//Arizona man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine to treat coronavirus

Arizona man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine to treat coronavirus

A Phoenix-area man is dead and his wife is under critical care after the two took <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/health/chloroquine-hydroxycholoroquine-drugs-explained/index.html” target=”_blank”>chloroquine phosphate</a> in an apparent attempt to self-medicate for the novel coronavirus, according to hospital system Banner Health.

It does not appear they took the pharmaceutical version of the drug, but rather