Why Your Patients' Believing Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Are 90% Effective for COVID-19 Is 100% Dangerous

J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Aug;60(8):949-953. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1687. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Authors

C Michael White^{1

2}, Adrian V Hernandez^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
² Hartford Hospital Department of Research Administration, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; chloroquine; hydroxychloroquine.

MeSH terms

Antimalarials / adverse effects*
Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Chloroquine / adverse effects*
Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Culture
Endpoint Determination
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects*
Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use*
Pandemics
Patient Education as Topic*
Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

Antimalarials
Hydroxychloroquine
Chloroquine