a guy's tempted to think that it's almost like the FDA doesn't want to hear any positive news about this massive fustercluck ?
Posted on 04/24/2020 12:20:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine or the closely related chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of hospitals or clinical trials.
The drugs, approved decades ago for several uses, including the treatment of malaria, have shown promise in small studies and in hospitals for treating COVID-19 but other studies have suggested harmful side effects or no evidence they work against the new disease.
The FDA said in the warning that it was aware of reports of heart rhythm problems seen in some patients with COVID-19 treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, often in combination with azithromycin and other QT prolonging medicines.
The increase in use of the medicines spurred the agency to remind medical workers and patients of the possible side effects. The drugs can cause abnormal health rhythms such as QT interval prolongation and a rapid heart rate.
The risks “may increase when these medicines are combined with other medicines known to prolong the QT interval, including the antibiotic azithromycin,” according to the FDA.
“Patients who also have other health issues such as heart and kidney disease are likely to be at increased risk of these heart problems when receiving these medicines,” it added.
“We are also aware of increased use of these medicines through outpatient prescriptions. Therefore, we would like to remind health care professionals and patients of the known risks associated with both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.”
No drugs have been approved for the treatment of COVID-19 by the FDA but the agency last month authorized the emergency use of the anti-malarials for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Well they haven’t banned it.
Meh. It works best keeping mild cases from becoming serious.
Mild cases don’t get hospitalized.
Deep state protecting big pharma
No, the article above says FDA is warning against its use “outside of hospitals or clinical trials.” It is not requiring that usage be restricted to clinical trials. I didn’t read the FDA notice, but this article indicates FDA is recommending it be administered under a doctor’s care in a hospital setting.
I don’t see any problem with that.
Deep State protecting the left.
Or have they never noticed this in lupus and malaria patients over the past sixty years?
Not this shiite again....
Defending Big Pharma lying about a proven treatment. This is medical malpractice.
This is so bizarre
Plaquanyl is widely used in autoimmune disorders
Why all the fuss in COVID-19?
You have to swallow the pill in a hospital for it to be effective.
There are plenty of situations where the drug might be prescribed under a doctor’s eye on an outpatient basis, not in a hospital. Why would you limit it to only those hospitalized?
HCQ has been proven safe for 400 years. It is a "miracle drug".
what did the FDA know about the murders of the Shermans?
what did the FDA know and when about the making
of weaponized HIV-aerosoling SARS_CoV-2?
who in the FDA issued this directive?
another FAKE MD?
a guy's tempted to think that it's almost like the FDA doesn't want to hear any positive news about this massive fustercluck ?
This is ridiculous!
Screw the FDA, the CDC and the NIH. Too much political BS.
Just do as your doctor suggests.
Let's get America Back To Work!
Highly reliable testing will soon be widely available. (1 Month)
Make HCQ widely available prophylactically to front line healthcare workers.
Prescribe HCQ EARLY in the diagnosis!
Let the sick and the "at risk" stay quarantined.
I know of several people that have been proscribed this medication after testing positive for Wuhan flu and their turnarounds were withing 4-8 hours. They felt better the next day.
RE: Meh. It works best keeping mild cases from becoming serious.
Mild cases don’t get hospitalized
Well if you can’t take it until you are hospitalized but it works best to prevent one from being hospitalized, then that’s as good as saying, don’t take it for it’s intended use.
China issued marching orders this morning?
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