Gov. Cuomo, should make it easier for New Yorkers to attain Hydroxychloroquinee

[Mountainmanbob]

Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo, stop denying New Yorkers hydroxychloroquine

Enough is enough. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to IMMEDIATELY lift his pharmacy ban that is forcing New Yorkers stricken by the coronavirus into an already overburdened hospital system to get the potentially life-saving drug hydroxychloroquine.

Because of an executive order issued by the Democratic governor, any new prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine must go through the already overrun hospital system. This makes no sense.

Sources tell me that Cuomo has access to MILLIONS of doses of hydroxychloroquine right now. The federal government has tens of millions of doses and has made millions of doses available to the New York governor.

The governor is creating a much bigger crisis in his state’s hospital system by denying New Yorkers THE CHOICE (in consultation with their doctors) to take this potentially life-saving medication.

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

Funny how Sean Hannity now has sources and is so concerned with this democratic hoax.

Fox News and their finest hour.

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/20/21186727/hannity-coronavirus-coverage-fox-news

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo, stop denying New Yorkers hydroxychloroquine

It’s bad enough that Cuomo completely ignored the specific and clear recommendations of his own health care task force to purchase 15,783 ventilators that the task force said would be needed for a pandemic such as COVID-19. But now Cuomo is making the problem exponentially worse by forcing every patient testing positive for the coronavirus into the hospital system to get this pharmaceutical treatment.

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If anyone in our family gets the virus we would like fast access to this medication without having to go into a hospital. Thinking this should be available with a simple phone call from our home to our doctor or medical provider. Is this happening in New York? We would hope so.

Will this drug be easily available to all soon?
Surely it will?

M-Bob

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Emergency Field Hospital to New York City

Growing concern over lack of medical equipment in New York hospitals as Corona virus cases skyrocket.

Medical facilities are running out of beds in their intensive care units, as about 20 percent of all people who test positive in New York City are requiring hospitalization. Ventilators and critical medical equipment are also in short supply.

About 50 percent of all cases in the U.S. are coming from the state of New York, with the New York City metro area alone reporting about 800 deaths and more than 36,000 cases across its five boroughs.

"We commit ourselves and our mission to You,” he said.

“Our U.S. Disaster Relief team, international relief team, medical ministries—the whole organization—has come together for this response at the two epicenters of the disease,” Harrison said. “This is what it means to be the Body of Christ. We’re all coming together to represent the Lord, and every role is important. This whole team is committed to doing all they can to help people in Jesus’ Name.”

 

[Ada Lovelace]

Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo, stop denying New Yorkers hydroxychloroquine

Enough is enough. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to IMMEDIATELY lift his pharmacy ban that is forcing New Yorkers stricken by the coronavirus into an already overburdened hospital system to get the potentially life-saving drug hydroxychloroquine.

Because of an executive order issued by the Democratic governor, any new prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine must go through the already overrun hospital system. This makes no sense.

Sources tell me that Cuomo has access to MILLIONS of doses of hydroxychloroquine right now. The federal government has tens of millions of doses and has made millions of doses available to the New York governor.

The governor is creating a much bigger crisis in his state’s hospital system by denying New Yorkers THE CHOICE (in consultation with their doctors) to take this potentially life-saving medication.

It's smarter to take medical advice from your goats than from Sean Hannity. He'll likely neglect to ever inform Fox News viewers that the pharmacy boards of numerous states with Republican governors have now implemented comparable restrictions on HCQ to help reduce inappropriate prescriptions being dispensed and thereby exacerbating the severe shortage that is endangering lives and wellbeing. Pharmacies have been compelled to set policies to stop U.S. hoarding of potential coronavirus treatments in order to be able to maintain a sufficient stock for people who have chronic conditions necessitating it, such as RA, lupus, PCOS, and those who have actually been diagnosed COVID-19 and could potentially benefit from it. Pharmacists have been harassed for refusing to dispense prescriptions written.........by veterinarians and dentists. They've endured the wrath from people who haven't been diagnosed with COVID-19, do not have any condition warranting this medication, but convinced someone with prescribing privileges to write out a script so they could stockpile it for their family. So now the pharmacists can direct them to take their complaints up with corporate. Hydroxychloroquine has become the toilet paper of medications lately, with skyrocketing demand for it swiftly leading to shortages that put people in peril. It shouldn't be taken prophylactically, but yet that's what many are seeking without realizing (or perhaps just being indifferent) the harm it inflicts on others. Hoarding by people who don't need it has caused agony and distress for those who do.

There's also a grave misunderstanding about the potential risks, with people insisting that due to its age and approved use for several conditions, there's little legitimate need for concern. That's now how it works. When it's prescribed appropriately it's for the specific usage, and for a specific dosage. People who are lacking knowledge in it can incorrectly prescribe it. There's also been so many Americans who've bought it from online pharmacies with very little oversight that India has banned it from being exported. "The dose makes the poison." It can cause serious side effects even if taken correctly, which is why it needs to be monitored, and is even more worrisome for those who have preexisting conditions and / or are taking other medications. It can cause QTc prolongation, the latter of which is also a side effect of azithromycin. This is why poison control centers, the FDA and the CDC have issued warnings.

Why President Trump is at odds with his medical experts over using malaria drugs against Covid-19

Dr. Fauci Shuts Down ‘Fox & Friends’ on Coronavirus Cure: ‘We Don’t Operate on How You Feel’

Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci left the hosts of Fox & Friendsdisappointed and frustrated Friday when he threw cold water on their insistence that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine is a game-changing cure for the coronavirus.

Citing a recent poll showing that 37 percent of doctors around the world feel the drug is currently the most effective treatment of COVID-19, co-host Steve Doocy added that frequent Fox News guest Dr. Mehmet Oz recently touted a small Chinese study that found the drug had some efficacy in treating the virus.

Doocy went on to play a clip of Dr. Oz wondering whether Fauci was impressed with the results of that study. The Fox host asked the top physician to respond to the TV doctor.

“That was not a very robust study,” replied Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force. He also pointed out that while there’s still a possibility of a “beneficial effect,” the scale and strength of the evidence is not “overwhelmingly strong.”

“But getting back to what you said just a moment ago that ‘X percent’—I think you said 37 percent—of doctors feel that it’s beneficial. We don’t operate on how you feel. We operate on what evidence is, and data is,” he continued. “So although there is some suggestion with the study that was just mentioned by Dr. Oz—granted that there is a suggestion that there is a benefit there—I think we’ve got to be careful that we don’t make that majestic leap to assume that this is a knockout drug.”

Governor Cuomo gave the green light for NY state to run larger, more structurally sound clinical trials of HCQ and other antivirals to test their efficacy. Those who have been hospitalized for coronavirus can still receive the medication if their doctor decide it is necessary.

 

[Ada Lovelace]

From the American College of Physicians Annals of Internal Medicine:
A Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 by

Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD*; Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc*; Jean W. Liew, MD; Michael S. Putman, MD; Francis Berenbaum, MD, PhD; Alí Duarte-García, MD, MS; Elizabeth R. Graef, DO; Peter Korsten, MD; Sebastian E. Sattui, MD; Emily Sirotich, BSc; Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil, MD, MSc; Kate Webb, MBBCh, PhD; Rebecca Grainger, MBChB, PhD; for the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance†

As they explain, there's justification for exploration such as with the clinical trial Governor Cuomo ordered, but no data to recommend the use of HCQ as prophylaxis for COVID-19, which is how it's been most prescribed in the aftermath of the whirlwind of hype about it.

Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know - Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH; Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD

The looming public health crisis for people with rheumatic diseases who will be unable to obtain HCQ is the result of a perfect storm of fear and dissemination of overpromised data. However, there is still time to mitigate the damage. Physicians should educate themselves about the strength of available data regarding HCQ and CQ in treating COVID-19. They should avoid misuse of HCQ and CQ for the prophylaxis of COVID-19, because there are absolutely no data to support this. Public figures should refrain from promoting unproven therapies to the public, and instead provide clear messages around the uncertainties we face in testing and using experimental treatments during the current pandemic, including the risk for serious adverse events. Well-done, randomized clinical trials should be performed urgently to test potential therapies, including HCQ. In the meantime, physicians should remember that first, we must do no harm to the patients with rheumatic disease for whom high-quality evidence shows that HCQ improves health.

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Bottom line and the only reason I posted.
Because, if needed I want it.

And I would be in the high risk group
due to being in A-Fib.
Still if needed I want it available to all ASAP.

M-Bob

 

[Ada Lovelace]

Bottom line and the only reason I posted.
Because, if needed I want it.

And I would be in the high risk group
due to being in A-Fib.
Still if needed I want it available to all ASAP.

M-Bob

Bottom line:
If you were actually diagnosed with a condition that warranted your treating physician prescribing this medication and if he or she was reasonably confident that it wouldn't be a violation of the oath to "first, do no harm" for you to take it considering that it could cause QTc prolongation, then so long as it was available the prescription would be dispensed.

My church has been fervently praying for a family who already lost two sons to lupus, and had been terrified when their pharmacist informed them that the prescription their surviving son with lupus needs couldn't be filled due to the shortage caused by the frenzied rush to stockpile it, like the drug version of TP. Thankfully after concerted effort, weeks, and prayer they were able to get the prescription replenished but others are not as fortunate.

 

[Bobber]

Bottom line:
If you were actually diagnosed with a condition that warranted your treating physician prescribing this medication and if he or she was reasonably confident that it wouldn't be a violation of the oath to "first, do no harm" for you to take it considering that it could cause QTc prolongation, then so long as it was available the prescription would be dispensed.

My church has been fervently praying for a family who already lost two sons to lupus, and had been terrified when their pharmacist informed them that the prescription their surviving son with lupus needs couldn't be filled due to the shortage caused by the frenzied rush to stockpile it, like the drug version of TP. Thankfully after concerted effort, weeks, and prayer they were able to get the prescription replenished but others are not as fortunate.

Perhaps there could be a new policy quickly put into place that all such individuals are given a year's worth of supply or some variation of a policy like that. They'd have an absolute right to be given preference due to it being established it works for their condition.

 

[SkyWriting]

Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo, stop denying New Yorkers hydroxychloroquine

Enough is enough. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to IMMEDIATELY lift his pharmacy ban that is forcing New Yorkers stricken by the coronavirus into an already overburdened hospital system to get the potentially life-saving drug hydroxychloroquine.

There might be reasons that an unapproved drug is not approved.
One is that such mistakes can have long term consequences.

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

There might be reasons that an unapproved drug is not approved.
One is that such mistakes can have long term consequences.

Imagine if they rushed the vaccine, got it wrong and made people permanently injured.

The lives lost to Covid19 would be meaningless against the scope new generation of anti vacciners that would get millions of people killed.

So yea, just take your time and get it right.

 

[Ada Lovelace]

Perhaps there could be a new policy quickly put into place that all such individuals are given a year's worth of supply or some variation of a policy like that. They'd have an absolute right to be given preference due to it being established it works for their condition.

That could be a prescription for disaster. Many who are properly prescribed HCQ as a maintenance medication for conditions like RA, JRA, Sjogren's, lupus, and PCOS are able to get a supply for a longer duration, three months at a time vs. one, but for an entire year that could be risky. The viral hype about HCQ has generated pernicious myths that due to the longevity of the medication, there's little harm to it. That's false in multiple regards. Even when properly dosed and taken for approved use, there's still concerns that necessitate checkups. For some patients, especially kids, adolescents, and young adults, the dosage is determined by weight, which makes it even more critical. It can have harmful interactions with a variety of medications, both OTC and other prescriptions. The side effects can be insidious.
A friend who is taking Plaquenil experienced weight loss and severe stomach cramps due to it (along with a distressing amount of hair loss), which in turn caused the medicine to pack more of a punch, and lead to her fainting from severely low blood sugar. She also had a halo effect when driving, which of course was dangerous. It lowered the number of white blood cells in her blood, which made her like a sponge for infections. Another friend had severe mood swings, and that was compounded horrifically when he took OTC cold medication that caused him to have psychosis. His roommate who was unaware of what he was taking brought him to Cedar Sinai when he was babbling incoherently and hadn't slept in days, and the doctors there were going to have him committed for 72 hours for a psychological evaluation. They thought it was the onset of bipolar or schizophrenia. Fortunately his mom was able to talk with a doctor and give them the correct medical history. It's why I recommend that everyone put their medical info on their phones and include all medications.

I definitely commend the governors of Michigan, NY, NJ, and Nevada; NJ AG Gurbir Grewal; the state boards of pharmacy; governments; and pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens that have leapt into action to restrict the inappropriate prescriptions of HCQ to stymy the shortage that put those with appropriate prescriptions in peril. Even those with longer prescriptions of their medication faced uncertainly and anxiety depending on when it was last filled due to the run on the drugs.

It's also important to have restrictions in place to protect those seeking to take it for COVID-19, especially ones seeking it prophylactically. Although hydroxychloroquine overdoses are rare, if it's been taken at a proper dosage, life-threatening hypotension, conduction problems, and hypokalemia can occur within 30 minutes of ingestion. Treatment must be implemented quickly. And people who had dentists prescribe it or ordered it online before governments banned the export of it, are more likely to self-administer it incorrectly, risking toxicity that would be unlikely to occur if taken properly.

 

[jgarden]

Hydroxychloroquine - side effects
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- trouble focusing eyes, light streaks or flashes in your vision, swelling or color changes in your eyes

- irreversible damage to the retina of your eyes

- headache with chest pain and severe dizziness, fainting, fast or pounding heartbeats

- very slow heart rate, weak pulse

- muscle weakness, numbness or tingling

- low blood sugar

- headache, hunger, sweating, irritability, dizziness, nausea, fast heart rate, and feeling anxious or shaky

- low blood cell counts

- fever, chills, sore throat, weakness or ill feeling, swollen gums, mouth sores, skin sores, rapid heart rate, pale skin, easy bruising, unusual bleeding, feeling light-headed

- ringing in your ears

- vomiting, stomach pain

- loss of appetite, weight loss;

- mood changes, feeling nervous or irritable;

- skin rash or itching

- hair loss

Hydroxychloroquine: Side Effects, Dosage, Uses, and More

 

[jgarden]

Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal lawyer, has been actively promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine despite the fact that there has no medical expertise and the lack of sufficient evidence to recommended its use by the public to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic!

Hydroxychloroquine is currently undergoing clinical trials, but Twitter felt compelled to delete Rudy Giuliani's false claim that it has been "100% effective" in treating coronavirus because no such reputable clinical trials currently exist!

For this President and his personal lawyer to orchestrate a campaign to encourage the American public to demand access to hydroxychloroquine because they have "nothing to lose," have outdone themselves in their race to the bottom for irresponsible behavior!

This President continues to promote his political agenda of promoting supposed "miracle drugs" in an attempt to divert the public's attention away from his Administration's response to the current pandemic, despite the fact that it contradicts the medical advice of one of the world's leading authorities and White House resident expert, Dr, Fauci!

 

[hislegacy]

It is amazing to me how the same people who were constitutional scholars when it came to impeachment in January are now pharmaceutical scholars today.

As for Hydroxychloroquine - My friend 69 yrs old in Upstate NY, Covid positive, getting ready to go into intensive care - his physician orders the hydro... - long story short - two days later he is home.

 

[Mountainmanbob]

demand access to hydroxychloroquine because they have "nothing to lose," have outdone themselves in their race to the bottom for irresponsible behavior!




This President continues to promote his political agenda of promoting supposed "miracle drugs" in an attempt to divert the public's attention away from his Administration's response to the current pandemic, despite the fact that it contradicts the medical advice of one of the world's leading authorities and White House resident expert, Dr, Fauci!

Demand?
I thought it to be available to most anyone with CV with a simple prescription from any medical doctor?
M-Bob