Dr Noor Hisham: Health Ministry to use hydroxychloroquine more cautiously in Covid-19 trials
Tuesday, 26 May 2020 06:36 PM MYTHealth director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Health Ministry will continue to use the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in its trials to develop a treatment against Covid-19. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
“As you may know, it has side effects, which vary from person to person, so there needs to be close monitoring by doctors,” Dr Noor Hisham said during the daily press conference. “So if using the drug to treat a patient induces a longer QT interval in the individual, we will have to stop it or else the heart will fail,” Dr Noor Hisham said, adding the ministry will continue its usage more cautiously than before.
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