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FDA issues emergency authorization of anti-malaria drug for coronavirus care (Sunday ruling, for Hydroxychloroquine)
Politico ^ | Today | Dan Diamond

Posted on 03/29/2020 8:55:03 PM PDT by cba123

The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, decades-old malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump for coronavirus treatment despite scant evidence.

The agency allowed for the drugs to be "donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed and prescribed by doctors to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible," HHS said in a statement, announcing that Sandoz donated 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to the stockpile and Bayer donated 1 million doses of chloroquine.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bayer; chloroquine; coronavirus; covid19; dandiamond; fda; fdahcq; hcq; hcqzpac; hydrochloroquine; hydroxychloroquine; novartis; politico; pollutico; sandoz
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To: cba123
The agency allowed for the drugs to be "donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed and prescribed by doctors to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible," HHS said in a statement...

Benito Cuomo will not be happy about this.

41 posted on 03/29/2020 9:18:59 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: JPJones
Another big win for Dr. Trump!

It really is.

42 posted on 03/29/2020 9:19:44 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: cba123

And while NY and NYC MAY start their trials, what this next week? There are a whole bunch already doing it. One in MN.

You CAN NOT make this shit up.

Trump should have taken over the administration of the states as well and national.


43 posted on 03/29/2020 9:22:02 PM PDT by crz
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To: cba123

“decades-old malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump for coronavirus treatment despite scant evidence ... se of anti-malaria drugs as a potential therapy for a virus that has no proven treatment or cure ... Career scientists have been skeptical of the effort, noting the lack of data ... some advocates who overstated their claims and credentials — and been championed by guests on Fox News”

politico PANICKING that these drugs will cure people and desperate to continue to attack President Trump ...


44 posted on 03/29/2020 9:22:31 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: usafa92

I’m not sure how well the drug works- I think folks who end up getting really sick end up still on respirators for a number of days, but recover- most will be fine, and only get mild symptoms for sure- but it’s those who are prone to illnesses that wont’ fare so well- a big part of the workforce is elderly- usually with medical conditions of some kind-

I think that a lot of folks are gonna be exposed once they lift all the stupid shelter inplace orders- we’re just delaying the inevitable by making everyone stay at home- I guess it —might— make sense but ONLY IF it was for a very short time while they created a vaccine, then everyone could get back to work as usual after getting the shots- but still- even then- not keen on shutting down a country especially when a vaccine is so far away=-


45 posted on 03/29/2020 9:23:02 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Sarah Barracuda

What you state may or may not be true. Even if true. And, I don’t know what evidence there is to back it up. It is irrelevant.
Laura’s late-night show doesn’t have anywhere near the exposure or the IMPACT of President Trump’s Prime-Time pressers. Nearly no one knows what she said.
But, many many 100’s of MILLIONS know what President Trump has said about that drug combo. And, because he touted it early on, the entire democrat party/media complex has mobilized to demonize this solution every minute of every hour since.


46 posted on 03/29/2020 9:24:00 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: cba123

“The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, decades-old malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump for coronavirus treatment despite scant evidence.”

The media is rooting for this drug to fail. No surprise since they want this President to fail and ultimately the counry to fail.


47 posted on 03/29/2020 9:25:12 PM PDT by willk (A bias news media is not a free press.)
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To: cba123

Bump for FDA emergency use authorization for HCQ.


48 posted on 03/29/2020 9:26:38 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: RummyChick

Even folks at death’s door are recovering from what we’ve been reading- they go to sleep thinking they will be dead by morning, then they wake up and it’s night and day- Not sure everyone is like that- but have read a couple of testimonials about this already- and docs doing studies have said they have a near 100% success rate- I think some i n the trials must have been close to death too- but who knows -maybe they were4 all early stage sufferers- the articles weren’;t too specific-


49 posted on 03/29/2020 9:26:58 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Remdesivir is potentially even better than the HCQ/Zpack combo. It’s produced by the Israeli pharmaceutical Gilead, who produced “tamiflu” during the sars epidemic. However since it’s fairly new, remdesivir is in clinical trial and only a limited amount is available for compassionate use currently.

The elderly patients that died had age and probably health conditions against them. Maybe remdesivir or the HCQ/Zpack combo given early enough, could save many other patients.


50 posted on 03/29/2020 9:32:51 PM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Coronavirus begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: cba123

[[as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible,”]]

So states that are running trials won’t let everyone get it? and only allow those in the trials to get it? This is unconscionable- immoral- I think the president needs to step in and tell states that are demanding people in in clinical trials before they can get it that they can no longer demand that only people in the trials can get the drugs- We can still run the clinical trials while ALSO giving everyone access to the drugs who need it-

You know how hard it is to get into clinical trials? Very is the answer- people have to meet certain criteria in order to even be considered- and folks will die while waitin to be chosen- it’s a long process because these trials are so specific, and they need to cover themselves legally to allow folks in etc- you don’t usually just go in and say you wanna be a part, and get admitted that day-


51 posted on 03/29/2020 9:34:37 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: snarkytart

You’re correct. But, among those that heard President Trump is Democrat Governors who subsequently have issued edicts telling doctors in their states Not to dispense the drug for this virus.
The French research scientist that first published findings of the effectiveness of that drug combo has recently stated that it is IMMORAL in his opinion to not administer this drug combo to Wuhan Flu victims.
He further stated that the current protocol of waiting until the victims are Critical is a huge mistake. He stated that the drug combo should be administered as soon as the virus is confirmed for the best survival rate.
Yet, we have certain democrat governors threatening the licenses of doctors in their states if they prescribe that drug if the victim isn’t on deaths doorstep.


52 posted on 03/29/2020 9:37:57 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: SpaceBar

Let’s hope Trump was correct. I know a guy in his 60s who was going downhill at Jamaica Hospital. He has been on a ventilator and kidneys failing and blood oxy was low. HCQ was introduced three days ago. Still on ventilator but kidney function improved and blood oxy improved. Good news but no miracle cure like the supposed cures by the Dr in Rockland County. Let’s just pray for the best.


53 posted on 03/29/2020 9:39:19 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: CJ Wolf

“Prayers up! I swear this is gonna chang some shit.”

Truer words have never been spoken! Like:

- The importance of borders
- The way the world views China
- Globalism is a recognized menace
- Supply chain reliance on China - BAD CHOICE!
- Pharmaceutical-dependence on any nation other than your own
- Democrats suck and would rather see you dead than see Trump lead
- Democrat-controlled areas are cesspools of disease-transmission
- Democrat leaders point accusatory-fingers but cannot make sound decisions on protecting health - Ban the cure from being prescribed!

Trump is a gift that too few will realize until many years after his passing from this Earth. Sadly.


54 posted on 03/29/2020 9:42:55 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Actually Tucker had the strange associate of the French scientist on first to talk about the drug. Then Laura started talking about it. Before either of them covered the story, it was all over Twitter.


55 posted on 03/29/2020 9:47:26 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Actually Tucker had the strange associate of the French scientist on first to talk about the drug. Then Laura started talking about it. Before either of them covered the story, it was all over Twitter.


56 posted on 03/29/2020 9:47:26 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Bshaw

Very well said

F China
F Globalization
F Dimwitz
F Media

Viva le Trump 2020


57 posted on 03/29/2020 9:49:38 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Actually the first person who deserves credit is Laura Ingraham, she is the FIRST person to have mentioned this drug on her TV show, she has taken it twice I think that President Trump heard what she had to say about it and started mentioning it too

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Your right. Laura Ingraham really has pushed to have this used. A Bible study friend of a patient that had heard it on Laura Ingraham Program was instrumental in getting a Dr. to use it and it was miraculous for him. He talked to Laura on the show before he was released from the hospital. Go Laura... Go President Trump!!!

58 posted on 03/29/2020 9:54:05 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: xkaydet65

For some, the recovery is very slow. I also know someone who has been on a vent for maybe 10 days now. They gave him HCQ, and he’s expected to recover, say the doctors. This is in a Canadian hospital. I think a lot depends on age, underlying health conditions, timing and dosage of medicines.

I’m all for HCQ/Zpack or any other medicine but there isn’t a 100% effective ‘silver bullet’ in the battle against the coronavirus just yet.


59 posted on 03/29/2020 9:55:52 PM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Coronavirus begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“Viva le Trump 2020”

Love it!


60 posted on 03/29/2020 9:57:30 PM PDT by jhw61
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