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NEW to @NBCNews: Family of New York woman blames hydroxychloroquine combo for fatal heart attack

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On same day of her death, Mayo cardiologist told NBC U.S. physicians may be too casually writing “corona cocktail” Rxs amid fanfare around the unproven drug combo to treat COVID-19.

“We knew that there would be either unawareness of, disregard to, or disrespect for

the drug-induced cardiac effects, said Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Ackerman, and even “well-intended efforts to treat COVID-19 could in fact cause the patient’s sudden death.”

“Unfortunately, we may have been proven correct already,” he said.

The American Heart Association issued ..

a warning on April 8 that each drug carries its own cardiac risks & that the combination has never been tested.

The FDA granted an emergency use approval late last month to distribute millions of doses of the drugs to hospitals across the country, to be used specifically

in hospitalized patients.

Yet Ligia’s story shows the “cocktail” is being administered outside hospitals -- and it’s not the only one.

“This is happening,” said Lynn Donawald, a family friend whose daughter with myocarditis was also written a Rx which she called off after

Ligia’s death.

“Not once did they ask if my daughter had heart conditions or any underlying ailments. They were just focused on the fact that she was positive” for COVID-19, said Donawald.