FDA SAYS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND CHLOROQUINE CAN BE USED TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS

Newsweek ^ | 3/30/20 AT 4:12 AM EDT | KASHMIRA GANDER

[nickcarraway]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of two anti-malaria drugs to treat patients infected by the new coronavirus.

On Sunday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a statement that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could be prescribed to teens and adults with COVID-19 "as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible," after the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization. (EUA) That marked the first EUA for a drug related to COVID-19 in the U.S., according to the statement.

Currently, there are no specific drugs for COVID-19 which, as shown in the Statista graph below (accurate as of March 26), has sickened over half a million people. According to Johns Hopkins University, over 720,000 cases have been confirmed, more than 34,000 people have died, and over 152,000 have recovered since the pandemic started in China late last year.

[Syncro]

It works.
See posts 199 & 200

Red tape has been removed nationally.

The sooner it is administered after infection appears the more effective it is.

Saves a lot of hospital space because of it’s fast acting effects.

[Chickensoup]

as I said four days ago, I check locally and none of the physicians here are giving it. They are waiting for CDC and local medical association go aheads.

[Syncro]

Hmmm, interesting.

Yes some are lagging behind.

Of course in some areas dems are in leadership and many do not like anything that will improve the success rate of treatments that save lives.

As you probably know, the governor of Nevada has outlawed use of these drugs outside of hospitals.

Ironic that if used early enough, it will make a person well enough quickly that they do not NEED to go to the hospital.

an interesting read:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html