American politicians and doctors are debating whether to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus. The drug has been used to treat some COVID 19 patients in the United States. But doctors ordering its use have no idea whether it is working. The medicine is among several drugs they experiment with on those infected. The patients differ in severity of sickness, age, sex, pre-existing health condition and other ways. As a result, it is unclear what treatment has helped those who improve or if they would have improved without any treatment at all. The drug has been around for many years and is a popular treatment for the diseases malaria and lupus.
What is Malaria?
An illness causing high fever and is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions
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What do doctors think about the use of hydroxychloroquine?
Doctors are not using it.
Doctors leave it up to the nurses to decide.
Doctors ordering its use have no idea whether it is working
Doctors have no comment.
The drug described in this article has been used to treat some COVID-19 patients.
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people with high blood pressure
children with asthma
people with obesity