# National scale pharmaceutical manufacturing of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine - possible?  How long?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
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**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-scale-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-of-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-possible-how-long/849842 "2020-03-19T21:38:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-scale-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-of-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-possible-how-long/849842/21 "2020-03-22T13:24:05Z")

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YouTube link below. How chloroquine hydroxychloroquine may help slow down covid-19. Also safety and iuse with SARS.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1XNHNUlapk)

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**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-scale-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-of-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-possible-how-long/849842/22 "2020-03-22T13:41:53Z")

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[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-020-0156-0](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-020-0156-0)

Open Access study linked above. Hydroxychloroquine effective against covid-19 in vitro.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-scale-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-of-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-possible-how-long/849842/23 "2020-03-24T16:04:45Z")

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> [@KidCharlemagne](#):
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> Thanks for that awesome back of the envelope rundown. Very helpful. So speaking hypothetically, if you were to get 99% pure -but not USP-grade - CP from a reputable supplier, would you consider taking it if you got pneumonia from Covid-19?

I’m not sure what you are talking about, but I would only take stuff supplied by a doctor/pharmacist:

> **[Media Blame Donald Trump for Man's Death After Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner](https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/03/24/media-blame-donald-trump-for-mans-death-after-ingesting-fish-tank-cleaner/)**
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> The media rushed to blame Trump for the death of a man who ingested a form of chloroquine -- before it turned out to be fish tank cleaner.

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