The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand?
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a drug, which has long been used in the treatment of malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Recently with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the world, there have been studies suggesting that hydroxychloroquine may be useful both i...
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| author | Ranjit Mohan Anjana Nadiminty Ganapathi Sastry Muthu Ramuu Prasanna Kumar Gupta Jaggi Shalini Brijendra Kumar Srivastava Chaithanya Murthy Kocherlakota Tata Sameer Nandan Gangadhara Praveen Jyotish Nair Routray Philips Viswanathan Mohan Ranjit Unnikrishnan |
| author_facet | Ranjit Mohan Anjana Nadiminty Ganapathi Sastry Muthu Ramuu Prasanna Kumar Gupta Jaggi Shalini Brijendra Kumar Srivastava Chaithanya Murthy Kocherlakota Tata Sameer Nandan Gangadhara Praveen Jyotish Nair Routray Philips Viswanathan Mohan Ranjit Unnikrishnan |
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| description | Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a drug, which has long been used in the treatment of malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Recently with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the world, there have been studies suggesting that hydroxychloroquine may be useful both in the prevention and the treatment of COVID-19, although the evidence so far has been conflicting. This article reviews the available evidence for the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and also mentions some of the ongoing trials in this field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e28ced3689c94e308f772d5b3a991bfd2022-12-22T01:53:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Diabetology2078-76852020-01-01112657010.4103/JOD.JOD_33_20The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand?Ranjit Mohan AnjanaNadiminty Ganapathi SastryMuthu RamuuPrasanna Kumar GuptaJaggi ShaliniBrijendra Kumar SrivastavaChaithanya Murthy KocherlakotaTata Sameer NandanGangadhara PraveenJyotish NairRoutray PhilipsViswanathan MohanRanjit UnnikrishnanHydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a drug, which has long been used in the treatment of malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Recently with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the world, there have been studies suggesting that hydroxychloroquine may be useful both in the prevention and the treatment of COVID-19, although the evidence so far has been conflicting. This article reviews the available evidence for the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and also mentions some of the ongoing trials in this field.http://www.journalofdiabetology.org/article.asp?issn=2078-7685;year=2020;volume=11;issue=2;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Anjanacoronavirus disease 2019hydroxychloroquinetreatment |
| spellingShingle | Ranjit Mohan Anjana Nadiminty Ganapathi Sastry Muthu Ramuu Prasanna Kumar Gupta Jaggi Shalini Brijendra Kumar Srivastava Chaithanya Murthy Kocherlakota Tata Sameer Nandan Gangadhara Praveen Jyotish Nair Routray Philips Viswanathan Mohan Ranjit Unnikrishnan The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? Journal of Diabetology coronavirus disease 2019 hydroxychloroquine treatment |
| title | The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? |
| title_full | The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? |
| title_fullStr | The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? |
| title_short | The role of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: Where do we stand? |
| title_sort | role of hydroxychloroquine in covid 19 where do we stand |
| topic | coronavirus disease 2019 hydroxychloroquine treatment |
| url | http://www.journalofdiabetology.org/article.asp?issn=2078-7685;year=2020;volume=11;issue=2;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Anjana |
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