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The way HCQ is by accumulating in cells. It inhibits the replication of viruses by interfering with endosome/lysosome trafficking or viral protein maturation du

The way HCQ is by accumulating in cells. It inhibits the replication of viruses by interfering with endosome/lysosome trafficking or viral protein maturation during virion maturation. (basically stops the virus from replicating)

chasd00 7y ago
and, correct me if i'm wrong, zinc helps take it with a grain of salt but https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenko-669-coronavirus-patients/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenko-669-coronavirus-pa...
- rq1 7y ago
  No grain of salt needed, the chloroquine is a zinc ionophore.
- souprock 7y ago
  With the right grain of salt, you get zinc. Suggestions: zinc acetate, zinc chloride, zinc citrate
mcguire 7y ago
"The way HCQ is by accumulating in cells." The original study that set off this flap ran for a period of 6 days. I don't know that 6 days is long enough for significant accumulation. Beyond that, unless someone has published something significant that I haven't seen, any hypothesis on the drug's effect on coronavirus is pure speculation.