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Title What do we know about Hydroxychloroquine? | Euronews answers Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Euronews Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 19/05/20 URL https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/19/what-do-we-know-about-hydroxychloroquine-euronews-answers Persons Hamid Merchant, Shahzad Hasan Title MHRA launches Covid-19 Yellow Card reporting site Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Pharmacy Network News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 6/05/20 URL https://www.pharmacynetworknews.com/mhra-launches-covid-19-yellow-card-reporting-site Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Farmacêuticos alertam: cloroquina e hidroxicloroquina tem uso restrito médico na COVID-19 Media name/outlet TVEuropa.pt Country/Territory Portugal Date 1/05/20 Description Medicamentos cloroquina e hidroxicloroquina só podem ser usados sob controlo médico em doentes de COVID em situações específicas, alertam especialistas em fármacos. Uso pela população pode levar à morte.
Especialistas em fármacos da Universidade de Huddersfield, Reino Unido, alertam, em artigo publicado no British Journal of Pharmacy, para haver maior cuidado com alegações em que o uso de medicamentos para a malária pode prevenir e curar a COVID-19.
Os farmacêuticos, Syed Shahzad Hasan e Hamid Merchant, coautores do estudo, referem que “embora tenha havido alguns sinais encorajadores de ensaios preliminares, em pequena escala, dos medicamentos cloroquina e hidroxicloroquina quando administrados a pacientes com o novo coronavírus, os resultados são preliminares e devem ser tratados com cuidado.URL https://www.tveuropa.pt/noticias/farmaceuticos-alertam-cloroquina-e-hidroxicloroquina-tem-uso-restrito-medico-na-covid-19/ Persons Hamid Merchant Title COVID-19 LATEST Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Pharmaceutical Journal Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 Description 1st May: 11:30 am
Preliminary results from trials assessing the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine (CQ/HCQ) for treating COVID-19 should be “treated with care” to avoid misinterpretation by the non-scientific community, pharmacy experts from the University of Huddersfield have warned. “Care should be taken to avoid exaggerating the preliminary safety/efficacy evidence of CQ/HCQ treatment in prevention and treatment of COVID-19 as it can lead to potential self-harm,” Syed Shahzad Hasan and Hamid Merchant wrote in the British Journal of Pharmacy on 30 April 2020, in collaboration with Chia Siang Kow, a pharmacist at the International Medical University in Kuala Lumpur.
The authors highlighted how publicity around the antimalarial drugs had led to “unnecessary hoarding” and called for pharmacists across the world to dispense them responsibly, discouraging the over-the-counter supply of CQ/HCQ in pharmacies. “It is the duty of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to monitor the proper usage of these antimalarial drugs…its use should be restricted for the treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in severely ill patients only under clinical supervision of a licensed practitioner and close cardiac monitoring.”Producer/Author The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain URL https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/news-blog/covid-19-latest-boots-consultation-rooms-to-become-safe-spaces-for-patients-facing-domestic-abuse/20207843.article?firstPass=false Persons Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists Issue Caution Over Claims Antimalarial Drugs Could Be Cure for COVID-19 Media name/outlet Technology Networks Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/pharmacists-issue-caution-over-claims-antimalarial-drugs-could-be-cure-for-covid-19-334197 Persons Shahzad Hasan, Chia Siang Kow, Hamid Merchant Title Antimalarials 'no magic bullet' for Covid-19 Media name/outlet Pharmacy Network News Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.pharmacynetworknews.com/caution-urged-again-about-antimalarials-being-a-magic-bullet-for-covid-19 Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Antimalarials 'no magic bullet' for Covid-19 Media name/outlet Pharmacy Magazine Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/605674-caution-urged-again-about-antimalarials-being-a-magic-bullet-for-covid-19 Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Antimalarials 'no magic bullet' for Covid-19 Media name/outlet P3 Pharmacy Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.p3pharmacy.co.uk/605674-caution-urged-again-about-antimalarials-being-a-magic-bullet-for-covid-19 Persons Hamid Merchant, Shahzad Hasan Title Antimalarials 'no magic bullet' for Covid-19 Media name/outlet Independent Pharmacist Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/605674-caution-urged-again-about-antimalarials-being-a-magic-bullet-for-covid-19 Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Experts Caution Against Malarial Drugs as a Cure for Coronavirus Media name/outlet Med India Country/Territory India Date 1/05/20 URL https://www.medindia.net/news/experts-caution-against-malarial-drugs-as-a-cure-for-coronavirus-194708-1.htm# Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Yellow Card Update Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Technician Matters Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/05/20 Persons Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet Hospital Hub Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://hubpublishing.co.uk/pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-as-a-cure-for-coronavirus/ Persons Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet Pharmacy Business Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://www.pharmacy.biz/pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-as-a-cure-for-coronavirus/ Persons Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet Brinkwire.com Date 30/04/20 Description Pharmacy experts at the University of Huddersfield are urging caution over claims that widely-available antimalarial drugs could be a “magic bullet” to prevent and cure CoVid-19. And the medicines can—if used rashly—have serious side effects.
Although there have been some encouraging signs from small-scale preliminary trials of the drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) when administered to coronavirus patients, the results are preliminary and should be treated with care, argue Dr. Syed Shahzad Hasan and Dr. Hamid Merchant.URL https://en.brinkwire.com/news/pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-as-a-cure-for-coronavirus/ Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title https://notiziescientifiche.it/clorochina-e-idrossiclorochina-per-covid-19-bisogna-andarci-piano-secondo-i-ricercatori/ Media name/outlet NotizieScientifichi.it Media type Web Country/Territory Italy Date 30/04/20 Description Anche se ci sono stati i risultati definibili come “incoraggianti” per quanto riguarda l’utilizzo di farmaci come clorochina (CQ) e idrossiclorochina (HCQ) su malati di COVID-19, questi risultati sono comunque preliminari e queste medicine, se utilizzate in maniera avventata o addirittura senza a supporto medico, possono avere gravi effetti collaterali.
È quanto lasciano intendere Syed Shahzad Hasan e Hamid Merchant, due ricercatori in farmacia dell’Università medica internazionale di Kuala Lumpur che hanno pubblicato un articolo sul British Journal of Pharmacy.URL https://notiziescientifiche.it/clorochina-e-idrossiclorochina-per-covid-19-bisogna-andarci-piano-secondo-i-ricercatori/ Persons Hamid Merchant, Shahzad Hasan Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as cures for coronavirus Media name/outlet Alpha Galileo Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 Description Early reports that anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could be used to prevent and cure the virus have received a caution from Huddersfield pharmacists in an article published in the British Journal of Pharmacy. URL https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/192018?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/192018 Persons Hamid Merchant, Shahzad Hasan Title Malarial Drugs Should not be used for COVID-19: Pharmacists are warning. Media name/outlet SparkHealthMD Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://sparkhealthmd.com/malarial-drugs-should-not-be-used-for-covid-19-pharmacists-warn/1480/ Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet EurekAlert Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/uoh-pwa043020.php Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet Science Codex Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://www.sciencecodex.com/pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-cure-coronavirus-646071 Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet Medical Xpress Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-pharmacists-malarial-drugs-coronavirus.html Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as cures for coronavirus Media name/outlet YubaNet.com Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://yubanet.com/scitech/pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-as-cures-for-coronavirus/ Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacy experts urge caution against use of antimalarial drugs to cure COVID-19 Media name/outlet NewsMedical Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200430/Pharmacy-experts-urge-caution-against-use-of-antimalarial-drugs-to-cure-COVID-19.aspx Persons Hamid Merchant Title Pharmacists warn against malarial drugs as a cure for coronavirus Media name/outlet World Pharma News Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/04/20 URL https://www.worldpharmanews.com/research/5237-pharmacists-warn-against-malarial-drugs-as-a-cure-for-coronavirus Persons Shahzad Hasan, Hamid Merchant