No drug is without side effects, and hydroxychloroquine is no exception to the rule. Sunday, the New Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) alerted to the heart risks of Plaquenil (trade name of hydroxychloroquine), after having received several reports. "We have been informed by hospitals of the occurrence of a dozen serious cases of heart rhythm disorders in connection with self-medication with hydroxychloroquine combined with an antibiotic, azithro-micine," said Dr. Gilles Auzemery on Monday. , medical advisor to the director general of ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine, during a press conference.
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Dizziness, malaise, palpitations led to the emergency of patients who had taken the treatment in self-medication. No deaths have been reported. The nature of the disorders observed immediately led to a drug origin. "Hydroxychloroquine increases the risk of heart problems called torsades de pointe,
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