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Arizona resident dies after attempting to treat COVID-19 with aquarium cleaner

Doctors warn people not to treat themselves for coronavirus infection without the supervision of a doctor, abusing prescriptions or home products, writes Peopleafter self-treatment killed a 60-year-old resident of Arizona. His wife is in serious condition in a hospital.

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On March 23, representatives from Banner Health Hospital announced that a 60-year-old couple from Arizona were using chloroquin phosphate, which is reported to be able to prevent or treat coronavirus infection COVID-19. An hour after self-medication, both were taken to the hospital. The man is dead, and the woman is in critical condition.

President Donald Trump praised the drug used to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, chloroquine phosphate at press conferences and on Twitter: “The combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin has a real chance to be one of the most significant changes in the history of medicine.”

The woman told reporters that she watched the briefings where Trump praised this medicine. The doctors at Banner Health, where the steam was being treated, urged not to abuse chloroquin phosphate, which they note is sometimes used to clean aquariums.

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The couple did not take the drug form of chloroquine phosphate. According to NBC News, chloroquine phosphate was listed as an ingredient in treating parasites in fish - something a woman said was a treatment for her aquarium koi.

“Given the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medication is not the way to do it,” said Dr. Daniel Brooks, the hospital's medical director. “The last thing we want right now is to fill our emergency departments with patients who feel they have found an unclear and risky solution that could jeopardize their health.”

Brooks added: “We urge the medical community not to prescribe this medicine to hospitalized patients.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has already approved chloroquine phosphate as a treatment for other conditions and is currently testing whether it should be used to treat COVID-19.

"The FDA is working closely with other government agencies and academic centers that are investigating the use of the drug chloroquine... to determine whether it can be used to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 to potentially reduce the duration of symptoms as well as the spread of the virus," the FDA said in a statement, which also said research was ongoing.

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There are currently no FDA approved drugs for treating or preventing coronavirus infection.

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