In some countries it is sold over the counter but not here in the US. It use to be. I am assuming here that may have changed after it was found to be a cure for malaria...you know those drug companies...just gotta get their cut. I went to the doctor yesterday because somehow I either pulled a muscle or strained some nerves in one of my feet. Sometimes I just sit a bit to long in the wrong position blogging. It got unbearable, nothing I was taking was helping and as much as I hated to go into any medical facility right now the pain wasn't allowing me to even think straight. It was like pulling teeth to even get them to see you, then when you got there they had someone stationed outside all geared up in protective wear with a face shield looking half bored out of her head. She ask the same questions they asked on the phone, do you have a temperature or have you traveled outside the country. When you reply no she gives you the go ahead to go into the office. They are all complaining about a lack of protective gear yet here she sits in a desolate hallway of a medical office building whereas they aren't letting anybody even come near that may even remotely have so much as a sniffle in the first place. I went there basically for nothing, she told me to go home and take ibuprofen and put ice on it. I told her I did all that. I said there's nothing that helps with nerve pain as she said I must have compressed nerves in my foot. I went home and started digging through all my closets hoping I could find some nerotins from when my brother was living with me before he passed away. He use to break out in shingles all the time so he took them everyday....I use to have to hid his meds because he abused them....luckily I found some hidden in a bag in one of the closets. I took one of those and I was finally able to calm it down enough to get some sleep but I'll tell you I don't or can't even imagine how he took those twice a day as it knocked me for a loop....but it also ended up helping ten fold, my nerve pain isn't half as bad as it was. Whatever you do though don't order the fish aquarium cleaner with chloroquine in it, somebody actually did that and ended up dead. Maybe you could find a trusted source on site from overseas that could send you some but I'd be very careful about how much you should take.