Contrary to what is thought and what is spread on the internet, chloroquine is not the solution for Covid-19, yes, that's what a group of scholars came to the conclusion, after the disclosure that this would be a definitive enough to stop the disease. pandemic.
In Brazil, 11 people die from using chloroquine as a possible solution, after this tragic event, health authorities immediately stopped using or recommending the drug. But what do they discover? It has been found that a high dose of the drug in patients can lead to severe cases of arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat.
Research on the use of chloroquine has not been reviewed by members of the scientific academy or published in industry journals, it has only been released on a virtual health information server called medRxiv.
What does the survey content say? He cites 81 patients who were hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms in the state of Manaus. But that was even before receiving confirmation from the laboratory that they had the disease, the patients were included in the study.
Researchers prove that chloroquine is not the cure
The director of science and technology of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and professor at InCor, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajja, made an important warning about the use of the drug, in an interview with the Brazilian press she said:
“Chloroquine is not a vaccine. It's being seen as a savior, and it's not. But if you say that, you are already starting to get beaten up because it has become a national issue of pressure. But the scientific reality is this, there is no evidence of effectiveness”.
The director, who was part of the expert committee that met with Brazil's current president, Bolsonaro, two weeks ago to discuss the use of chloroquine, said she had warned the president about the lack of evidence on the drug's use.
However, drug advocates continue to spread the lie, however, we need to bring more concrete information, because we are in a serious situation.
Ludhmila also informed that the “adverse effects should not be negligible”. She explained that arrhythmia is more difficult to occur when the person has a healthy heart, but that we must remember that “up to 40% of patients infected with Covid-19 have some type of injury to the cardiovascular system”.
Finally, the physicians involved in the research said that the data gathered by this closed study provided evidence that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, both used in the treatment of malaria, can cause significant data in some patients, specifically in cases where there is some heart-related problem, so dear readers, stick to official information and expert recommendations.
Source: Estadão Health
