The French Medicines Agency, ANSM, warned on Monday that the drugs currently tested against Covid-19 could cause “serious adverse effects” and should “in no case” be used for self-medication, while three potentially deaths related to these treatments have been reported.
“Thirty” serious adverse effects, including “three deaths” in patients with coronavirus are being investigated to determine whether these events are related or not to the treatments which have been administered to them: Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine ) but also other drugs such as Kaletra (an antiretroviral combining lopinavir / ritonavir), said Dominique Martin, the director general of the ANSM.
On Twitter, the organization invited health professionals, as well as patients, to report “any adverse reaction observed in the context of exceptional use of these drugs”. “When misused, these drugs are toxic and can be responsible for serious heart problems,” also said the ANSM.
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