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How can chloroquine phosphate affect the ability to drive or operate machinery at the start of treatment?

Name: How can chloroquine phosphate affect the ability to drive or operate machinery at the start of treatment?
Published: 2026-11-08T01:43:31.337Z

iatroX medicinesPublished 8 November 2026

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At the start of treatment, chloroquine phosphate can temporarily affect visual accommodation, causing blurred and/or double vision that may impair the ability to drive or operate machinery.

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Malarivon SyrupWallace Manufacturing Chemists Ltd · emc · SmPC §4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines · Version 2Document updated 3 March 2020

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