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Podcast: JAMA Clinical Reviews
Episode: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin
Description: Chloroquine was shown in 2004 to be active in vitro against SARS coronavirus but is of unproven efficacy and safety in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The drug's potential benefits and risks for COVID-19 patients, without and with azithromycin, is discussed by Dr. David Juurlink, head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.