Lipid emulsion treatment of hydroxychloroquine toxicity

Dear Editor, We read with interest the case report entitled ‘Detoxification with intravenous lipid emulsion for fatal hydroxychloroquine poisoning’ published recently in Modern Rheumatology [1]. Recently, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was examined as an alternative drug for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019, and it was found that HCQ-induced cardiotoxicity may produce dangerous arrhythmia [2]. The following clarifications would be helpful to...