Posted on 03/28/2020 8:29:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people about the danger of using non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate to prevent or treat COVID-19.
The agency put out a health advisory Saturday, explaining that non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate is a chemical used in home aquariums.
"Clinicians should advise patients and the public that chloroquine, and the related compound hydroxychloroquine, should be used only under the supervision of a healthcare provider as prescribed medications," the advisory reads.
Earlier this week, a Phoenix man died and his wife was hospitalized after self-medicating. The couple, both of whom are in their 60s, got sick within about 30 minutes of ingesting chloroquine phosphate. The aquarium additive is not intended for human consumption.
"Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medicating is not the way to do so," Dr. Daniel Brooks, the medical director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, said on Monday. "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."
Pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate and hydroxycholoroquine, which are available by prescription, are anti-malarial drugs. They also are used in combination with other medications to treat some autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, according to the CDC.
While there have been some anecdotal reports of success in using chloroquine and hydroxycholoroquine to treat COVID-19, which the president has mentioned, the Food and Drug Administration has not approved them for use for COVID-19 patients.
"At this time, there are no routinely available pharmaceutical products that are FDA-approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19," explains the CDC health advisory. "Currently, these medications are being studied and evaluated as treatment for COVID-19; however, their efficacy to either prevent or treat this infection are unknown."
The CDC laid out some of the potential side effects of chloroquine phosphate, explaining that it has a "narrow therapeutic index" and that "it can be toxic at levels not much higher than those used for treatment." The dangers include cardiac rhythm disturbance, a dangerously low level of potassium in the blood, cardiovascular collapse, seizures, coma, and death, according to the CDC.
As part of its health advisory, the CDC issued three recommendations for the public.
1. Do not ingest aquarium use products or any other chemicals that contain chloroquine phosphate. These chemicals are not intended for human consumption and can lead to serious health consequences, including death.
2. Medications like chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate should be taken only when prescribed by and under the supervision of your healthcare provider and always according to the instructions provided.
3. Seek immediate medical attention if you are experiencing any unexpected symptoms after taking chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine by contacting your healthcare provider or your poison center (1-800-222-1222).
On Monday, Banner Health put out a reminder for patients experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
"Most patients who become infected with COVID-19 will only require symptomatic care and self-isolation to prevent the risk of infecting others," explains a news release Banner Health put out after the Phoenix man died and his wife got sick. "Check first with a primary care physician. The routine use of specific treatments, including medications described as ‘anti-COVID-19’, is not recommended for non-hospitalized patients, including the anti-malarial drug chloroquine."
People _have_ burned down structures with home-made flamethrowers trying to take out hornet nests.
” What next, it’s a bad idea to try to disinfect my house with gasoline and a torch?”
That would certainly take care of any infection there.
Round Up pairs nicely with a side of fava beans
After two hours you can go out and fumigate your weed patches
There’s foolish, and then there’s one-in-a-million foolish. In a country the size of the US, you’ll find more than a few of those. We can’t protect them all from themselves.
Or take shots of Clorox.
Or do.
I don't care any more.
I feel for children but when adults do something this stupid I am inclined to just let the problem work it's self out naturally.
Pig wormer will get rid of worms in humans.
“Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.”
Those idiots took a ridiculously large dose, a teaspoon each. A level teaspoon is 5,000mg and you just know they used a heaping teaspoon.
Had they taken anything remotely close to a proper dose, they’d have been fine.
Bastards! When aquarium cleaner is outlawed, only outlaws will be able to consume aquarium cleaner.
In other health news, we do not recommend Haitian voodoo to cure your cancer.
We will await double-blind, controlled studies.
We’ve got some stump remover in the garage that I’ve been craving.
Everyday I can’t believe just how stupid people are today, on my Next Door app some woman posted that it was really windy today and should she go out for her walk with the virus blowing around everywhere. I sit here and wonder how in the hell CA. ended up under complete Dem rule NOW I know how!!!
>>should she go out for her walk with the virus blowing around everywhere.
China sent out scores of trucks to mist the skies with some spray to control CV outbreak
was it psyops on their own people and the world or did they know something they didn’t share with the rest of the world
“CDC to public: Do not take chemicals containing Chloroquine Phosphate for COVID-19”
indeed. but they should add: Don’t eat Draino or drink liquid plumber ..
” How about Raid? How about Round Up?”
You mix Raid, Round-Up, and Deacon and spray that on your crops.
It kills the bugs, weeds, and the pests that eat the grain./sarc
"When speaking about the drug, the widow added: "Oh my God. Don't take anything. Don't believe anything. Don’t believe anything that the President says and his people...call your doctor."
In the 1890s a common treatment for dipthereia was gargling with kerosene.
Diptheria killed many then in the US, including 3 of my grandfather’s siblings. Living on the Missouri River in South Dakota (Dakota Territory then)
If you walk into your house and think you smell a gas leak, don’t light a match to check it.
Don’t take the medication you were told several years ago that you were allergic to, just to see if you’re still allergic.
Don’t smoke with your oxygen on.
Don’t go outside and get a water hose to put out the grease fire in your kitchen.
Don’t pet the bison at Yellowstone.
There’s a reason why that sunshade you use in the summer to help keep your parked car cooler has a warning on it: don’t drive with this blocking your windshield.
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