Security News > 2020 > April > Unproven Coronavirus Therapy Proves Cash Cow for Shadow Pharmacies
A review of the sales figures from some of the top pharmacy affiliate programs suggests sales of drugs containing hydroxychloroquine rivaled that of their primary product - generic Viagra and Cialis - and that this as-yet-unproven Coronavirus treatment accounted for as much as 25 to 30 percent of all sales over the past month.
"Time to make extra money. Do any programs sell drugs for Coronavirus or flu?".
Com - touts the potential of Aralen, generic hydroxychloroquine, and generic Kaletra/Lopinavir, a drug used to treat HIV/AIDS. On Mar. 18, a manager for Rx-Partners said that like PharmCash, drugs which included chloroquine phosphate had already risen to the top of sales for non-erectile dysfunction drugs across the program.
While hydroxychloroquine has long been considered a relatively safe drug, some people have been so anxious to secure their own stash of the drug that they've turned to unorthodox sources.
The largest test of the drug's efficacy against Coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals.