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Medics warn malaria drug poisoning can cause blindness

She used pills for 15 years for side effects of lupus, until eyesight began failing.

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by The Star

News14 October 2022 - 13:43
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The medics said the HCQ therapy was stopped with the intent to halt or reverse the effects of the possible drug-induced retinopathy

Medics have warned against self-medication with the popular anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) after it damaged the eyes of a 46-year-old woman.

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