Posted on 02/16/2021 8:11:37 PM PST by SeekAndFind
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It was a promising COVID-19 treatment last year that is now sitting in stockpiles across the country. Hydroxychloroquine did not turn out to be the miracle drug once touted by the former president and sought out by Florida's governor.
Instead, it has become a commodity for which the state has little use.
Last April, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he had secured a million doses of hydroxychloroquine from Israel at no cost to the state.
The Republican and close ally of, at that time, President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable with doctors who supported the use of the drug. The discussion came despite very little and often anecdotal evidence that hydroxychloroquine was beneficial in the fight against COVID-19.
"I've reached out to physicians and just asked, 'Hey, what’s the deal with this? Should we get more of it?'" DeSantis told journalists at the meeting. "We want to, obviously, give patients the opportunity to have a recovery."
The promotion by governors like DeSantis and the former president quickly created a run on the treatment, frustrating Florida rheumatologists.
"It was a real problem," said Dr. Norman Gaylis, a Florida physician with the American College of Rheumatology. "We don't have enough time in the day to answer how much it frustrates me with the way this has been handled."
Gaylis said April and May were difficult times for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients who need the pills to fight disability and pain. Those he treats were unable to fill prescriptions, forced to ration what they had and find sources from outside the country.
Meanwhile, states had little use for their stockpiles as research piled up suggested the drug did little to treat COVID-19 and raised safety questions.
"My guess is the majority hydroxychloroquine sitting in states' storage facilities are basically going to end up being thrown away," Gaylis said.
Some states indeed continue to sit on large supplies of the medicine, which has a two-year shelf life. Oregon has yet to use any of its 50,000 tablets. Texas has about 92% of its million doses remaining. Both are working to find a use. Oklahoma officials are trying to return about $2 million of the pills to their supplier.
In Florida, about 980,000 doses were on hand as of June. Officials haven't been able to provide an updated total but said they're working to distribute them.
State emergency management has partnered with the Lupus Foundation of America. Together they're donating supplies to doctors, avoiding a prolonged dose shortage here.
Dr. Michael Bubb, a principal investigator in the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network of Lupus Therapeutics, said Florida's market has stabilized after the summer panic.
"I haven't had a patient express concerns in recent months about the availability of the drug," Bubb said.
Going forward, however, the University of Florida rheumatologist hopes the state will better consult experts before putting any future strain on the market.
"It's ideal to have the physician experts consulted on these issues," Bubb said. "The real issue is that medical knowledge is not easy. Looking at data, particularly observational data, rather than randomized controlled data, really needs to have a nuanced eye."
The Food and Drug Administration still approves the use of hydroxychloroquine for lupus, malaria and rheumatoid arthritis. The agency pulled the drug's emergency use authorization for COVID-19 last June due to a risk of heart problems. It continues to discourage use for virus treatment outside of hospitals.
Like many states, Florida is trying to get rid of its hydroxychloroquine. Here are some things to remember:
* Florida secured about a million doses last year through donation.
* Few were used as research suggested the pills did little to treat COVID
* In June, Florida had about 980,000 pills left
* It’s now working with the Lupus Foundation of America to donate the remaining supply.
Ping for your interest
If it is no longer needed, sell it to India or an African country. A chance to make a small profit for a state, or a minimal loss.
I guess they haven’t gotten the word that since President Trump is no longer in the office of President that HCQ/Zinc/Z-Pack has been declared by multiple “authorities” a very effective treatment for the Wuhan Virus.
Or, perhaps they know this and are ignoring this fact to attack a Republican Governor, and President Trump supporter coming up for re-election? Hmm. I’m betting on the latter.
“research suggested” was Pre Plugs.
The AMA said Hydroxychloroquine is now to be recommneded as a treatment for covid. Three days after Biden was sworn in. Coincidence?
The AMA said Hydroxychloroquine is now to be recommneded as a treatment for covid. Three days after Biden was sworn in. Coincidence?
>Meanwhile, states had little use for their stockpiles as research piled up suggested the drug did little to treat COVID-19 and raised safety questions.
HCQ is effective for COVID-19 when used early: real-time meta analysis of 206 studies
https://hcqmeta.com/
“The AMA said Hydroxychloroquine is now to be recommneded as a treatment for covid. Three days after Biden was sworn in. Coincidence?”
Doctors lied and people died.... just to make Trump look bad.
Well, that is not exactly true. I will preface this with I have no use for the AMA. However see below the actual statement of the AMA
Second, the articles claim that AMA reversed its position in October 2020 from opposing the use of HCQ as a treatment for COVID-19 patients to supporting it. However, this claim is based on an inaccurate interpretation of a proposal written by the AMA Delegation of Georgia on 23 October 2020. The proposal was discussed during a Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in November 2020. This proposal requested that the AMA rescind its previous statement from April 2020. However, it was rejected by the AMA committee reviewing it. The article in American Thinker, which repeated these claims, acknowledged that it misconstrued this proposal as an official statement, but did not withdraw or modify its article or headline to reflect the correct information.
The AMA also denied that it changed its position regarding the use of HCQ to treat COVID-19 patients on its Twitter account. Therefore, the former statement from April 2020 still holds: The AMA recognizes the freedom of practitioners to exercise their medical judgement, including the prescription of off-label drugs, while emphasizing the importance of basing such judgement on published clinical evidence.
The fact of the matter is that the AMA takes no position on HCQ and continues to hold that position. They simply are against drug stockpiling.
That being said, HCQ is the least effective of the partial treatments and most people have moved on from HCQ. Ivermectin shows far more promise, albeit imperfect.
The therapy of choice is monoclonal antibodies (bamlanivimab or regeneron)
And the prophylaxis of choice is vaccination.
These are the current data, and the state of the art.
Thanks for the link. I’ve added it to my growing list to counter the state run propagandists.
Feel free to copy and repost.
See what American frontline doctors have to say about these vaccines and hcq.
See what Bill Gates real mission is
Find out why there has been a mea culpa on a cheap and highly effective treatment known as hcq
A video you need to see. Pay close attention beginning at the 22:30 point
https://www.bitchute.com/video/BLfw5ROCffa9/
Globalists-vaccines & population control
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q63Gagog0Fk
Michelle Malkin goes one on one with Dr. Simone Gold
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BraR-HQO6Qs
Hcq shows positive test results
I hope they’d get it back to the RA and lupus people.
Good God.
Predicted that last year.
I can hardly believe that they don’t know what to do with their supply of HCQ. Give it to newly diagnosed patients so they likely won’t end up in the hospital. All these other countries are using it. Geez.
It’s called a Zpack learn it...live it
still shill
instead of throwing insults how about a reasoned argument with data. I presented the current treatment understanding. Because it does not align with your political or emotional views, you call me names. Interesting approach.
No recommendation...BUT...they do say it is up to a Physician.
“Some states indeed continue to sit on large supplies of the medicine, which has a two-year shelf life.”
The shelf life is very likely much longer than that provided it is stored properly.
But it would have ruined the power conferring crisis and destroyed big pharma profits.
You may like some of the links here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3934911/posts?page=12#12
And the graphs here show that India has been on to something for 5+ months without a mass vaccination program. This has been discussed very little in Western media.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3934485/posts?page=40#40
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