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Nigeria has Chloroquine poisonings after Trump praised drug

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    Deimos
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    A man in Phoenix has died and his wife is in critical care after trying to self-medicate with chloroquine phosphate.

    A man in Phoenix has died and his wife is in critical care after trying to self-medicate with chloroquine phosphate.

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    From the article: [...]

    From the article:

    Health officials are warning Nigerians against self-medicating after demand for the drug surged in Lagos, a city that’s home to 20 million people. Two people were hospitalized in Lagos for chloroquine overdoses, Oreoluwa Finnih, senior health assistant to the governor of Lagos, said in an interview.

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    While chloroquine is no longer used to treat malaria in Africa, some pharmacies still stock it for patients who are resistant to other anti-malaria drugs.

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