特朗普自曝服藥防新冠

Trump takes uNPRoven drug
特朗普自曝服藥防新冠

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the novel coronavirus.
美國總統特朗普18日表示，自己正在服用一種抗瘧疾藥預防新冠肺炎。

Trump told reporters he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement daily "for about a week and a half now."
特朗普向記者表示，他每天服用羥氯喹和鋅補充劑已有一個半星期。

Trump said his doctor did not recommend the drug to him, but he requested it from the White House physician.
特朗普稱，醫生並未推薦他服用該藥物，是他自己向白宮醫生提出了要求。

The Food and Drug Administration warned health professionals last month that the drug should not be used to treat COVID-19 outside of hospital or research settings, due to sometimes fatal side effects.
美國食品藥品監督管理局上個月向醫療專家發出警告，由於羥氯喹有時會具有致命的副作用，該藥不應在醫院或研究機構之外的地方用於治療新冠肺炎。

Regulators issued the alert for the drug, which can also be used to treat lupus and arthritis, after receiving reports of heart rhythm problems, including deaths, from poison control centers and other health providers.
此前監管機構曾接到毒藥控制中心及其他醫療機構關於羥氯喹會導致心率失常甚至死亡的報告，因此對此藥發出警告。羥氯喹還可用於治療狼瘡和關節炎。

Several prominent doctors said they worried that people would infer from Trump's example that the drug works or is safe.
多位知名醫生表示，擔心人們會因特朗普的案例推斷這種藥物有效或安全。