Novel Corona Virus Aka Covid 19- If Hydroxychloroquine Is Right Choice

I think everybody in the world knows by now what is COVID-19 and how it spreads and how much it can harm to the humanity, from rich to poor, from prince to beggar nobody is left behind by this dead zombie, countries are lockdown and some superheroes are providing all that they have in the hospital, roads to fight this deadly disease.

Amid this, all over the world an untested drug with no significant data has been released and circulated by the government for treating and is very famously known as chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine which is not only used in the treatment of malaria but also its substitute used for psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. I am shortlisting the problems which can be aggravated with these medicines and hence the one who is treating and the one who is getting treated should know that they are sitting in front of a double-edged sword.

1. Psoriasis- up to 31% can get aggravated and can develop in erythroderma psoriasis which is deadly

2. Increases chances of Epilepsy

3. G6Pd deficiency

4. Porphyria

5. Heart rhythm problem

6. Kidney disease patient

7. Hearing and vision problems (Retinopathy, macular degeneration)

Amid all of this Many medicines are also contraindicated with the chloroquine among which, Tablet Azithromycin which came into limelight for prophylactic treatment for COVID-19, is also contraindicated and should not be consumed.