How to Use chloroquine in a Sentence

chloroquine

noun
  • That trial will test the same drugs, with the exception of chloroquine.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 2020-03-22
  • After the war, chloroquine was so widely used that parasites grew resistant to it.
    — The Economist, 2020-12-16
  • The researchers did get a reaction from one compound, chloroquine, that tastes bitter to human.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 2020-10-29
  • Trump took heat from critics after a man in Arizona died after drinking a form of chloroquine used to clean fish tanks.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 2020-04-06
  • The chloroquine phosphate that this Phoenix resident gulped down sterilizes fish tanks.
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 2020-04-07
  • Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have been used with mixed results, since those drugs can cause heart problems in some patients.
    — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 2020-05-05
  • The drug known chemically as chloroquine has been available for decades to treat the mosquito-borne illness malaria.
    — Jamie Hutt, Star Tribune, 2020-08-07
  • There’s now a wealth of evidence that the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine did not work against Covid.
    — New York Times, 2021-01-30
  • And in Arizona, a man died after ingesting chloroquine phosphate to guard against the coronavirus.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 2020-04-06
  • Garcez and her collaborators found recently that the malaria drug chloroquine helps limit viral growth in cells.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2016-07-07
  • Those include hydroxychloroquine, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and chloroquine, used to treat malaria.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 2020-10-02
  • One of the more unorthodox remedies being tested against the coronavirus in China is chloroquine.
    — Scientific American, 2020-02-13
  • This weekend Brooks cared for a man in his 60s who died after ingesting a version of chloroquine commonly used to clean fish tanks.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 2020-03-24
  • In mid-May, when Bright testified to Congress, there was a partisan push to defend the use of chloroquine.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2020-06-15
  • But the president is perhaps best known for his early and ardent embrace of the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
    — Author: Jonathan Lamire and Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 2020-08-24
  • But the president is perhaps best known for his early and ardent embrace of the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
    — Jonathan Lemire and Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 2020-08-23
  • The man and his wife, who was in critical condition, ingested the wrong type of chloroquine, instead taking the kind used to clean fish tanks and not the anti-malaria drug.
    — Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 2020-04-06
  • He, ultimately, credits his recovery to chloroquine and his daughter, Erin, pushing him to quit smoking three years ago.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 2020-04-17
  • The notorious chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are also antivirals, but this pair has yet to show any promise.
    — Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 2020-10-05
  • Hydroxychloroquine is a slightly different version of chloroquine, a drug discovered to fight malaria decades ago.
    — Tara Law, Time, 2020-06-15
  • Amodiaquine’s molecular structure is very similar to those of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, the latter of which was discovered around the same time.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, Wired, 2020-08-20
  • The Draper executive shipped chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine falsely labeled as herbal extract for his no-bid contract with the state.
    — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2021-04-05
  • These are known possible side effects of chloroquine, Medline Plus explains, but nausea and muscle aches can also be symptoms of the coronavirus.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 2020-09-17
  • Hydroxychloroquine and a similar drug, chloroquine, have been the subject of much debate since Trump started promoting them in March.
    — CBS News, 2020-06-04
  • Closely Watched China’s recommendation to use chloroquine in treatment was quickly followed by a warning.
    — Fortune, 2020-03-20
  • Researchers are evaluating the anticancer effects of two malaria drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, that block the final steps of autophagy.
    — Justin Quiles, The Conversation, 2023-02-08
  • Pharmacists across Ohio this week provided details of questionable prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, or chloroquine, that have poured in from doctors in the past week.
    — Lucas Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 2020-03-26
  • President Jair Bolsonaro has burned through two health ministers after clashing over the need for social distancing and the use of controversial drug chloroquine.
    — Jessica Brice, Bloomberg.com, 2020-06-07
  • Nelson Teich stepped down as health minister Friday after Bolosnaro pushed to lift lockdown measures and the widespread use of the drug chloroquine to treat the virus without further testing.
    — Fox News, 2020-05-18
  • There's also no reason to believe that Fauci was familiar with the study on chloroquine published in the Virology Journal in 2005.
    — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 2020-08-19

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