BRASILIA - On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures, Brazil’s health minister took another stand in defiance of President Jair Bolsonaro, refusing to endorse the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus.
However, Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta is resisting pressure from Bolsonaro to approve the use of the drug for patients at the first signs of illness, including lobbying from outside doctors in the presidential palace. Yet on Monday, hours after surviving a combative Cabinet meeting where many expected him to lose his job, Mandetta said he was taken to a room to meet two doctors who favor a much broader use of the medicine.
At Bolsonaro’s request, they presented their proposed guidelines to his chief of staff, who scheduled the meeting with Mandetta that day, said the people with knowledge of the matter, requesting anonymity because the deliberations were not public. The regulatory body recommended against the “indiscriminate” purchase and use of the drug, saying “self-medication could be a serious health risk” and lead to shortages of the drug for people it was meant for.
Yamaguchi told Reuters she is calling, based on still unpublished findings, for hydroxychloroquine to be prescribed along with an antibiotic as soon as patients test positive or show symptoms of the coronavirus.
I haven't heard of a single clinical trial where the drug has worked. Some have caused deaths but at best neutral results.
pray the dead out number the smartest of them all
Controlled double-blind trials ONLY! Stop clowning around with it!
In 2010, the Ministry of Health had a practical manual, mentioning the sub-therapeutic use of chloroquine to prevent malaria. The drug, before Covid-19, does not need a prescription to be purchased. If it was so dangerous, why wasn’t it black (restricted)?
He should be first....bet he would enjoy an altered QT intervals and sudden cardiac death.
He knows it's a death pill. It blinds people and kills people with melanin easily. It's the genocide pill.
HydroxyKoolAid
Blood plasma from recovered patients seem more effective.
He must be listening to Trump, same IQ
lhmandetta chupa, traidor comunista.
heliobeltrao
brazil girls should move to Japan now be safe !
He hasn't been right much
The only to know if it will work is to try it
How much does this guy sniff Trump's crotch?
He's as wacko as Trump. :)
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