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> Although the drug has been used in humans for decades to treat malaria, it has not been used to any extent on humans to treat COVID-19 This isn't very weird,
by capableweb 7y ago
> Although the drug has been used in humans for decades to treat malaria, it has not been used to any extent on humans to treat COVID-19
This isn't very weird, is it? Most people didn't start to hear about COVID-19 until January this year and many others didn't start hearing about it until people got infected in their countries.
As with everything with clinical trials, even if it seems to be helping, it'll take many months before it'll be prescribed to people for treating COVID-19
- aazaa 7y agoChloroquine (not AFAIK hydroxychloroquine) has been made available to doctors (and therefore patients) through "Compassionate Use." This means that doctors can prescribe chloroquine to patients before and outside of a clinical trial. I suspect many will take the chance. In effect, the US will be conducting a large-scale, semi-controlled clinical study on a drug with a significant side effect profile in the midst of the worst pandemic in 100 years.