It is in the news... a couple of people have died in Nigeria, and now in the US, because they self-medicated with chloroquine.
I was wondering how they got hold of it here without a prescription (it is used for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis), then I read they had used "Chloroquine Phosphate".
Then it said something about an aquarium cleaner, and the memory came: CP.
They used CP, something used for ich, velvet, etc! I still wonder how they got it: doesn't it require a prescription from a vet? I see forums telling "you can order it from the manufacturer" If that is the case it is insanity for the manufacturer to just let people bypass rules like that.
The articles mention as well "an additive often used at aquariums to clean fish tanks". No comments.
Still it is sad when people start self medicating and die from it because they have heard the name of a molecule. (and you can poison yourself with pretty much anything, not just choloroquine)
I was wondering how they got hold of it here without a prescription (it is used for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis), then I read they had used "Chloroquine Phosphate".
Then it said something about an aquarium cleaner, and the memory came: CP.
They used CP, something used for ich, velvet, etc! I still wonder how they got it: doesn't it require a prescription from a vet? I see forums telling "you can order it from the manufacturer" If that is the case it is insanity for the manufacturer to just let people bypass rules like that.
The articles mention as well "an additive often used at aquariums to clean fish tanks". No comments.
Still it is sad when people start self medicating and die from it because they have heard the name of a molecule. (and you can poison yourself with pretty much anything, not just choloroquine)