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Evidence for Hydroxychloroquine Is Clinical Trial - Not Anecdotal
American Thinker ^ | 3/22/20 | Andrew Longman

Posted on 03/22/2020 1:19:20 PM PDT by FarRockaway2

[Editor's note: Lack of FDA approval does not prohibit off-label use of drugs for other threapeutic purposes, but would inhibit widespred use.]

You are being lied to about the drugs that heal COVID19.

America's FDA, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, are dragging their feet on approving a drug that provides very strong positive effect on COVID19.

Fauci, speaking from the White House, said on the matter of approving Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirusdrugs; chinavirustreatment; coronavirus; covid19; fauci; hydroxychloroquine
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To: FarRockaway2

No difference.

Treatment of COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine is standard therapy, it is not “compassionate use”.

Off-label use of drugs happens thousands of times a day, it is ordinary, there is nothing special about it at all.


81 posted on 03/22/2020 6:39:21 PM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: FarRockaway2

Bookmark!


82 posted on 03/22/2020 6:40:50 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus)
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To: FarRockaway2

FDA does not “approve” drugs that are already approved. Hydroxychloroquine has been approved since 1955.


83 posted on 03/22/2020 6:41:03 PM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: FarRockaway2
What I’m going to say here is critical: Trump did NOT “put that into effect”. This is so important: FDA has NOT approved. I repeat: FDA has NOT approved. Under the unapproved-for-that-purpose rules from FDA, this drug will not be prescribed in *anywhere near the numbers*.

I think the problem is one of supply. There isn't enough hydroxychloroquine to treat the random patient who may have the virus. By leaving it off-label it is under the control of the infectious disease specialist at the hospital to decide to use the medication and on who.

Teva pharmaceuticals was donating 6,000,000 pills to the US. Based on the now infamous French study you take 3 pills a day for 10 days. Therefore Teva's donation is only enough to treat 200,000 cases.

We currently have over 33000 positives in the USA. If quarantine efforts are not effective that number will surpass 200,000 rather quickly. So do you approve it so that it can get into the hands of people who may not need it or do you leave things as they are and let specialists decide who to treat with it?

The FDA is probably waiting to ensure a plentiful supply before they approve the drug for general use in the disease. This goes for azithromycin as well. It's fairly plentiful but we use it quite frequently for any number of infections. If you approve it for COVID-19 general use will it be available for other uses?

84 posted on 03/22/2020 6:54:46 PM PDT by stig
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To: Jim Noble

Your statement to me is a nonsequitir. I know that. Everyone knows that. That is not the issue in the posted article. The issue is: FDA approval *specifically for the treatment of COVID19* and Fauci claiming the evidence is anecdotal. The evidence is not anecdotal. Yes, it is approved for malaria. Which is covered in the article.

If the USA knew it was available (from the virus task force press conferences) they would a) ask for it and b) get some level of reassurance that there is a drug that does actually do something positive. Instead, we have bureacrats claiming that a clinical study is the same thing as anecdotal, which it is not.


85 posted on 03/22/2020 7:46:30 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: Jim Noble

Treatment of COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine is standard therapy, it is not “compassionate use”.

Since when? Like 5 minutes ago? What does “standard therapy” mean when the national classification is “off label” and “compassionate use”? You are saying that because hospitals issue guidance to doctors, this trumps the FDA classification?

I’d love to know/believe why it would now be standard-use. I hope for that. But you are saying that doctors - individuals - have just decided as a group that its now standard? Because of the guidance from Belgium, South Korea, China?


86 posted on 03/22/2020 7:50:25 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: Chgogal

Thanks Chgogal. The fog of war needs to be cut through. I think this forum is helping.


87 posted on 03/22/2020 7:52:33 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: FarRockaway2

Fauci’s comment about it being antidotal annoyed me.


88 posted on 03/22/2020 7:56:05 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus)
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To: stig

That is a very thoughtful reply. It seems to me the drug is, in general, inexpensive. And full, formal, FDA approval-for-COVID19-specifically, would, as you say, increase demand and remove the gatekeeper - thanks for telling me about the infectious disease specialist. So we need both - formal approval-for-COVID19 plus supply. Seems to me the govt could just write a check to each one of the hydroxychloroquine manufacturers, and talk to them to see how many doses they can produce. Low cost has to be the solution because numbers are so enormous. The high-cost options probably just won’t be able to manufacture the numbers.


89 posted on 03/22/2020 7:57:36 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: Jim Noble

Can off label prescriptions happen millions of times per day?

Because that is what will be required in 1+ month.


90 posted on 03/22/2020 7:58:48 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: Chgogal

He was basically telling people that it was hearsay, when in fact you have this substantial set of good science papers supporting fact that there IS a drug which will save people’s lives. Wouldnt want them to know THAT. And wouldn’t want them to go around asking for it. And wouldn’t want them to know they could go buy it a Walmart. I had one MD tell me she was screaming at the TV when he said that.


91 posted on 03/22/2020 8:02:36 PM PDT by FarRockaway2
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To: FarRockaway2

Exactly. His comment made me very suspicious of his actions or the lack thereof.


92 posted on 03/22/2020 8:05:20 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus)
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To: stig

Thanks.


93 posted on 03/22/2020 8:06:57 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: aquila48

“Why do I have this odd feeling that if Dr Fauci was on his death bed he would want to eagerly use these meds -’approved’ or not?”

Why do I have this odd feeling that Dr. Fauci is using these meds even as we speak?


94 posted on 03/22/2020 8:16:12 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: aquila48

Good question. It’s already being used, so why not here? It’s OK to use on one person who is terminal, but it’s not OK to use when hundreds who are terminal for sure, and thousands possibly?

PDJT should just say it’s “a thing”, and tell doctors to use it if patients request it. It’s their right to try.


95 posted on 03/22/2020 8:23:31 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: LOC1

Always follow the money. It’s like big pharma has become a cousin of the military complex and there’s a ton of money to be made by the elite who are the inside players.

I still want to know where his family’s investments lie.


96 posted on 03/22/2020 8:32:21 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: dalight

I saw stores selling drugs in ports on a cruise last month. I wish I’d known about this drug then. I could have dropped in and made a purchase.


97 posted on 03/22/2020 8:36:27 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: Diogenesis

“If Fauci or his wife own 1 share, their punishment should be that for sedition and murder.”

Don’t forget their siblings and children. Think “Biden”.


98 posted on 03/22/2020 8:38:15 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: FarRockaway2

“The drug is routinely given for months at a time for other ailments in similar doses.”

I think it was Drew Pinsky who said people use this for arthritis for years with no problem. The only problem CAN be some growth or something on the cornea, and it isn’t common. People see an eye doctor once a year for a checkup and if there’s a problem it’s easily cured.


99 posted on 03/22/2020 8:45:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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To: FarRockaway2

Then Trump lies every time he says that Right To Try is helping people.


100 posted on 03/22/2020 8:47:35 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Ti)
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