COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine

RFK Jr. has accused the FDA of suppressing hydroxychloroquine. Now, the study that suggested its use in COVID is retracted.
A study that prompted hope for a COVID-19 treatment in the early days of the pandemic has now been formally retracted by the scientific journal that published it. Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug also approved for use in some autoimmune diseases,
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Against that backdrop, this study emerged, claiming that a cheap and readily available drug might be one of the answers people had been desperately searching for. Almost immediately, the hype around hydroxychloroquine took off, including from then (and soon-to-be) US President Donald Trump.
Journal pulls scientific paper that popularized hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment
One of the most notable scientific papers that first popularized hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment was retracted from its journal due to ethical and methodological issues. Retractions in scientific journals are rare and typically undergo an extensive investigative process.
Controversial study that promoted hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment retracted
The journal also could not confirm if patients were recruited prior to ethical approval or whether there was equipoise—meaning genuine uncertainty about the relative effects of treatments in a trial—between participants who received hydroxychloroquine and controls.
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Hydroxychloroquine study retracted after years of controversy
A controversial study that presented hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19 has been retracted from the scientific journal where it was published in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Study retracted years after popularizing controversial COVID-19 treatment
Larger studies done by the National Institutes of Health had shown no benefits of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment as well as some risks, including heart rhythm problems. The drug is no longer recommended for use as a COVID treatment by major public health and medical organizations.
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