indica News Bureau- A new study has added to the debate raging over the efficacy of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine or HCQ as preventive medicine against COVID-19. The new study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, concluded: “After high-risk or moderate-risk exposure to Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine did not prevent illness compatible with COVID-19 […]
indica News Bureau- India has ramped up its exports of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) amidst demand from the US and Europe as it is being touted one of the treatment drugs for coronavirus, though several side-effects have been noticed over its usage among patients. After allowing 60 drug makers in Uttarakhand to produce HCQ, an Indian source with […]
indica News Service Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ is a much publicized drug after President Trump said that it may be a “game changer”as far as cure to coronavirus is concerned. There is no proven evidence though that this drug can completely cure a coronavirus patient and that with 100 percent certainty. AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria has […]
indica News Bureau- A consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India has arrived in the US, days after New Delhi lifted a ban on the export of the anti-malarial drug to some countries on humanitarian grounds. India Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu tweeted. “Supporting our partners in the fight against Covid19. Consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India […]
US President Trump has said that there may be retaliation if India does not agree to export the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine to the US. The Indian government had banned the export of the medicine citing internal requirements a few weeks back. Trump has advocated the use of the hydroxychloroquine drug after some effects of the […]
As people and governments search for effective drug for coronavirus, is hydroxychloroquine an option?
