NIH Halts Hydroxychloroquine Study; Says 'Unlikely' To Help COVID-19 Patients (drug, controversial)

[kell490]

The National Institutes of Health has halted its study of hydroxychloroquine.

"The data from this study indicate that this drug provided no additional benefit compared to placebo control for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients,"


https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...id-19-patients



None of this surprised me this stated out as an investment scam someone was trying to pump some stock. The first talk about this drug in the US was on a google groups investment group.

[Futuremauian]

Originally Posted by kell490

The National Institutes of Health has halted its study of hydroxychloroquine.

"The data from this study indicate that this drug provided no additional benefit compared to placebo control for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients,"


https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...id-19-patients



None of this surprised me this stated out as an investment scam someone was trying to pump some stock. The first talk about this drug in the US was on a google groups investment group.

This is old news. About the time Trump was taking it, researchers declared it to be useless.

[kell490]

Originally Posted by Futuremauian

This is old news. About the time Trump was taking it, researchers declared it to be useless.

That was a different study Surgisphere Corp which was later retracted in Lancet. Fox news made a big deal about how it was retracted again pushing that Hydroxychloroquine worked just because Trump pushed it.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/cont...ific-questions




This is the American NIH study.