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... [+]: 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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