Posted on 06/15/2020 9:22:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn the emergency use authorization for two controversial coronavirus treatment drugs promoted by President Trump because of serious safety issues.
The agency said recent clinical trial failures mean chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine may not be effective at treating COVID-19 or preventing it in people who have been exposed, and that their potential benefits do not outweigh the risks.
Doctors have warned that the drugs can cause serious heart problems, but the FDA had previously allowed their use for hospitalized patients and during clinical trials.
Trump spent weeks promoting the drugs as a potential miracle treatment for COVID-19, despite scant evidence. The FDA then issued the emergency use authorization in March. Critics accused the agency of caving to pressure from the administration, which the FDA has denied.
In April, roughly a month after issuing the emergency authorization, the agency warned against using hydroxychloroquine outside of hospitals and clinical trials because of the risk of potentially fatal cardiac problems.
Last month, Trump said he had been taking hydroxychloroquine, in combination with zinc, as a way to prevent getting COVID-19 after a White House aide was diagnosed with the disease. He said he felt fine after finishing the regimine, and even said he would take the drugs again if he was ever exposed to coronavirus.
“I think it gives you an additional level of safety,” Trump said at the time, downplaying the warnings that the drug can cause significant heart problems. He called research
Trump's promotion of the drugs has led to shortages for people that need it for other conditions. Hydroxychloroquine, which was initially approved as an anti-malaria drug, is also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
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There are many studies that show it helps.
In the absence of these, green tea extract or Quercetin can perform as zinc-ionophores.
THERE ARE NO “SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES”!!!!!!!
THERE ARE NO “SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES”!!!!!!!
HCQ has lost. Period. Period. Period. As Biden would say.
They wrote the decree wearing useless masks standing 6 feet apart.
The only study I’m aware of has been WITHDRAWN but I suppose it’s typical for the govt to say oh, well we’re just going to act on it anyway.
consensus is as consensus does.
Thank goodness we can still take it for malaria and lupus. It doesn’t kill you if you take it for malaria or lupus.
Just another step in the Democrat/Left Party’s objective of not “allowing” the American people to re-elect President Trump. DO NOT DOUBT THIS even for a hot second. Lots more coming ...
RE: It doesn’t kill you if you take it for malaria or lupus.
If so, why would it kill you for Covid-19 when you are using LOWER doses compared to Lupus and Malaria?
PotUS uses illegal drugs!
Impeach him!
Why does every story about hydroxychloroquine always mention Trump?
Why does every story about hydroxychloroquine always mention Trump?
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If it had been Obama mentioning it HCL would have been declared a “game changer” that saved lives and gave hope to countless Americans. Its all about politics.
Because if OrangeMan says “Good”, Left must say “Bad”.
I can’t say I criticize them on the surface, because I take the exact same approach on anything the Left says, I just assume it is bad.
The difference is, I can back my stance up with both historical and current data, whereas, they cannot back their stance up with anything except their own emotions.
They are willing to kill people to defeat Trump.
The left needs it’s untreatable pandemic, so it will do whatever is necessary to scare voters and create another economy trashing lockdown.
Now we know the deepstate has infiltrated the FDA also. Pres. Trump needs to clean house there too.
All of the “studies” being used to determine policy have been deeply flawed, possibly on purpose, by using only HCQ without the addition of azytromycin and zinc.
this is a declared CIVIL WAR by the FDA,
Operation Paperclip, the Clowns, the State Dept,
the UN and Soros ... against the American People.
It is nothing else now but a War of Death
using a killing virus THEY RELEASED, and prevented
the cure, so they can impose RETROVIRUSES.
And we all pay for it.
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
How do you make a smart people stupid?
Emotions.
Get them emotional about something just in time for election season, even creating a crisis(!) to panic about if that’s what you have to do.
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