Hydroxychloroquine for COVID19: the curtains close on a comedy of errors
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Infodemic can influence medical decision-making on treatment or preventive measures.
“Infodemic can influence medical decision-making on treatment or preventive measures, (59, 60) for example some people used hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 based on false or unproven information, endorsed by popular and influential people (61).”
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Some people used hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 based on false or unproven information endorsed by popular and influential people.
“for example some people used hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 based on false or unproven information, endorsed by popular and influential people (61).”
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- Authors
- Schwartz, I. S., Boulware, D. R., & Lee, T. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Schwartz, Ilan S
- Venue
- The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-07
- Volume
- 11
- Pages
- 100268
- ISSN
- 2667-193X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9069223
- OpenAlex
- W4229072457
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2025: 7 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 4.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Keywords
- hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19 pandemic, antimalarial drugs, drug repurposing, clinical trial results, antiviral therapy
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