The Drug President Trump has been promoting lately actually increases the risk of patients with the disease dying from it, a study in the Lancet has found.
The study said there were no benefits to treating patients with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
Trump has stated he was taking the drug despite public health officials warning that it could cause heart problems.
The president has repeatedly promoted the drug, against medical advice.
Hydroxychloroquine is safe for malaria, and conditions like lupus or arthritis, but no clinical trials…..(click here for more)