Trump defends taking unproven drug
Members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet have come to his defense over what he's said is his use of the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure for COVID-19, despite a study showing the dangers of the drug and safety concerns from the FDA.
"It's got a bad reputation only because I'm promoting and so I'm obviously a very bad promoter. If anybody else were promoting it, they'd say this is the greatest thing ever," Trump told reporters in a White House meeting.
Trump has touted the anti-malaria drug as a possible "game changer" treatment for COVID-19 and on Monday said he's taken a pill a day for about a week and a half, though he said he has "zero symptoms."
Though the drug is currently in controlled, clinical trials for front-line workers, the FDA recently warned against taking "outside of a hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems."
Trump also criticized a retrospective study of veterans hospitalized in the U.S., which found more deaths among patients who took the drug as opposed to those who received standard care. He called it "false," "phony" and a "Trump enemy statement."
Members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet have come to his defense over what he's said is his use of the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure for COVID-19, despite a study showing the dangers of the drug and safety concerns from the FDA.
"It's got a bad reputation only because I'm promoting and so I'm obviously a very bad promoter. If anybody else were promoting it, they'd say this is the greatest thing ever," Trump told reporters in a White House meeting.
Trump has touted the anti-malaria drug as a possible "game changer" treatment for COVID-19 and on Monday said he's taken a pill a day for about a week and a half, though he said he has "zero symptoms."
Though the drug is currently in controlled, clinical trials for front-line workers, the FDA recently warned against taking "outside of a hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems."
Trump also criticized a retrospective study of veterans hospitalized in the U.S., which found more deaths among patients who took the drug as opposed to those who received standard care. He called it "false," "phony" and a "Trump enemy statement."
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