Washington : US President Donald Trump on Saturday approved the use of Remdesivir in the treatment of Coronavirus. So far, Trump was claiming to be the most effective malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of corona infection (Covid-19). Remedycivir drug in the US has seen good results on corona patients. Experts are looking at this antiviral drug first tested against Ebola virus in an positive manner. Those who have been given remedies are discharged from the hospital in an average of 11 days.
#BREAKING US approves Gilead's remdesivir drug for coronavirus patients, says Trump pic.twitter.com/xrMe3AYhSA
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 1, 2020
According to scientists, this drug made by American pharma company Gilead is not designed to treat corona virus and even though it is benefitting, but research on the side effects is also needed. Earlier, it was proved to be very beneficial for the critically ill people of John Hopkins University by mixing it with other medicines.
Not only America, it is being treated in many hospitals around the world. Although this drug was previously used in China on seriously ill patients, which had no effect. Now its new trial was done by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Trump’s adviser, US health officer Dr Anthony Focky, described the fast-looking reform as ‘good news’.
Hydroxychloroquine is also undergoing treatment in America
Let us know that many hospitals in America are using hydroxychloroquine, a drug used in the treatment of malaria, to treat patients with corona virus. According to a news published in the medical magazine ‘Amdase’ on Friday, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and tocilizumab, a drug used to treat malaria, are treating patients with corona virus at Yale New Haven Health System hospitals.
Indian-American cardiologist Nihar Desai told the magazine, “It is a cheap drug, it has been used for decades and people are feeling comfortable with it.” He said, ‘We are trying our best. We hope that we never have to face something like corona virus global epidemic again. Anthony Fossey of the National Institutes of Health said that this drug would be effective in the treatment of seriously ill corona virus patients. The FDA first approved the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of Kovid-19 patients. On Trump’s request, India sent 50 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine to the US.