Against Corona: Controversial Trump drug prescribed in Germany - President promoted it as a miracle drug

Side effects and unproven effectiveness did not prevent German doctors from listening to Donald Trump and prescribing hydroxychloroquine.

• US President

  Donald Trump * is also

  happy to distribute medical advice

  on the

  corona virus

  *

• In

  spring 2020, he

  affirmed the effectiveness of the

  malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

• According to a new

  data collection by

  the

  AOK,

  numerous doctors in Germany probably also prescribed the controversial

  drug

Berlin / Hamburg - We are only too happy to point our fingers across the pond.

*

is

a popular topic, also in

, with his tendency to polemical statements and

affecting the media

.

has been

throwing

half-researched ideas around for a long time,

especially when it comes to the corona virus *

.

Accompanied by around

day (NYT), he usually praises himself or shoots the

.

In times of pandemics, however, one or the other flimsy

taken out of the pocket.

The US president already advised drinking disinfectants, light therapy and the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

"Not proven to be effective" - ​​Trump's medication tip against the corona virus

At

a meeting in the White House in the

spring,

proudly

boasted

: “I'll take it,

.

Right now, exactly.

I started doing this a few weeks ago.

Because I think it's good, I've heard a lot of stories about it. ”Like Brazilian President Bolsonaro, Trump promoted the drug

as a

during his

.

As early as July 2020, the

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

defused

Trump's euphoria about the

and withdrew its emergency approval: "

have not proven effective, to

to treat or prevent. "

.... be put in use IMMEDIATELY.

PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE!

@US_FDA @SteveFDA @CDCgov @DHSgov

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine: Trump drug also prescribed in Germany against the coronavirus

But even in

, some doctors apparently followed

.

A first extrapolation by the

Scientific Institute

revealed a clear

at the request of Der Spiegel

.

While around

the malaria drug were still being prescribed

in February

, it was almost

in March

: almost 10,000 more patients than in the previous year.

A

that the

warns of.

In

many cases, the

has strong side effects such as cardiac arrhythmias, and even the death rate in treated coronavirus patients is higher.

The German

warned against a prescription in July.

The drug is a successor to the related

.

had actually stopped production in 2019, but ramped up sales again due to increasing demand.

‼ ️ #Hydroxychloroquine: The European Medicines Agency (#EMA) warns again of the risks of using hydroxychloroquine (and #chloroquine) to treat # COVID19: https://t.co/fNpSYfuRhM

- Federal Institute for Drugs u.

Medical Devices (@bfarm_de) June 2, 2020

Health risks and no efficacy: WHO stops study on malaria drug

In return, the

missing

from patients who actually needed it.

March

complained

about

the difficult

for the treatment of

such as lupus.

In a letter in May, more than 100 international scientists spoke out against an observational study on malaria drugs and the

.

In July, the

finally

its studies on

.

The decision to stop hydroxychloroquine's use in the Solidarity trial for # COVID19 treatments was based on large scale randomized evidence from the Solidarity, Discovery and Recovery trials, as well as a review of available published evidence from other sources.

- World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 18, 2020

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