Brazil’s Health Ministry Recommends Wide Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine

Brazil’s Health Ministry Recommends Wide Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine
In this photo illustration, tablets on a blister pack of Plaquinol (hydroxychloroquine) are displayed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 10, 2020. Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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Brazil’s Health Ministry on Wednesday recommended using hydroxychloroquine and the closely related chloroquine in hospitalized patients, from the mild cases to the most serious ones.

Doctors should consider prescribing the increasingly popular three-drug combination of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with azithromycin, an antibiotic, and zinc, the new guidelines (pdf) state.