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.
US President
*
Trump
is
a popular topic, also in
Germany
, with his tendency to polemical statements and
scandals
affecting the media
.
Donald Trump
has been
throwing
half-researched ideas around for a long time,
especially when it comes to the corona virus *
.
Accompanied by around
32 tweets a
day (NYT), he usually praises himself or shoots the
Democrats
.
In times of pandemics, however, one or the other flimsy
medical tip is also given
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,
Donald Trump
proudly
boasted
: “I'll take it,
hydroxychloroquine
.
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
panacea
during his
election campaign
.
As early as July 2020, the
US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
defused
Trump's euphoria about the
malaria drug
and withdrew its emergency approval: "
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine
have not proven effective, to
Covid-19
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
Germany
, some doctors apparently followed
the US President's tip
.
A first extrapolation by the
AOK
Scientific Institute
revealed a clear
increase in hydroxychloroquine prescriptions in spring 2020
at the request of Der Spiegel
.
While around
704,000 daily doses of
the malaria drug were still being prescribed
in February
, it was almost
1.06 million
in March
: almost 10,000 more patients than in the previous year.
A
health risk
that the
FDA
warns of.
In
many cases, the
malaria drug
has strong side effects such as cardiac arrhythmias, and even the death rate in treated coronavirus patients is higher.
The German
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices also
warned against a prescription in July.
The drug is a successor to the related
anti-malarial drug chloroquine
.
Bayer
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
drug was
missing
from patients who actually needed it.
In
March
rheumatologists
complained
about
the difficult
availability
for the treatment of
autoimmune diseases
such as lupus.
In a letter in May, more than 100 international scientists spoke out against an observational study on malaria drugs and the
coronavirus
.
In July, the
World Health Organization (WHO)
finally
stopped
its studies on
hydroxychloroquine
.
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
.