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Covid: Colchicine not working in hospitalized sick, Recovery trial found

Is Colchicine not working in Covid sick already at the hospital? This is the conclusion found by the Recovery trial in a study released this Tuesday May 18, explaining the use of this therapy "was not associated with reductions in mortality, duration of hospital stay, or risk of progressing to invasive mechanical ventilation or death". Yet, this was a promising molecule, according to Montreal Heart Institute in a study released in March 2020 explaining Colchicine was said to be effective against Coronavirus, according to primary results from a clinical trial.

Covid: WHO does not recommend hydroxychloroquine as a preventive drug against the disease

This Tuesday March 2, WHO announced in a memo released in the British Medical Journal that Hydroxychloroquine was not recommended as a preventive drug against Covid, relying on six randomized clinical trials, results have shown the inefficiency of the product to fight against severe coronavirus. In addition to those studies, a study carried out by Epi-phare, lead to the same conclusion.

Coronavirus: WHO halts chloroquine trials again

WHo already halted hydroxychloroquine trials back in May, and has announced this Wednesday June 17, 2020 they are halting trials around the molecule again. The readon being that several studies show its uselessness and tend to show negative effects. For the record, treating with hydroxychloroquine is allowed in France and recommended by professor Raoult.

Recovery: hydroxychloroquine useless, the first results of the clinical trial say

Is hydroxychloroquine once and for all useless against coronavirus? This is what seems to say the first results of the British Recovery clinical trial expected by the scientific community. The first conclusions incited the scientific authorities to stop enrolling patients for this branch of the study.

Chloroquine: three authors of the study published in The Lancet are recanting

Chloroquine keeps on sparking off controversies within the international community… After a British study released in The Lancet said the treatment against coronavirus was useless, the medical magazine distanced tself with its results, now three authors are recanting. A study that convinced French Health Minister Olivier Véran this May 23 to review the regulations for prescribing this treatment.

Coronavirus and chloroquine: Professor Raoult will “continue the most fitted treatments”

Even though prescribing hydroxychloroquine to fight against novel coronavirus has been banned, professor Didier Raoult has said he was not to change course after saying the study in The Lancet was “crap”.

Coronavirus: France bans hydroxychloroquine

According to a decree published this May 27th in the Journal Officiel, the French government has decided to ban the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.