Saturday, November 14, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine does not help patients hospitalized with COVID-19: Study


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/vumc-hdn110920.php

 

News Release 13-Nov-2020
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Findings from a national study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) "do not support" the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

The Outcomes Related to COVID-19 treated with Hydroxychloroquine among In-patients with symptomatic Disease (ORCHID) study found that, when compared to inactive placebo, hydroxychloroquine did not significantly improve clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized for respiratory illness related to COVID-19.


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