Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19

Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by fspeech on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:37AM (#22602351)

This drug accumulates in various tissues, so for retinopathy what matters is the cumulative amount of the drug consumed over time.

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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by signa11 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:52AM (#22602987)

oh man ! just like excess of vitamin-d can lead to vitamin-d toxicity, so can this. in my naïveté, i was assuming that excess of it would be just flushed out.

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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by fspeech on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:43PM (#22606817)

Its concentration in lung can be 100 times or more of that in serum. This may be helpful for its efficacy against the virus.

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