[Pontiac]

The way the rule is writen a doctor in Ohio can not prescribe HCQ in the state of Ohio for any reason without going before the State Pharmacy Board. Patients that have been getting the drug for years, like Lupus can no longer get the drug.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

This is an outrage of the highest order.

Lawsuits should be filed....and publicity should be given to this outrage.

[doc maverick]

This is totally ridiculous. The drug has been used for decades.
It’s cheap, so I smell a rat! I smell drug company interference and probably loads of investors involved in a new very expensive drug that will be deemed as the only treatment.

[EinNYC]

I never heard of such an outrageous thing, that a “board” gets to decide what drugs you can get. The members of this “board” should be put on trial ASAP. I am sure they are not within the law on this. And, it could start a dangerous trend.

[Lockbox]

Gee, the CDC does not list any heart issues with the drug, see the following:

[Revolutionary]

Looks like the national stockpile needs to be directly dispersed to doctors that request it.

[NEMDF]

This is TERRIBLE. The left has gone completely over the edge.

Someone I know, who is 71, was hospitalized in April with many symptoms similar to COVID-19. He was on a ventilator for 8 days. For the first 2.5 days, he was given the HCQ regimen, while they waited for his COVID test results, which were negative. He survived, and is doing very well now, health-wise. I can’t help but thing the HCQ treatments were instrumental in his recovery.

[taxcontrol]

Sounds like lawsuit bait to me.

[Fresh Wind]

I hear there’s a massive outbreak of malaria in Ohio.

[Eagles6]

Didn't Roe v Wade find a Constitutional right to privacy in the doctor patient relationship?

How can the board interfere here?

[Major Matt Mason]

This is definitely a political decision and not a science-based one. India and other countries that use HCQ regularly must view our "health" mavens as complete lunatics. Disgraceful and embarrassing.

[tflabo]

Banning an FDA approved drug. Seems borderline criminal.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The drug may also cause serious cardiac side effects, according to the Food and Drug Administration."

I've seen studies that come down on both sides of the question of whether HCQ is effective against Covid-19, but this claim that it is suddenly dangerous after decades of safe use - even long-term use, not the brief course recommended for treating COVID-19 - by millions of people is one that really raises a red flag that this is all political.

Any drug - even OTC drugs - has counterindications and warnings, but that doesn't prevent them from being available. Listen to any drug ad on TV and the list of possible complications is both long and spooky, but these drugs are sold every day of the year.

[kiryandil]

“Basically, it’s a patient safety issue,” McNamee lied. “We’re looking at the fact that Trump recommended it to determine what’s best for his political opponents in Ohio.”

[kiryandil]

Max Filby parroted:

despite medical studies showing the drug to be ineffective at treating the disease

Here's your cracker, Max!

[spankalib]

Rush is announcing at the top of his show - Dewine is reversing the ban and allowing HCQ to be prescribed.

[high info voter]

Sad...instead of following medical experts Ohio is kissing Facebook’s ass!

[GBA]

Wow ... ain’t “science” great?

Fortunately, this is just one state in our 50 state laboratory of democracy.

Imagine the total control “they” would have over us/US now if the entire nation was forced to live under their one provider rule of obama”care” or Hillary“care”!

The only options for treatment would only be what “they” allowed if/when “they” allowed them.

But hey, maybe if you beg a little .... and grovel, too ... things might go better for you. I hear “They” like that.

Kinda like what Nadler wanted Barr to do when Nadler had total power. Beg me and grovel or there’s no bathroom break for you!

See how “they” are? “They” are a bad bunch of Luke 16:10 failures, every freaking one of them.

Which makes us/US the world’s biggest fools ever, since we keep electing and reelecting “them” to rule over us/US again and again, election after election.

[high info voter]

The article says they "REVERSED THE BAN!"

The board’s shift came after Gov. Mike DeWine asked the state pharmacy board on Thursday morning to rescind its plan to ban hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatments for the virus.

[Lowell1775]

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Ohio pharmacy board bans hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment
7/30/2020, 9:44:02 AM · 2 of 75
Pontiac to Lowell1775

This was rescinded at DeWine’s request later in the day.