"Side effects are generally mild and transitory, although visual disturbance, muscle weakness, and acute psychotic behavior have been encountered.
Sudden death due to chloroquine overdosage is uncommon. Thirteen fatal cases, involving 12 persons stationed in the Far East and one arthritic patient in this country, have been submitted to the Forensic Pathology Branch, indicating a new problem in the field of suicide."
Thank you for sharing this! I’m collecting information like this. Not sure what I’ll do with all of it, but I’ll compile it in a helpful way, somehow.
All this is is a fancy way of saying, "There is toxicity we shouldn't ignore, so don't use too much."
And some people (me) may require an alternative.
"Side effects are generally mild and transitory, although visual disturbance, muscle weakness, and acute psychotic behavior have been encountered.
Sudden death due to chloroquine overdosage is uncommon. Thirteen fatal cases, involving 12 persons stationed in the Far East and one arthritic patient in this country, have been submitted to the Forensic Pathology Branch, indicating a new problem in the field of suicide."
In: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1165125
Somehow, very dangerous, yet not good enough for suicide by overdose?
The BMJ "excellent" link provides nothing but made-to-order balderdash.