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I thought I read somewhere that it's easy to overdose on hydroxychloroquine? If so I'd be worried about a forgetful senior accidentally taking a double or trip
by ShredKazoo 4y ago
I thought I read somewhere that it's easy to overdose on hydroxychloroquine? If so I'd be worried about a forgetful senior accidentally taking a double or triple dose.
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- BryantD 4y agoI'm not a doctor but it doesn't look highly risky. The usual adult dose for malaria is 2000 mg over the course of two days. Long term usage may be a different matter. I suspect that concerns about safety were because people were using it off brand without medical supervision these last couple of years, which is less safe.
- seanhunter 4y agoTHis is true of most medications and as a result there are a lot of solutions that have been developed to help people ensure they get their drug regime right. Firstly, a lot of people in altzheimer’s care will have full or part-time carers to help[1]. Secondly there are things like “pill organizers”/dossette boxes[2] where the pharmacy will actually dispense the drugs into a container which is designed to make it simple to ensure people take their correct daily dosage of drugs. [1] Here in the UK the national health provides some community care and there are also voluntary organisations. Obviously individuals can also pay privately to have enhanced levels of support. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_organizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_organizer
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- miked85 4y agoWouldn't this be true for almost any medication? I'm not aware of anything unique about this one.
- dtgriscom 4y agoDifferent medications have different ratios between their effective doses and their harmful doses. The smaller the ratio, the more sensitive the results to an overdose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_index