President Donald Trump said he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he's repeatedly touted as a treatment for coronavirus.
, a drug that he's repeatedly touted as a treatment for coronavirus, despite warnings about its effectiveness.
Trump, who said he has tested negative for COVID-19, said he has been taking the drug daily for about a week and a half as an added measure to avoid getting the coronavirus. He said the White House physician"didn't recommend" hydroxychloroquine but offered it to him. "You'd be surprised about how many people are taking it, especially the frontline workers, before you catch it," Trump said before revealing he was among those taking the drug.
The drug remdesivir has come up about 15 times in official White House remarks, sometimes from the president and sometimes from other health officials. Hydroxychloroquine, by contrast, has been raised about four times as often in those settings.The 73-year-old president has been found to generally be in good health, according to his annual physicals, though like many Americans he takes a statin drug designed to lower his cholesterol.
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