Chloroquine for COVID-19 : a hype or not?

In March the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, posted a Tweet about the possible effects of chloroquine for COVID-19. Celebrities and mainstream media joined the discussion and promoted (hydroxy-)chloroquine to a true hype and the miracle cure for COVID-19. Police surveillance was needed to protect the producer of chloroquine in the Netherlands. Was (hydroxy-)chloroquine just a hype? The first European study had many methodological issues, a misleading conclusion and was published without the peer review process. It took several weeks before better designed studies showed that (hydroxy-)chloroquine was not effective for COVID-19, after which the use of this medicine was no longer recommended. It is understandable that in a pandemic there is a high need for an effective cure, but physicians should have waited until effectiveness was demonstrated. In our opinion, the use of (hydroxy-)chloroquine for COVID-19 was indeed a hype.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:164

Enthalten in:

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 164(2020) vom: 10. Dez.

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Chloroquine bij covid-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Machiels, J D [VerfasserIn]
Ter Avest, M [VerfasserIn]
Ten Oever, J [VerfasserIn]
Kramers, C [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

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Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.01.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318971011