A new warning about the controversial Corona drug

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26-04-2020, 12:12

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Baghdad _INA

The French Medicines Agency has renewed its warning to doctors, against the use of hydroxychloroquine in the fight against Covid-19, at a time of increasing concern about its side effects.

US President Donald Trump considered that this drug "will change the rules of the game."

The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products has previously issued a warning about the anti-malarial drug, which is also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis saying more than half of the 321 "unpleasant side effects" of treatments currently used for the emerging coronavirus are caused by the drug hydroxychloroquine and the anti-inflammatory drug with azithromycin.

The agency reported that since the epidemic appeared, serious side effects had been reported in "80 percent" of reported cases.

They also explained that four French hospital deaths were due to side effects from the treatments used for Covid-19 related to hydroxychloroquine.