Prognosis
France Reports Heart Incidents Linked to Drug Promoted by Trump
- French doctor is running experimental coronavirus treatment
- U.S. has stockpiled millions of hydroxychloroquine doses
Members of the civil protection ambulance service and medical personnel load a coronavirus patient into an elevator in Paris on April 5.
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France reported 43 cases of heart incidents linked to treating coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted as a potential “game changer.”
As the U.S. stockpiles as many as 29 million doses of the drug, which is also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, the data on adverse reactions from France’s drug safety agency highlights the risk of using unproven treatments to stem a pandemic that’s killed more than 100,000 people worldwide.