Going by the available (weak) evidence wins over patients dying while we wait for the trials (my words, not the article's).
The Minister of Health,Víctor Zamora ,told RPP in an interview that both drugs were recommended by the expert committee of his Sector. In addition,he recalled that this pandemic "is marked by uncertainty and by little knowledge of the disease."
The Minister of Health,Víctor Zamora ,defended this Thursday the acquisition of the drugs Hidroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, to treat patients with the new coronavirus ,which was announced earlier by President Martín Vizcarra.
"This pandemic is marked by uncertainty and little knowledge of the disease. For this we have an expert committee that recommended that we continue with Hydroxychloroquine and include Ivermectin," he told Conexión in RPP.
In response to questions about the unproven efficacy of both drugs in treating the disease,he replied: "Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that we have used for years,the same goes for the second ... It is an expert judgment. Waiting for scientific evidence would be waiting for a year,time we don't have,"he added.
Earlier,President Martín Vizcarra announced that his Government has purchased 350,000 hydroxychloriquine treatments and 490,000 ivermectin treatments to administer to patients with the new coronavirus.
Use ivermectin for patients with heart conditions?
However, both the World Health Organization (WHO) and various international studies have questioned the effectiveness of drugs to treat COVID-19.
[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 2 points | Jun 07 2020 22:45:23
Going by the available (weak) evidence wins over patients dying while we wait for the trials (my words, not the article's).
The Minister of Health,Víctor Zamora ,told RPP in an interview that both drugs were recommended by the expert committee of his Sector. In addition,he recalled that this pandemic "is marked by uncertainty and by little knowledge of the disease."
The Minister of Health,Víctor Zamora ,defended this Thursday the acquisition of the drugs Hidroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, to treat patients with the new coronavirus ,which was announced earlier by President Martín Vizcarra.
"This pandemic is marked by uncertainty and little knowledge of the disease. For this we have an expert committee that recommended that we continue with Hydroxychloroquine and include Ivermectin," he told Conexión in RPP.
In response to questions about the unproven efficacy of both drugs in treating the disease,he replied: "Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that we have used for years,the same goes for the second ... It is an expert judgment. Waiting for scientific evidence would be waiting for a year,time we don't have,"he added.
Earlier,President Martín Vizcarra announced that his Government has purchased 350,000 hydroxychloriquine treatments and 490,000 ivermectin treatments to administer to patients with the new coronavirus.
Use ivermectin for patients with heart conditions?
However, both the World Health Organization (WHO) and various international studies have questioned the effectiveness of drugs to treat COVID-19.
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