While hydroxychloroquine is likely to be safe for 90% of the population, one Mayo Clinic cardiologist says, it could pose serious and potentially lethal risks to a small number of those susceptible to heart conditions.
"What disturbed me the most was when I was seeing not political officials say these medications are safe but seeing on the news cardiologists and infectious disease specialists say" hydroxychloroquine"is completely safe without even mentioning this rare side effect," Ackerman said in an interview.
"They've entered the danger zone," Ackerman said."That is not just my hunch that patients are going to be reacting to this drug — but they are reacting to this drug." He added:"This particular medicine is probably the only medication I know of that has become a Republican or a Democrat medication. That's just crazy."
A patient with a significantly prolonged QTc is at increased risk for severe disturbances of the heart's electrical system that can lead to sudden cardiac death.Ackerman said there are as many as 100 FDA-approved medications that can potentially prolong the QTc interval like hydroxychloroquine, and one of them is azithromycin. This combination, which Ackerman refers to as the “corona cocktail,” could be particularly dangerous in the wrong patient.
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