- Brief Description
- This essential medicine was unavailable to patients who needed it during the early part of the pandemic, due to rumours in the media that it may prevent COVID-19 infection. It is a medication used to treat malaria and several rheumatological diseases, and is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. The shortage caused by speculative buying illustrates the desperation of the public for a cure at this time and the impact the media could have on the course of the pandemic. See also the donor's accompanying statement under Find Out More below.
- Subject
- COVID-19
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Bristol Laboratories Ltd
- Provenance
- Donated by an anonymous member of staff, to whom they were prescribed.
- Primary inscriptions
- Quinoric (R) 200mg Film-coated Tablets [Printed on box. More obscured by label]
- Other inscriptions
- rowlands pharmacy caring for you & your family 60 Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tabs One To Be Taken Each Day DO NOT TAKE INDIGESTION REMEDIES 4 HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER YOU TAKE THIS MEDICINE. TAKE WITH OR JUST AFTER FOOD, OR A MEAL [Printed on label attached to front of box]
- Physical material
- Cardboard
- Physical medium
- Printing ink
- Physical technique
- Object type
- Box
- Dimensions
- Height: 40mm Width: 130mm Depth: 50mm
- Inventory No
- 18506
- Accession Number
- 2022-10
Description
Empty white and lilac hydroychloroquine medication box with torn prescription label on front
