Title : Off-label use of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and lopinavir/ritonavir in COVID-19 risks prolonging the QT interval by targeting the hERG channel.

Pub. Date : 2021 Feb 15

PMID : 33345848






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1 Off-label use of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and lopinavir/ritonavir in COVID-19 risks prolonging the QT interval by targeting the hERG channel. Hydroxychloroquine ETS transcription factor ERG Homo sapiens
2 Clinically, however, many drugs, including those currently used in COVID-19, such as chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and lopinavir/ritonavir, may cause cardiotoxicity by acting on cardiac potassium channels and the hERG channel through their off-target effects. Hydroxychloroquine ETS transcription factor ERG Homo sapiens