<p>Though she was sure to warn of temporary side effects from hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Donald Trump has suggested could be promising against the novel coronavirus, actress Rita Wilson said her fever broke after she took the therapeutic.</p>
<p>Wilson, along with her actor husband Tom Hanks, were two of the first celebrities to share with the public that they were infected with the China-originated coronavirus. As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/update-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-recover-from-coronavirus-return-to-u-s">The Daily Wire</a>, the duo recovered from the virus in late March and returned home to the United States from Australia.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; actress made the remarks about the chloroquine treatment on Tuesday morning, speaking to host Gayle King on CBS &#8220;This Morning&#8221; about the infection and her recovery.</p>
<p>&#8220;I felt extremely achy, uncomfortable, didn&#8217;t want to be touched, and then the fever started,&#8221; Wilson told King. &#8220;Chills like I&#8217;ve never had before.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;On day nine, they gave me chloroquine,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I know people have been talking about this drug, but I can only tell you that, I don&#8217;t know if the drug worked or if it was just time for the fever to break, but my fever did break.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wilson went on to underscore the temporary side effects of the drug, such as nausea.</p>
<p>&#8220;But the chloroquine had such extreme side effects,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was completely nauseous and I had vertigo. I could not walk and my muscles felt very weak.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think people have to be very considerate about that drug,&#8221; Wilson added. &#8220;We don&#8217;t really know if it&#8217;s helpful in this case.&#8221;</p>
<p>In late March, “Lost” actor Daniel Dae Kim <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lost-actor-who-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-says-drug-secret-weapon-to-his-recover">credited</a> his COVID-19 recovery to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-these-two-drugs-could-be-game-changer-in-fight-against-virus">hydroxychloroquine</a>, calling it the “secret weapon” to his stabilized health.</p>
<p>“I need to say this in bold letters: Obviously, I am not a doctor, nor am I lawyer … So please don’t take my word as that of a medical professional,” Kim emphasized in a video posted to social media.</p>
<p>“That said, here is a treatment protocol I followed as prescribed by the amazing doctor,” he continued. “It was what’s called a drug cocktail, which means it’s a combination of different drugs. It consisted of Tamiflu, which is an anti-viral, the antibiotic azithromycin, more commonly known as a ‘Zpack,’ a glycopyrrolate inhaler, that was used to ease breathing and the inflammation commonly associated with COVID.”</p>
<p>“And here’s what I consider to be the secret weapon: hydroxychloroquine,” Kim stated. “This is a common anti-malarial drug that has been used with great success in Korea in their fight against the coronavirus. And yes, this is the drug that the president mentioned the other day.”</p>
<p>The actor noted it is “also the drug that Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned us against,” noting that evidence of its effectiveness against COVID-19 is “anecdotal.”</p>
<p>“Well, add my name to those personal accounts, because I am feeling better,&#8221; Kim said.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-rate-hydroxychloroquine-most-effective-coronavirus-treatment">international poll</a> of more than 6,000 doctors found hydroxychloroquine was deemed the most highly rated treatment for COVID-19.</p>
<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, positive results from the drugs have thus far been largely anecdotal:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The Times repeatedly underscores that the treatment has not yet been proven to be effective by officials and highlights “concerns” among health experts about the Trump and Cuomo-promoted medications, which sometimes have dangerous side effects, like “fatal heart arrhythmia and vision loss.” Like The Washington Post’s editorial board, which has accused Trump of causing “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wapo-editors-lash-out-at-trump-for-spreading-false-hope-about-curing-virus">damage</a>” by pointing to the treatment as a potential “cure,” the Times suggests Trump, and to a lesser extent Cuomo, may be guilty of “raising false hopes in the American public” and “contribut[ing] to runs on supply and hoarding” of the drugs.</em></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RitaWilson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RitaWilson</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GayleKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GayleKing</a> she took <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chloroquine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chloroquine</a> to treat COVID-19: I can only tell you that I don&#39;t know if the drug worked or it was just time for the fever to break. My fever did break but the chloroquine had such extreme side effects&#8230; We don&#39;t really know if it&#39;s helpful <a href="https://t.co/8xej1NyhaQ">pic.twitter.com/8xej1NyhaQ</a></p>
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