It is hydroxyl. They just drop the l to make it pronounceable.
It literally is an -OH group. My organic-chem is rusty but I believe that makes it easier for the drug to be filtered out of your system.
(A lot of times you'll see a drug-HCl. That is done to make it soluble in water.)
Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine ?
Most doctors are using the hydroxy - the side effects are supposed to be lighter.
hydroxy... sorry, I always have trouble typing that word. about 3-4 characters in I get so mad I start shaking... lol
Thank God he pulled through. I recall one Democrat governor tried to ban it in his state because Trump mentioned it in a press conference.
I think 'Hydro - Oxygen' but that's just me.
HydroxyChloroquine
It is hydroxyl. They just drop the l to make it pronounceable.
It literally is an -OH group. My organic-chem is rusty but I believe that makes it easier for the drug to be filtered out of your system.
(A lot of times you'll see a drug-HCl. That is done to make it soluble in water.)
So the Hydro-Oxy part is Hydrogen Oxygen (like Water without the other Oxygen)..
fuck we're so smart here.
I think it was HCQ....
the distinction is very important. they started to publish bad stories about Chloroquine.