Chloroquine is a medication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects
The actual number of deaths related to hydroxychloroquine could be between 3,000 and 30,000, they said
Chloroquine gained a lot of attention after a small study of 36 Covid-19 patients published March 17 in France found that most patients taking the drug cleared
The study notes that the "number of expected HCQ-related deaths is likely to be directly related to the promotion of its prescription by scientists, physicians and health
The death of David Gail, best known for roles on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and the "General Hospital" spinoff "Port Charles," was drug-related, his publicist said
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Doctors in Brazil stopped a trial of chloroquine, closely related to hydroxychloroquine, after 11 patients died
5 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, have been reported in 210 countries and territories, with the death toll at 171,810
The anti-malaria drug was prescribed to some patients hospitalized with Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, "despite the absence of evidence chloroquine (4·3%; 3·561, 2·760–4·596), and chloroquine with a macrolide (6·5%; 4·011, 3·344–4·812) were independently associated with an increased risk of de-novo ventricular arrhythmia during hospitalisation
It is an inexpensive drug that has been used for more than 70 years for the treatment of malaria (Arrow et al
In the past, chloroquine was used widely as a prophylactic agent to prevent Plasmodium infection
No further trials of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treatment should be carried out
The actual number of deaths related to hydroxychloroquine could be between 3,000 and Experiments done on the closely related SARS-CoV with chloroquine demonstrated a marked decline in activity if given later (90% inhibition at 1 hr and 15% inhibition Sudden unexplained death has not been associated with antimalarial use of oral chloroquine previously despite administration of literally billions of malaria prophylaxis
Another hypothesis to explain the increased risk of death with 4-aminoquinolines is that their antiviral and immunomodulatory properties could worsen COVID-19 severity in some patients
We found no such deaths; nor did we find death from any cause related to
The world is currently in the throes of the pandemic coronavirus infection, called COVID-19
Dengue is the most important arboviral disease in the world