Since President Trump first mentioned hydroxychloroquine at a press briefing, U.S. poison centers across the country have seen an uptick in cases of people abusing the prescription drug as a would-be treatment for the coronavirus by rachsandl
... [+]: Since President Donald Trump first mentioned the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine at a press briefing on March 19, U.S. poison centers across the country have seen an uptick in cases of people abusing the prescription drug as a would-be treatment for the coronavirus.from the American Association of Poison Control Centers, the number of hydroxychloroquine exposure cases more than doubled from March 18 to April 6 compared to the same period last year.
substance, the nonpharmaceutical form of chloroquine phosphate, a common chemical used to clean fish tanks. Two other overdose deaths have beenin Nigeria, where patients self-medicated with chloroquine, a similar drug to hydroxychloroquine.
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U.S. Poison Control Centers Report Increase In Hydroxychloroquine MisuseI’m a San Francisco-based reporter covering breaking news at Forbes. Previously, I’ve reported for USA Today, Business Insider, The San Francisco Business Times and San Jose Inside. I studied journalism at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and was an editor at The Daily Orange, the university’s independent student newspaper. Follow me on Twitter rachsandl or shoot me an email rsandlerforbes.com.
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