Bibliographic information
Recommendation
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends against administering hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treatment of patients with COVID-19. This recommendation applies to patients with any disease severity and any duration of symptoms.
Recommended against
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
Notes and Remarks
Practical info The GDG made a strong recommendation against using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treatment of patients with COVID-19. The use of hydroxychloroquine may preclude the use of other important drugs that also prolong the QT interval, such as azithromycin and fluoroquinolones. Concomitant use of drugs that prolong the QT interval should be done with extreme caution.
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 17 December 2020.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 31 March 2021.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 6 July 2021.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 24 September 2021.
Therapeutics and COVID-19. Living guideline. 7 December 2021
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 14 January 2022.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 3 March 2022.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 22 April 2022.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 14 July 2022.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 16 September 2022.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 13 January 2023.
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, 10 November 2023.