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Sen. Johnson seeks action on hydroxychloroquine use

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has forwarded correspondence to President Donald Trump, encouraging efforts to provide COVID-19 patients the right to try hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the course of their diagnosis. Johnson is seeking to have the president issue a directive to remove the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization restriction. HCQ and chloroquine (CQ) […]

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Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug prevents Coronavirus: interview

Source: iltempoInterview with the Italian researcher Andrea Savarino reveals research on 211 people, showing how prophylaxis with hydroxychloroquine prevents the infection of Covid-19.  The result of a COVID-19 prophylaxis experiment in people exposed to coronavirus positive individuals has been published in the journal International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, the official body of the International Society […]

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Countries which Primarily Use Antimalarial Drugs As COVID-19 Treatment See Slower Dynamic of Daily Deaths

This study focuses on anti-malarial drugs like hydroxychloroquine, which have been seen as the most used treatment for COVID-19

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FDA Allows Swiss Firm to Test Hydroxychloroquine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Novartis have reached an agreement to permit the Swiss company to go ahead with a clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for those who have contracted the coronavirus. Novartis announced it will start enrollment for the third phase of the clinical trial for some 440 patients within the next […]

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W Balkan firms making chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus

SARAJEVO/BELGRADE — Serbian and Bosnian drugmakers Galenika and Zada Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they had started producing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 patients after public interest sent demand soaring. Sales of the drugs have surged around the world since U.S. President Donald Trump touted hydroxychloroquine as a potential weapon against the coronavirus. […]

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Covid-19: Oman receives hydroxychloroquine tablets from India

Muscat: The Ministry of Health has announced that it got one million tablets of hydroxychloroquine from the Republic of India. A statement issued online by the Ministry of Health said: “The Ministry of Health ables to purchase of one million tablets of hydroxychloroquine from India, which the Ministry approved as one of the medicines used to […]

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Coronavirus: UAE gets 5.5 million hydroxychloroquine pills from India

UAE embassy thanks India for approval, says first shipment on its way. Dubai: The UAE on Saturday night announced procuring 5.5 million pills of hydroxychloroquine, from India. ” The first shipment of medicine, currently on its way to the UAE, includes 5.5 million pills for treatment of patients with COVID-19. We highly appreciate the cooperation of the […]

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Indian Council of Medical Research, to use hydroxychloroquine as preventative for healthcare workers.

Hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for COVID-19 contacts in India More than a billion Indians currently stand at the precipice of a massive increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). India had shown a staggered course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, with 1397 cases diagnosed between Jan 31, and April 1, 2020. However, […]

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Brazil: Early hydroxychloroquine use reduced deaths by 60 percent and relieved hospitals, says Prevent Senior

Source: Rio Times The protocol prevented one hospitalization for every 28 patients who started treatment and reduced hospitalizations, says the insurance carrier. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A study conducted by Prevent Senior, a health care provider, assesses the use of Hydroxychloroquine at an early stage in patients suspected of having contracted the novel coronavirus. According to […]

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D.C. attorney credits hydroxychloroquine with saving his life

Source: One America News Network A Washington, D.C. attorney was given a 20 percent chance to survive coronavirus and was then prescribed hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as treatments. After two visits to the hospital, the former member of the FCC has credits his doctor and hydroxychloroquine with saving his life. Robert McDowell spoke to One America’s […]

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Elderly woman, 99, on track to recover from coronavirus after taking hydroxychloroquine

Source: Washington Examiner A 99-year-old woman is on the road to recovery from the coronavirus after exercising the Right To Try Act and receiving hydroxychloroquine treatment, her family says. Doctors say Evelyn Rand is doing “outstanding” and has hope for a “full recovery” after being one of the first of 38 residents in her Little […]

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Greatest number of survivors from hydroxychloroquine – Healthcare analytics could provide a blueprint for coronavirus treatments

A healthcare analytics firm hopes to steer providers to the best therapies for COVID-19 patients of varying ages and medical problems by breaking down patient responses to four different treatments. “Because it’s real, live data streaming in, what individual physicians or hospitals or public policy individuals can do is be able to make judgments in their […]

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Teen Challenge Co-Founder Given Hydroxychloroquine, Recovers from COVID-19 at 80-Years-Old

Scientists warn it needs more testing before it’s proven safe and effective, but as physicians begin to prescribe the medication, success stories are rolling in. Pastor Don Wilkerson, the co-founder of Teen Challenge and the brother of the late David Wilkerson from The Cross and the Switchblade fame, started feeling sick after a trip to his organization’s […]

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New Brazilian Study Shows Telemedicine & Hydroxychloroquine Reduce Need for Hospitalization

SOURCE: Covexit The advanced copy of a new study, by Rodrigo Barbosa Esper M.D., Ph.D. and collaborators has just been circulated. The study analyzes the effects of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin treatment, via telemedicine, can reduce the need for hospitalization. This is the first of several articles that will be published in relation to the study […]

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Russia officially approves malaria drug to treat coronavirus.

The Russian government has authorized hospitals to treat coronavirus patients with the untested malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. Thursday’s decree instructs Russia’s national medical cardiology research center to distribute 68,600 packs of hydroxychloroquine donated by a Shanghai pharmaceutical company to hospitals across Russia for free. Russia has reported a total of 32,008 coronavirus cases, ranking it the 11th in […]

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US clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine hit ‘warp speed,’ could show in weeks whether it works on coronavirus

Federal health regulators have fast-tracked approvals for coronavirus research, allowing scientists across the nation to skip through months of red tape. Researchers at NYU Langone on March 24 launched one of the nation’s largest hydroxychloroquine studies and enrolled their first patient 10 days later. It’s one of more than a dozen formal studies in the U.S. […]

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Former Steelers QB Terry Hanratty home from hospital as he battles COVID-19

Source: Pittsburgh’s Action News Author: Shannon Perrine 2-time Super Bowl winner recovering at home after being hospitalized with coronavirus. Former Steelers quarterback Terry Hanratty, who backed up Terry Bradshaw on Pittsburgh’s first two Super Bowl championship teams, said he is home from the hospital as he recovers from a tough battle with the COVID-19 coronavirus. […]

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How an anti-malarial drug has become a tool of India’s diplomacy.

New Delhi, India – Days after India banned the export of pharmaceuticals amid the coronavirus pandemic, it reversed its decision after US President Donald Trump last week demanded New Delhi ship anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to the United States. Foreign policy experts in India expressed shock at Trump’s threat of retaliation against India – a close trade […]

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Mauritian PM thanks India’s ‘generous donation’ amid Covid-19 crisis

Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday thanked India for the medical supplies that the country received on Wednesday. PM Jugnauth thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “generous donation of medical supplies” amid the coronavirus crisis. “I am very thankful to Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi for the generous donation of medical supplies from […]

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Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? Study aims to find answers

The benefits of hydroxychloroquine being investigated in multi-site clinical trial launching in April Researchers are investigating whether hydroxychloroquine – a commonly used anti-malarial and autoimmune drug – can prevent COVID-19. A multi-site clinical trial, led by the University of Washington Department of Global Health/International Clinical Research Center (ICRC)  in collaboration with NYU Grossman School of […]

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India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia to help fight COVID-19

NEW DELHI/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – India has agreed to sell hydroxychloroquine tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, a Malaysian minister told Reuters on Wednesday, with New Delhi partially lifting its bar on exports of the anti-malarial drug. New Delhi had last month put a hold on exports of hydroxychloroquine to […]

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Israel stockpiles malaria drug to treat virus, in case U.S. President is right about cure

Huge quantities of the drugs dubbed Trump’s miracle coronavirus cure have arrived in Israel, but doctors are cautious and expect that most of the pills will stay in storage for the foreseeable future. Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that has been famously lauded by US President Donald Trump, has been brought to Israel in large quantities. […]

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Hydroxychloroquine maker faces ingredient crunch

Drug maker Amneal says firm is running low on materials for anti-malarial drug seen as possible coroanvirus treatment. Amneal Pharmaceuticals could soon run out of the raw ingredients to make more of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine that has been touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 because Finland is keeping the drug for domestic use, […]

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FEMA ships out nearly 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets

A spokesperson for the agency confirmed that it has sent out 19.1 million tablets, including to Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Miami and Chicago. The Strategic National Stockpile has sent out 19.1 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that some doctors have prescribed to Covid-19 patients, a spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed. The tablets, […]

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Sermo Reports Week 3 Results: Globally 17% Point Increase in COVID Treaters Who Have Used Hydroxychloroquine (33%-50%) and Azithromycin (41%-58%)

Percentage of New York Physicians Who Have Used Hydroxychloroquine Nearly Doubled, Italian and French Physicians Jumped 30% Points + Over 2 Weeks Week over week increases in usage Percentage of physicians in New York who have used Hydroxychloroquine nearly doubled since Wave 1 week of March 25 (23% to 40% to 43% wave over wave). […]

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Coronavirus survivors tell U.S. President hydroxychloroquine helped

President Trump met with a number of recovered coronavirus patients at the White House on Tuesday, including Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Mich), who thanked the president for his relief efforts. Whitsett, a Lyme Disease survivor who tested positive for COVID-19 in March, said she was treated with hydroxychloroquine, which is also used to treat Lyme, malaria and lupus. “Thank you for everything that you […]

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Elderly couple survives coronavirus, credit local doctors and hydroxychloroquine

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — “I’m 81, my husband is 83. It’s not easy getting your body back to where it was,” said Summerlin resident Elaine Kaufman. She and husband Jack are all smiles now, but only days ago, it was a different story. The Las Vegas couple both contracted COVID-19, a disease they thought would end […]

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39 elderly Texans successfully complete hydroxychloroquine treatment for COVID-19, doctor says

Patients completed a five-day treatment and their doctor said none of the patients experienced side effects. DALLAS — What happened at a Galveston County nursing home over the last week was one of the first big tests of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients in Texas. “I thought the risk of seeing 15% of that nursing […]

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Gunma Univ. Hospital, Japan, Plans Clinical Research Covering Hydroxychloroquine

Japan’s Gunma University Hospital is planning what is roughly positioned as a mid-stage clinical trial covering hydroxychloroquine and other medicines for the novel virus disease. According to the university, it is planning to conduct “specified clinical research” (tokutei rinsho kenkyu; clinical research on unapproved drugs/indications or clinical research funded by drug maker) on multiple drugs […]

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Update from a U.S. Government rep about supply of hydroxychloroquine.

Source: Fox News White House trade adviser Peter Navarro discusses the supply of hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 hotspots across the U.S.

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Coronavirus: UAE says it is successfully treating patients with hydroxychloroquine

The United Arab Emirates has been using chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to successfully treat COVID-19 patients amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to the health ministry. Initial studies have shown success in using the anti-malarial and anti-inflammatory drugs in treating the illness caused by the new coronavirus, spokeswoman Dr. Farida al-Hosani said on Saturday during a press […]

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Coronavirus Update: 102-Year-Old Woman Defies Odds To Beat COVID-19, Doctor Calls Recovery ‘Miraculous’

We started her on hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, and after a week of treatment, she showed signs of improvement. By week three, she was cured.

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776 doctors urge the U.S. President to remove limits on hydroxychloroquine for virus outpatients

Sen. Ron Johnson spearheads effort to expand usage for ‘early outpatient use’ Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, sent President Trump a letter Friday from 776 physicians urging him to expand the use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus outpatients by removing federal and state restrictions limiting the drug’s use to hospitals. He said he forwarded the request to the […]

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To the Brink and Back: New Berlin Couple Beat COVID-19, and the Odds

While in the hospital, he was given the experimental treatment hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, which he credits with his recovery.

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Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study

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Background – Important announcement regarding COVID-19

Following the outcome of successful medical trials in China for the treatment of 100 people with COVID-19 by the administration of the drug Hydroxychloroquine, the UK Government on 13 March 2020 banned the export of Hydroxychloroquine, reserving its supplies for its citizens. On 18 March 2020, it was announced in Brisbane that Clive Palmer had […]

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Les Echos – Didier Raoult unveils to Emmanuel Macron a study of 1061 patients, estimating 91% the effectiveness of his treatment against the coronavirus

Professor Didier Raoult has reserved for the President of the Republic the exclusivity of his follow-up study on 1,061 patients passed through his services. Virologic healing was achieved in 973 patients in 10 days. The chloroquine debate is continuing. This is an explosive movement that made Thursday Emmanuel Macron to meet the controversial Professor Didier Raoult, home to Marseille, […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for delivering hydroxychloroquine

Source: India Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday thanked India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for rushing a five-tone cargo of medicines, including anti-malerial drug hydroxychloroquine, seen as a possible cure for COVID-19.

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Ron Johnson sends doctors’ note to Trump urging action on hydroxychloroquine

Sen. Ron Johnson is organizing a letter from physicians to push President Donald Trump to increase access to the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, despite scant evidence that it’s an effective treatment for coronavirus. The Wisconsin Republican’s letter, which is still being circulated for signatures, urges Trump to remove a restriction from the Food and Drug Administration […]

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Louisville man says hydroxycholoroquine saved his life.

Source: Wave 3 Some COVID-19 patients have reported using the drug hydroxychlorquine. One of those patients is Eli Hume. “I was scared to death,” Hume said. “I literally thought, ‘oh crap, I might not make it out of here.’” Hume contracted COVID-19 in March. After a few days of a high-grade fever, he was admitted […]