Michigan’s Democrat Governor THREATENS All Doctors and Pharmacists who Prescribe or Dispense Hydroxychloroquine for Coronavirus Patients

The Gateway Pundit ^ | March 26, 2020 | Jim Hoft

[Ann Archy]

NAZI-like to REPORT Drs. who do this cure!!

[Vaquero]

Decide the patient has malaria and prescribe it.

[MrEdd]

You can’t get enough of a drug prescribed properly to hoard it.

[Rodm]

Yes, our governor is a jackass.

[RummyChick]

Governors are setting restrictions..for a variety of reasons including protecting those that need the drug for things not related to Covid-19

For example, Nevada will allow it in an Inpatient setting, IIRC

If you are a rich socialite from NY flying to Nevada to try to Dr shop... and you are trying to get this drug because you think you might have Wuhan Flu you cant get the drug and the Dr could lose his license for giving it to you to combat Wuhan...unless you are an inpatient.

[wastoute]

I’m glad to see you have at least quit spamming that ridiculous email around. Please take this in the spirit it is intended. What you did was once punishable by up to 20 years in prison. For a damn good reason. Start putting a little more thought in all this.

[MortMan]

The actual letter doesn’t say what Jim Hoft purports. It is addressing prophylactic prescriptions, not therapeutic.

[joe fonebone]

I was wrong...
I actually thought that the dem governors were doing what was right for the american people
I was wrong...

[chaosagent]

Some Dr tried to tell me last night there is no way a Dr could ever lose his license for prescribing this for a suspected case of COVID-19 that shows up in a Dr’s office or in a telemedicine visit because FDA allows off label prescriptions

He is wrong.

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So are you saying that doctors are NOT allowed to prescribe drugs ‘off-label, or that the FDA doesn’t allow it.?

Strange, because I’ve prescribed a drug for off-label use for several years now.

[Mr. Jeeves]

At least it’s now clear that the order to “stop Trump’s drug” came from DNC command, and the governors are not acting independently.

[mmichaels1970]

It does not say that the drugs can not be written for severe cases of COVID-19. It reads as an attempt to discourage overprescription of the meds to prevent shortages.

I read the letter and interpret it to be a warning to NOT prescribe it for both themselves AND legit COVID-19 patients. She is calling on pharmacists to reject filling prescriptions.

Prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine without further proof of efficacy for treating COVID-19 or with the intent to stockpile the drug may create a shortage for patients with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or other ailments for which chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are proven treatments. Reports of this conduct will be evaluated and may be further investigated for administrative action. Prescribing any kind of prescription must also be associated with medical documentation showing proof of the medical necessity and medical condition for which the patient is being treated. Again, these are drugs that have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19.

Michigan pharmacists may see an increased volume of prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and should take special care to evaluate the prescriptions’ legitimacy. Pursuant to Michigan Administrative Code, R 338.490(2), a pharmacist shall not fill a prescription if the pharmacist believes the prescription will be used for other than legitimate medical purposes or if the prescription could cause harm to a patient.

It is also important to be mindful that licensed health professionals are required to report inappropriate prescribing practices.

Bolded section 1: She says that scripts need to provide documentation PROVING the medical necessity and then reiterates that these drugs have not been PROVEN effective.

Bolded section 2: She "reminds" pharmacists to refuse to refill prescriptions if it is being used for other than legit medical purposes after saying above that there is no legit medical purpose to prescribe for COVID-19.

Bolded section 3: There is the "threat". She is demanding "health professionals" rat out any that aren't complying

IHMO, this letter is clearer than most in instituting an attempt to ban these drugs as treatment.

[RummyChick]

If you are in Nevada and you have a fever and think you have Wuhan the Dr can NOT prescribe this to you during an office visit to combat covid-19

Did you not read my posts?

Go read the law he enacted if you dont believe me.

[cotton1706]

Her rationale was probably that two idiots ingested fish tank cleaner.

[StAnDeliver]

So Whitmore approves dangerous puberty-blocking drugs in children, but she orders Michigan adults not to take a long-known antibiotic with an even longer-known anti-malarial.

FUGW.

[RinaseaofDs]

Think depopulation. This is an op.

[RummyChick]

btw, if anyone thinks I am wrong show me the proof. I have been wrong before and will be again.

Go read Nevada’s law on this.

[RegulatorCountry]

Fair question, I suppose.

But, fair being fair and all, and in the interest of full disclosure, how many shares of pharmaceutical companies with patents on antivirals do you own, or are you employed by one?

Your persistence is no less noteworthy than the guy posting that article over and over again.

So, fess up.

[mmichaels1970]

The actual letter doesn’t say what Jim Hoft purports. It is addressing prophylactic prescriptions, not therapeutic.

That's not how I read it. I keep rereading it to see how I can possibly be missing that this is only addressing prophylactic or even hoarding. While hoarding IS mentioned and may be the prime motivator, when I read this paragraph:

Prescribing any kind of prescription must also be associated with medical documentation showing proof of the medical necessity and medical condition for which the patient is being treated. Again, these are drugs that have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19.

I see her saying that docs need to provide PROOF of medical necessity and then she reiterates that the drugs are not PROVEN to be effective.

[RummyChick]

It is likely two fold.

The idiot fish cleaner guy because these edicts came out after that incident

And

The Drs prescribing for themselves, family, friends and actors etc....causing a problem for people with real need that have to have those pills

Plus, India is banning the export