Detoxification with intravenous lipid emulsion for fatal hydroxychloroquine poisoning

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an international-standard ‘anchor’ drug for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). After being approved in Japan half a century later in the Western countries, HCQ is already prescribed for many SLE patients as the standard drug. Retinal damage, labeled with a boxed warning in the product sheet, is a notable side effect, but serious adverse events are not limited in retinopathy. Cardiac toxicity, which was...