Chloroquine

Nigeria has warned against using the drug chloroquine to fight COVID-19 after three people were hospitalized after overdosing on it.

He, like Miriam Laufer's group, points out that chloroquine should not be re-introduced as a single therapy against malaria in places like Malawi where parasite resistance to it has faded.

Drug-Interactions: Several anti-malaria drugs, such as mefloquine, chloroquine and proguanil (not approved for use in US) possess antibacterial activity which may interfere with the immunogenicity of Vivotif.

Perhaps the most egregious example of shifting the standards of evidence comes when the report discusses the off-label use of drugs such as chloroquine and ivermectin.