A Los Angeles doctor said he is seeing significant success in prescribing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc to treat patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19.
The drug has long been used for treatment of malaria and conditions such as lupus and arthritis but is not technically approved by the FDA for COVID-19.
The drug, he said, opens a channel for the zinc to enter the cell and block virus replication.
Because the drug is on the market, doctors can use it for off-label purposes.
A man in Arizona died after taking a similar drug, chloroquine phosphate, in an apparent attempt to self-medicate.
The man did not take the pharmaceutical version of the drug, but a version used at aquariums to clean fish tanks.
MORE: Chloroquine shortage concerns mount as Trump touts malaria drug as possible COVID-19 treatment.
https://abc7.com/coronavirus-drug-covid-19-malaria-hydroxychloroquine/6079864/
The drug has long been used for treatment of malaria and conditions such as lupus and arthritis but is not technically approved by the FDA for COVID-19.
The drug, he said, opens a channel for the zinc to enter the cell and block virus replication.
Because the drug is on the market, doctors can use it for off-label purposes.
A man in Arizona died after taking a similar drug, chloroquine phosphate, in an apparent attempt to self-medicate.
The man did not take the pharmaceutical version of the drug, but a version used at aquariums to clean fish tanks.
MORE: Chloroquine shortage concerns mount as Trump touts malaria drug as possible COVID-19 treatment.
https://abc7.com/coronavirus-drug-covid-19-malaria-hydroxychloroquine/6079864/
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