Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) Sues the FDA to End Its Arbitrary Restrictions on Hydroxychloroquine to Treat Covid-19

PR Newswire via Yahoo ^ | 06/02/2020

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oday the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit, AAPS v. FDA, against the Food and Drug Administration to end its arbitrary interference with the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which President Trump and other world leaders have taken as a prophylaxis against COVID-19.

Two million doses of HCQ are being sent by the Trump Administration to Brazil to help medical workers there safeguard themselves against the spread of the virus. But at the same time the FDA continues to block Americans' access to this medication.

HCQ has been approved as safe by the FDA for 65 years, and the CDC states on its website that "CDC has no limits on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of malaria."

More than 150 million doses have been donated to the strategic national stockpile controlled by the federal government, but unjustified FDA restrictions limit its use to only hospitalized patients for whom a clinical study is unavailable. Hospitals are even returning HCQ to the stockpile because they are not able to use it effectively.

"It is shocking that medical workers in Brazil will have access to HCQ as a prophylaxis while Americans are blocked by the FDA from accessing the same medication for the same use," observes AAPS Executive Director Jane Orient, M.D.

"There is no legal or factual basis for the FDA to limit use of HCQ," states AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schlafly. "The FDA's restrictions on HCQ for Americans are completely indefensible in court."

Many foreign nations, including China, India, South Korea, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey, use HCQ for early treatment and prevention of COVID-19, AAPS points out.

[Redcitizen]

The Covid 19 scare has run its course. Thus the end of the ban on hcq. Now we have the riots to contend with.

[Highest Authority]

No money for big pharma .... that’s why!

[firebrand]

Phyllis’s son. Thank you. Ridiculous ban, only designed to promote lucrative drugs for corrupt people.

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RE: The Covid 19 scare has run its course. Thus the end of the ban on hcq. Now we have the riots to contend with.

Well, these protests and riots is actually a real-live test to see if the virus is still as virulent as they say it is, so virulent that we can’t begin re-opening.

There’s no social distancing in these protests. If there is no major wave of outbreaks after all these, we know that we can safely reopen.

[Don Corleone]

The corruption in all the alphabet agencies could not be more apparent.

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

The leftists embedded in all the federal agencies by the Obommunist Administration need to be rooted out before their ‘CHANGE’ for America is fully manifested...