So are doctors able to use the drugs? Dr. Zelenko in NY seems to be having success. 699 successful out 703.
Seems to me that the letter states the drugs are not approved to treat Covid, thus would fall under the unauthorized use clause in the letter effectively outlawing the treatment. But I’m not a lawyer.
“So are doctors able to use the drugs?”
totally ...they’re old drugs, long approved by the FDA ... and any doctor can legally and ethically prescribe any FDA-approved drug for any medical purpose, even for purposes for which it wasn’t originally approved ... that kind of use is called off-lable use and it’s done all the time ...
CDC even has a information about possible doses for treating COVID-19:
“There are no currently available data from Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) to inform clinical guidance on the use, dosing, or duration of hydroxychloroquine for prophylaxis or treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although optimal dosing and duration of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 are unknown, some U.S. clinicians have reported anecdotally different hydroxychloroquine dosing such as: 400mg BID on day one, then daily for 5 days; 400 mg BID on day one, then 200mg BID for 4 days; 600 mg BID on day one, then 400mg daily on days 2-5.”
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html