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RiverFenix 6 points ago +6 / -0

I think 'Hydro - Oxygen' but that's just me.

HydroxyChloroquine

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grumpieroldman 6 points ago +6 / -0

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.)

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RiverFenix 3 points ago +3 / -0

So the Hydro-Oxy part is Hydrogen Oxygen (like Water without the other Oxygen)..

fuck we're so smart here.