Australia's health authority warns against hydroxychloroquine

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9. What are the side effects?

BY HAYLEY FOWLER
APRIL 08, 2020 04:44 PM

... In Sweden, hospitals stopped giving chloroquine to coronavirus patients following reports of adverse side effects such as vision loss, cramping and headaches “that felt like stepping into a high voltage plant,” Newsweek reported.

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, other side effects range from mild — such as dizziness, nausea and diarrhea — to severe — including sensitivity to light, bleeding, muscle weakness, hair loss and convulsions.

There’s also a rare but sometimes lethal side effect for people susceptible to heart conditions: “drug-induced sudden cardiac death,” NBC News reported ...

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