{"id":149681,"date":"2020-05-19T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/health-experts-alarmed-by-trumps-use-of-unproven-drug\/"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:40:37","slug":"health-experts-alarmed-by-trumps-use-of-unproven-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/health-experts-alarmed-by-trumps-use-of-unproven-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Health experts alarmed by Trumps use of unproven drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trumps startling admission Monday that he is taking hydroxychloroquine despite testing negative for the coronavirus alarmed health experts, who cautioned that people who follow his lead risk serious heart problems and other complications from the decades-old drug.<\/p>\n<p>The treatment has been shown in observational studies to have limited or no proven benefits for coronavirus patients, and could even be harmful when used in certain combinations. But data from more extensive studies are still forthcoming. Public health experts expressed concern that Trumps continued advocacy of the drug could cause another run on supplies, with serious consequences for patients with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases for which it is an approved treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite testing negative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/05\/18\/trump-says-hes-taking-unproven-anti-malarial-drug-265546\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump told reporters<\/a> he has been taking the drug in combination with other medicines for a \u201ccouple of weeks.\u201d That is around the same time the first two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>There have been only limited results from studies on whether hydroxychloroquine could be effective as a prophylactic measure. Given the drugs potentially harsh side effects, medical experts strongly cautioned they wouldnt prescribe the drug to patients as a preventive measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems to me to be a crazy thing to do,\u201d said David Juurlink, head of clinical pharmacology at the University of Toronto. \u201cIf the drug had no side effects, it would be a reasonable thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump would appear be part of the cohort most at risk of taking the drug in this manner. The president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/17\/health\/trump-heart-disease-gupta\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has a common heart disease<\/a>, with a buildup of plaque in his blood vessels, according to records the White House released after his 2018 physical exam.<\/p>\n<p>Mondays disclosure mixed the defiance Trump has displayed since the early days of the pandemic with a heightened sense of vulnerability. The president has insisted the country can reopen for business as the virus continues to spread, questioned death tolls and dismissed some assertions by his health advisers. And yet he appears willing to take an unproven drug he insists is effective as the virus spreads to his inner circle.<\/p>\n<p>Trumps doctor, Sean Conley, said he and the president had \u201cnumerous discussions\u201d about the evidence surrounding hydroxychloroquine, according to a newly released White House memo that didnt specify a treatment regimen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks,\u201d Conley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also worried that Trumps latest comments would spark another dash to scoop up hydroxychloroquine, which has been on the Food and Drug Administrations shortage list since late March after the president bega<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/crazy-thing-to-do-health-experts-alarmed-by-trumps-use-of-unproven-drug\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trumps startling admi..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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