[D66] Duizenden stierven aan het wondermiddel hydroxychloroquine (Wuhan Coronavirus 2019-nCoV #995)

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

[In de Tweede Kamer waren BvNL en FvD voorstander van HQC-kwakzalverij 
bij Covid]

Bron:    The Hill
Datum:   4 januari 2024
Auteur:  Nathaniel Weixel
URL:     
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4389800-hydroxychloroquine-deaths-study/
Ref:     
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hydroxychloroquine-deaths-coronavirus-1858066
Artikel: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222301853X


Nearly 17,000 people may have died from hydroxychloroquine: study
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Nearly 17,000 people across six countries may have died because they 
took hydroxychloroquine (HQC) during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020, 
according to a new analysis published by French researchers.

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malaria drug that was prescribed off-label 
to treat COVID-19 in the early stage of the pandemic, as researchers and 
physicians scrambled to find a way to combat the disease. It was also 
proposed as a preventative measure.

In February and March 2020, the use of this treatment was widely 
promoted based on preliminary reports suggesting a potential efficacy 
against COVID-19. However, subsequent studies showed that not only did 
the drug have no benefit, it also resulted in a significant increase in 
risk of death.

According to the researchers from Lyon, France, and Quebec, Canada, 
providers still prescribed hydroxychloroquine to some patients 
hospitalized with COVID-19 'despite the absence of evidence documenting 
its clinical benefits.'

The analysis found an estimated 16,990 excess deaths across six 
countries - Turkey, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and the U.S. - were 
likely attributed to hydroxychloroquine use.

The researchers analyzed other studies that tracked hospitalizations, 
exposure to hydroxychloroquine and the relative risk of death from the 
drug.

The toxicity of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 was 
partially due to cardiac side effects, such as abnormal heart rhythms.

However, the researchers noted their numbers were likely an undercount, 
but could also be a significant overcount.

The study period was only from March to July 2020, and there was a 
general lack of data from most countries. The actual number of deaths 
related to hydroxychloroquine could be between 3,000 and 30,000, they 
said.

Worldwide, the number of deaths related to hydroxychloroquine 'was 
obviously underestimated because of the lack of studies in regions, such 
as East Europe, United Kingdom, Germany, Scandinavia, Africa, and South 
America,' the researchers wrote.

Since there were about 600 million people combined living in the 
countries included in the study, the researchers said the real number of 
hydroxychloroquine-induced deaths might be 'significantly higher given 
the wide use of HCQ during the first and subsequent waves in numerous 
countries.'

The Food and Drug Administration granted a temporary emergency use 
authorization for hydroxychloroquine on March 28, 2020, which was 
revoked on June 15, 2020. Former president Trump repeatedly promoted the 
drug, touting hydroxychloroquine and a related drug called chloroquine 
as a possible 'miracle.'

'What do you have to lose? Take it,' Trump said during one of the White 
House coronavirus briefings.

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