'It clearly shows the comorbidity that puts individuals at more risk,' Dr. Birx said of the new study, referring to patients with underlying health conditions.
a related drug, for COVID-19 treatment outside of hospitals or clinical trials due to the risk of life-threatening heart problems. Hydroxychloroquine is FDA-approved to treat or prevent malaria as well as autoimmune conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.had a higher risk of death than those who were not given the drug.
The study comprises of 96,000 coronavirus patients from six different countries who were hospitalized between Dec. 20 and April 14. Nearly 15,000 patients were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine alone or in combination with an antibiotic "I think it was one of our clearest studies because there were so many thousands – tens of thousands – of individuals involved that the doctors clearly annotated who had heart disease and who had obesity, and you can see dramatically the increased risks for that."
The president had touted hydroxychloroquine for weeks, frequently discussing anecdotal evidence of its impact from the podium during White House briefings. His administration stockpiled 29 million doses of the drug earlier in the pandemic.
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