{"id":10764,"date":"2020-04-04T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10764"},"modified":"2020-04-04T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T22:53:12","slug":"6000-doctors-say-trump-backed-anti-malaria-drug-is-the-most-effective-coronavirus-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10764","title":{"rendered":"6000 Doctors Say Trump-backed anti-malaria drug is the most effective coronavirus treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<h2>Trump-backed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the most effective coronavirus treatment currently available, finds international poll of 6,000 doctors<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Majority of 6,200 doctors from 30 nations said malaria drug was most effective\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Doctors across Europe, the US and China have been given licence to prescribe\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>But the UK is dragging its feet until\u00a0clinical trials show it is safe and effective<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>World Health Organization claims that no medicine can prevent or cure virus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the best\u00a0<a id=\"mol-0e93fff0-75a7-11ea-aa4b-89accdc213c6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/coronavirus\/index.html\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0drug currently available, according to an international poll of thousands of doctors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Of 6,200 physicians surveyed from 30 countries, the majority (37 per cent) said it was the &#8216;most effective therapy&#8217; for the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the\u00a0<a id=\"mol-0e93fff1-75a7-11ea-aa4b-89accdc213c6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/world-health-organization\/index.html\">World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO) claims that &#8216;there is no evidence&#8217; that any medicine &#8216;can prevent or cure the disease&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">With a spiralling crisis and no cure in sight, doctors in Europe, the US and China\u00a0have been given licence to prescribe the promising drug to COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the UK has prevented clinicians from dishing out hydroxychloroquine &#8211; a form of chloroquine &#8211; until clinical trials are completed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9011906c687f6f4e\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2020\/04\/01\/09\/26669484-8175333-image-a-2_1585730856074.jpg\" alt=\"The malaria drug chloroquine is the best coronavirus treatment currently available, according to an international poll of thousands of doctors. Pictured: hydroxychloroquine, a version of it, is prescribed in the US under the brand name Plaquenil\" width=\"634\" height=\"429\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The malaria drug chloroquine is the best coronavirus treatment currently available, according to an international poll of thousands of doctors. Pictured: hydroxychloroquine, a version of it, is prescribed in the US under the brand name Plaquenil<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e3d6f75b433d1d3d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2020\/04\/03\/12\/26769558-8184259-image-a-10_1585914355251.jpg\" alt=\"Of 6,200 physicians surveyed from 30 countries, the majority (37 per cent) said hydroxychloroquine was the 'most effective therapy' for the virus\" width=\"634\" height=\"789\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Of 6,200 physicians surveyed from 30 countries, the majority (37 per cent) said hydroxychloroquine was the &#8216;most effective therapy&#8217; for the virus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chloroquine (CQ), branded as Aralen, and counterpart hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), known as Plaquenil, are well-established medicines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They are also prescribed on the NHS to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and have been used since the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The latest poll, conducted by\u00a0Sermo &#8211; a &#8216;virtual lounge&#8217; for doctors, found the tablets were most widely used for<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8184259\/Malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine-effective-coronavirus-treatment-currently-available.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8184259\/Malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine-effective-coronavirus-treatment-currently-available.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}