Rumors were out there that Kaiser-Permanente was denying refills, or at least reducing 90-day scrips to 14 day supply, and also working with prescribing physicians to morph to other, similar meds. K=P was telling their clients that Hydroxychloroquine "stays in the system" for 40 days, so don't worry you are temporarily off the medication. K=P "thanked" some clients for, in essence, "taking one for the team" during the shortage.
If Hydroxychloroquine has NOT been widely prescribed for COVID-19 yet, and the studies are still underway, why is there a decrease/shortage in supply? Why are Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and immune-deficient patients being denied Hydroxychloroquine?
Israel and other countries donated massive amounts of doses of Hydroxychloroquine, so why the "shortage"?
Is this a contrived shortage based on government hoarding, or a poor estimate like the massive numbers of empty beds at McCormick Place, Javitz Center, the two Navy Hopsital ships, etc.? Thoughts?
And India is going to sell a lot to the US, probably starting very soon, Trump mentioned a few days ago.
The half life of HCQ in blood is high, about 40-50 days. Those with a current supply at home can go months without refills.
Most coronvirus positive people who receive HCQ are reported to have leftover pills that can be taken back to their hospital or provider.
The restocking schedules of Plaquenil are known. The shipment dates of doses from India are known. The Vice President’s Office is surely on top of it. There is no need not to release what’s in stock now.
Where the conflict is found is in Democrat states where the Vaccine Lobby is spreading disinformation that HCQ is harmful, untested, ineffective, anecdotal. However, when people of those states get treatment and survive, they spread the word which puts heat on the Governors.
There is FDA approval for Plaguenil for COVID-19. The fight now is between state health bureaucracies and individual providers. Who knows what’s best for the patient, the state or the doctor?
Dr. Fauci says one thing and does another. I am arriving to the view he’s not an honest man. He is pushing vaccines and I suspect he’s telling state health officials to go slow on letting HCQ be prescribed locally by practitioners.
Re: the alleged Hydroxychloroquine shortage - my friend’s mother has RA, and uses the drug. She just got her refill a couple of days ago. So at least for a sample of one, the pills are still available.