Two malaria drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are being studied as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Scientists warn the drugs are untested
Raymond Woosley is a medical doctor and pharmacologist who formed a Food and Drug Administration-funded nonprofit two decades ago that tracks drug safety. The two malaria drugs and the antibiotic azithromycin are among a group of about 60 drugs he said can cause subtle heart changes and increase a person's risk of developing arrhythmia.
"We definitely don’t want to harm people by using drugs that have known side effects in ways that we know are dangerous," he said.Beyond potential heart trouble, some patients appear to be bypassing doctors and using malaria drugs on their own as a preemptive strike against COVID-19, which has no vaccine or proven therapy., commonly used to clean fish tanks. The unidentified man died and the woman was in critical condition Monday night at a Banner Health hospital.
“The last thing that we want right now is to inundate our emergency departments with patients who believe they found a vague and risky solution that could potentially jeopardize their health,” he said. Heise does not know how the Phoenix couple obtained the chloroquine phosphate. But he said versions of the drug are used in aquariums and salt-water tanks. If the drug becomes more widely available, he fears children and even adults might ingest harmful doses.The French study evaluated 26 people who received hydroxychloroquine as an experimental treatment for COVID-19. Six people received a combination of the malaria drug and the antibiotic azithromycin.
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