A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was spread in the world like a pandemic, in late December 2019. There were challenges for treatment interventions as well as types of medicines. Despite there is no specific therapy strategy for COVID-19, studies have identified Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Remdesivir as the most widely used medicine worldwide [1-3]. So, this letter was written to synthesize the evidence and outcomes of the medicines for COVID-19 patients.

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Citation

Citation: Debraj Mukhopadhyay. “Hydroxychloroquine or Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Patients". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 6.6 (2022): 01-03.

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Copyright: © 2020 Debraj Mukhopadhyay. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.