[rrggrr]

Zinc. Chloroquine provides zinc and ionosphere for absorbtion that likely stops replicase.

[jshevek]

Yes, I was reading about this recently. Another study compared zinc uptake into the cytosol for various extracellular zinc levels, with and without chloroquine.

I noticed when looking at the data, that while chloroquine facilitated a massive uptake a zinc, it was still true that increasing the extracellular zinc concentration (without chloroquine) still increased the cytosol's zinc concentration (by a lesser amount).

I promptly ordered zinc supplements. Obviously I'll see a doctor if I have symptoms, but I'll also hedge my bets.

[beagle3]

One of the side effects of zinc overdose is loss of sense of smell, sometimes permanently. Please research all aspects before use.

[ComputerGuru]

Just be sure to take it with food. A single tablet on an empty stomach will cause severe nausea; it’s a very heavy supplement.

[DenisM]

Can you quantify your findings? How much zinc do you think you will need, and how do you know that?

Also a link to the study would be helpful.

[jbourne007]

I couldn't quite believe that one would have to go so far as to take a drug like Chloroquine as a Zinc ionophore, so I looked around and found naturally occurring stuff like so: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf5014633

however, I don't know about how it compares and if these are as potent as Chloroquine so it would be nice if an expert could opine on whether these natural compounds are as potent.