Hydroxychloroquine, used in the treatment of malaria, is very much discussed these days. The reason is that this drug is also considered useful in the treatment of Corona. However, there is no evidence as yet that this drug can prevent coronavirus infection or cure the disease. But the orgy of increasing death from the pandemic has brought the whole world to such a position that wherever there is a little silver lining, we start exploring its possibility.
According to the New York Times, this uneasiness can gauge from this. US President Donald Trump not only sought hydroxychloroquine from India on the advice of his health department officials. Instead, he even warned of a retaliatory response when there was no supply. However, India too banned the export of this drug first and then later announced to relax it on humanitarian grounds.
What is Hydroxy chloroquine ?
Hydroxychloroquine has been a prescribed drug for the treatment of malaria for decades. It also used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus (a chronic and bulging lesion on the skin).
Is it a permanent vaccine of Coronavirus?
A laboratory study found that chloroquine prevents the coronavirus from attacking cells. However, in test tubes or Petri disses that control the drug virus. It is not always in the human body. It has also found that hydroxychloroquine is not successful in preventing or treating influenza and other viral diseases. But as doctors in China and France report, hydroxychloroquine is sometimes relieved by giving patients with antibiotic azithromycin. But this study was done on a small scale. So it was not known on a full level whether the drug worked or not. The French research rejected because it was not going to meet the standards.
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There is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can protect against coronavirus infection. However, researchers from the University of Minnesota are trying to test the effect of this drug on people living with patients of Corona. Can it protect them from infection?
Note: Do not use this medicine at all without asking a doctor. In such a situation, contact the doctor, who knows your medical history and also knows what medicine you are taking right now. In such a case, taking this medicine from your mind can be harmful.
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