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EPISODE · Mar 30, 2020 · 30 MIN

Episode 35: Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin – A miracle treatment for COVID-19?

from The Dr. and Dad Healthcast · host Louis and Dr. Nicole Ascanio

A French medical researcher Didier Raoult recently published  results of a small/short clinical trial involving the use of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in the treatment of COVID-19. When Fox News and then President Trump publicized the apparently effective cocktail, people around the world responded: People stormed pharmacies and pet shops for chloroquine, some killed themselves with aquarium cleaner, India banned chloroquine export, while national authorities including French government decided to deploy chloroquine as the medicine to treat COVID19.  But, is this hype justified?

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