A Facebook post that incorrectly states that the American Journal of Medicine (AJM) reported that hydroxychloroquine can “cure” COVID-19 is contradicted by a recent response from the AJM, which explicitly states that such claims are inaccurate and that studies show that the treatment does “More harm than good.”
The report (example of this) reads: “The American Journal of Medicine now reports that hydroxychloroquine COVID 19 actually counteracts and cures”.
On February 17, the AJM explicitly responded to the demands of the Brazilian government that the AJM have shown that hydroxychloroquine can prevent or treat COVID-19. They wrote: “nothing can be further from the truth.
‘The AJM is not a regulatory agency, or an arbitrator of political and scientific disputes. The AJM is a means of communication used by scientists and clinicians to report information that is potentially useful to physicians around the world. It is completely inaccurate to claim that the AJM endorsed a therapeutic intervention. ”(Here)
The AJM also stated that although early laboratory studies have suggested a possible therapeutic treatment for COVID-19, it has subsequently been shown that a number of these drugs, including HCQ, are ineffective or harmful in preventing or preventing SARS-CoV infection. treat. -2 ”.
While the AJM recently published a letter written by a scientist in support of the use of hydroxychloroquine (here), it has also published criticism. A recently published letter cites studies showing that deaths were significantly increased in patients receiving hydroxychloroquine treatments (The AJM had earlier published a comment from scientists saying that a moratorium on prescriptions for the drug was urgently needed (here).
VERDICT
Untrue. The American Journal of Medicine explicitly denied that he had endorsed hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
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