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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to be really careful about how much to take. Just a little bit too much could kill you. Plus you have to take it with Azithromyacin. [/quote]

I don’t quite understand - haven’t people been taking this as a preventative for malaria for many years? I know it is not the preferred antimalarial anymore because the side effects can be intense and there is some drug resistance to it in parts of Africa, but if it were that dangerous it wouldn’t be on the market. [/quote]

Huh? There are plenty of drugs on the market with significant side effects. Plus, we have no idea how it works on people with coronavirus - may the side effects are more severe. Hence, the need for trials. [/quote]

I was responding to the PP who said that taking too much could kill you. That doesn’t seem to be a fact. While too much of anything (even Tylenol) can kill you, my point is that if it were that dangerous as in a slightly off dosage could kill you, this wouldn’t be on the market for so many years. I literally said the side effects can be intense. But side effects usually don’t kill you, and it’s irresponsible to say that just because you have Coronavirus they might. No one knows that. [/quote]

“Nigeria reported two cases of chloroquine poisoning after U.S. President Donald Trump praised the anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the novel coronavirus.

Health officials are warning Nigerians against self-medicating after demand for the drug surged in Lagos, a city that’s home to 20 million people. Two people were hospitalized in Lagos for chloroquine overdoses, Oreoluwa Finnih, senior health assistant to the governor of Lagos, said in an interview.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/nigeria-reports-chloroquine-poisonings-after-trump-praised-drug[/quote]

this whole article is garbage. two people in nigeria overdosing on some drug is not news. more people in the US overdose overdose on painkillers every hour.[/quote]

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