Clinical trials of COVID-19 medicine begin in New York

For the treatment of coronavirus in New York will begin to issue an antimalarial drug. If the tests are successful, it will be issued to many New Yorkers. This is reported by the publication "News".

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About the preparation

March 24 in New York will begin to issue a drug for the treatment of patients with coronavirus. The drug is called Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine). This was stated by US President Donald Trump. “I am pleased to report that clinical trials of existing drugs that can be effective against the virus will begin in New York,” he said.

It is reported that this drug has previously proven itself in the fight against malaria.

If the tests are successful, it will be issued to many New Yorkers.

Trump also noted that, on his instructions, the federal government will help acquire a large amount of Hydroxychloroquine if necessary.

The reaction of authorities and specialists

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the state will begin clinical trials of a malaria drug that the president proposed to use to treat those infected with coronavirus. “The President is optimistic about these drugs, and we are all confident that they can work,” Cuomo said at his daily news conference in Albany, the newspaper writes. The National Interest.

Cuomo said health officials had purchased 750 doses of the malaria drug chloroquine, 70 doses of its derivative hydroxychloroquine, and 10 doses of the antibiotic Zithromax for use in the trial.

At the same time, some health officials expressed “cautious optimism” regarding the drug. Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the Baylor School of Medicine, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have “great potential,” but “we don’t have much data yet.”

As previously сообщалось, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the effects of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19, but has not yet made any recommendations.

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In addition, on March 21, the infectious disease specialist Dr. Edsel Salvana warned patients not to take hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin unless prescribed by a doctor. “Both drugs affect the QT interval of your heart and can lead to arrhythmias and sudden death, especially if you take other drugs or have heart disease,” he wrote.

At the same time, Dr. Mehmet Oz said he was optimistic about French research data. “These drugs were extremely effective in reducing the viral load in people with COVID-19,” Oz explained in an interview with Fox and Friends. “We could make this virus look like a flu virus, if that's true.”

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