Your CliffsNotes Look at The COVID-19 Treatments President Trump Has Promoted

Here's a very quick look what we know and don't know about the drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, also known by the brand name Plaquenil.

These are the possible treatments for COVID-19 that President Donald Trump has been promoting.

WHAT WE KNOW

• The drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but not for the treatment of the coronavirus.
• A number of hospitals are using the drug to treat patients with the coronavirus.
• Patients who rely on hydroxychloroquine for other conditions can't get it.
• Some doctors and their families are hoarding the drug.
• There are efforts to increase the supply of the drug, but other moves could tighten it.
• Conservative groups and television hosts are talking up the benefits of the drug.
• Clinical trials are underway.
• Some people are self-medicating with harmful results.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW

• Whether the drugs are effective at treating the coronavirus.

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• Trump Has Promoted Possible Coronavirus Treatments. Here's What We Know — and Don't Know — About Them