
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A study suggesting that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is dangerous to people with severe cases of COVID-19 is sowing confusion among researchers — and halting clinical trials that are crucial to finding out whether the medication is effective at treating people infected with the novel coronavirus.

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Nature 582, 18-19 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01599-9

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  1. Mehra, M. R., Desai, S. S., Ruschitzka, F. & Patel, A. N. Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31180-6 (2020).

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