Age old Anti- Malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine is for Blood glucose control

[namaha]

Hydroxychloroquine is a well known anti-malaria drug being used since ages for controlling Malaria.

Now successful trial with this drug Indicates that it can act as SGLT-2 transporter

(Sodium Glucose transporter) and can remove Glucose through urine.

The SGLT-2 drugs namely canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and empagliflozin now approved by USFDA and used for T2 diabetes. While as a good concept, the drugs are being used all over the world , but have side effects such as UTI.

If Hydroxychloroquine can take care of the UTI issue, then it is going to be a novel drug. SGLT2 drugs don't whip the pancreas, neither it acts in liver . It basically enables kidney to reabsorb the glucose from blood and route it out along with urine.

Please read on very interesting story !

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[sandybrown]

Well, we all need to understand the side effects! Not just UTI, there are many!

[Haldin21]

Before you wax lyrical about Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), you might want to research its toxicity first. Just google "hydroxychloroquine + toxicity" and you'll get many webpages on the retinal and macular toxicities. Scary stories abound when it comes to pharma drugs. Check out the link below for a bird's eye view :duckduckgo.com/?q=Hydroxych...