Definitely doctors were afraid to go against CDC guidelines. Also, do not underestimate the leash effect of the electronic medical record. All that electronic record is reviewed. If they were to prescribe hydroxychloroquin or ivermectin, that would be immediately seen and tagged.
“doctors were afraid to go against CDC guideline” Yep. In any red state those same guidelines became state dept of health guidelines. Leading to investigations if they were not followed.
HCQ +/- azithromycin was part of our standard order set from February - June 2020.
Never had a problem from CDC or FDA. It was also on the MGH standard order set until May 2020.
Based on Didier Raoult’s work in Marseille, it was certainly worth trying - but it was obvious after a few months it didn’t have any measurable effect.