Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine

Re:Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine by mirimir on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:30PM (#22670044)

There's an important detail missing: the dose.

I gather that the therapeutic dose is on the order of 500 mg/day. So did they eat 10x that, 100x that, or what?

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Re:Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine by JulianMorrison on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:41PM (#22670141)

Given it's a bulk cleaning product, they'd need some damn finely calibrated scales to measure out anything more precise than "a pinch". Which clearly isn't good when 3x the clinical dose will land you in hospital.

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Re:Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine by mirimir on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:06PM (#22670345)

I just bought an electronic scale with 10 mg accuracy for $30, so hey.

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