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    Online Pharmacy Saw A 'Panic-Driven' Boom In Drug Touted By Trump

    HealthWarehouse says requests for hydroxychloroquine surged to 50 times the usual number in March. Its website crashed after Trump mentioned the drug, which is unproven to treat COVID-19.
    by Austin Horn May 14, 2020 2 minutes

    In mid-March, when the unproven idea of giving coronavirus patients anti-malarial drugs emerged on social media and on Fox News, the online pharmacy HealthWarehouse said orders for hydroxychloroquine started to spike.

    It was inundated with requests for the drug when President Donald Trump speculated later that month that in combination with another medication, hydroxychloroquine could be "one of the biggest The president then repeatedly championed the drug.

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