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Great. I hope it becomes available to everyone. "Novartis, Mylan and Teva to supply tens of millions of chloroquine tablets to fight COVID-19" https://www.fie

Great. I hope it becomes available to everyone. "Novartis, Mylan and Teva to supply tens of millions of chloroquine tablets to fight COVID-19" https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/new-commitments-mylan-and-teva-move-to-supply-tens-millions-hydroxychloroquine-tablets-to https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/new-commitments-mylan-an...

pkaye 7y ago
Might need to check for G6PD genetic deficiency before taking it though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase_deficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogen...
- teddyvangogh 7y ago
  right. we need to wait for FDA approval. and since it's prescription only, you need to check with your doctor.
  - smt1 7y ago
    Depending on the country, chloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine) are over the counter. At least it is in both the UK and India. The UK has banned export of it, and in India it's less prevalent than it used to be because of the spread of chloroquine-resistant malaria. It used to be used /extremely/ widely in places where malaria is a common occurrence.
    - neverminder 7y ago
      UK is prescription only. Just checked on couple of online pharmacies.
  - paulmd 7y ago
    Doctors: "you need to wait for FDA approval!" also doctors: https://twitter.com/ml_barnett/status/1241172371404357633 https://twitter.com/ml_barnett/status/1241172371404357633 https://twitter.com/JeffreyLowMD/status/1241172812762468353 https://twitter.com/JeffreyLowMD/status/1241172812762468353 https://twitter.com/amberwvzz/status/1241196003425992704 https://twitter.com/amberwvzz/status/1241196003425992704
    - roenxi 7y ago
      Society is about to ask the doctors to work in a crisis situation, for long hours, possibly under-equipped, surrounded by death and disease on a scale that we might not have seen for 100 years. We desperately need them to be in good health. We're asking them to be exposed to very high volumes of virus, potentially risking a bad infection. We're probably not going to pay them any more than usual either. It isn't totally clear to me what you are implying, but there isn't anything wrong with them stocking up on hydroxychloroquine if it is likely to be effective against COVID-19. It would be a shame if they thought it worked but government regulation prevents them from prescribing it to ordinary patients.
      - paulmd 7y ago
        > It would be a shame if they thought it worked but government regulation prevents them from prescribing it to ordinary patients. It doesn't. It's FDA-approved, it's just off-label for this use. > It isn't totally clear to me what you are implying, but there isn't anything wrong with them stocking up on hydroxychloroquine if it is likely to be effective against COVID-19 lmao are you implying that doctors are self-prescribing or using straw man prescriptions because they just love their jobs that much? bud, if that's a good policy we can get the chain of command at the hospital to do it, not Dr Nick writing a fake prescription for his dog and taking it on the sly. Oh yeah but that's not an FDA approved use and there's "no clinical evidence that it works". What I'm saying is there's a huge disconnect between what doctors are saying, and what they're doing. There is pretty strong evidence it works. There is a half century of evidence it's safe. That's why they're willing to give it to their family members. Doctors just don't want to cause a rush on the supply. But they themselves want to hoard it for their family. BTW the whole reason Trump mentioned this is because he's on it. Someone told him these pills would help keep him from getting infected, and he blurted it out because he has no filter and just says whatever crosses his mind.
        blisterpeanuts 7y ago
        Do you have a link or any kind of citation for your final statement, or was it just a cheap shot at Trump for saying he is hopeful about a medication?
  - cameldrv 7y ago
    Dude. Chloroquine is FDA approved. Any doctor can prescribe it for any reason today. The drug company is not allowed to advertise or promote it for COVID without approval for that indication, but any doctor can prescribe it for COVID if in his/her professional opinion, it is appropriate.
    - th0ma5 7y ago
      And now it is in short supply because anyone who can write a script is.
    - teddyvangogh 7y ago
      FDA approval for coronavirus treatment.

pkaye 7y ago

Might need to check for G6PD genetic deficiency before taking it though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase_deficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogen...

teddyvangogh 7y ago
right. we need to wait for FDA approval. and since it's prescription only, you need to check with your doctor.
- smt1 7y ago
  Depending on the country, chloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine) are over the counter. At least it is in both the UK and India. The UK has banned export of it, and in India it's less prevalent than it used to be because of the spread of chloroquine-resistant malaria. It used to be used /extremely/ widely in places where malaria is a common occurrence.
  - neverminder 7y ago
    UK is prescription only. Just checked on couple of online pharmacies.
- paulmd 7y ago
  Doctors: "you need to wait for FDA approval!" also doctors: https://twitter.com/ml_barnett/status/1241172371404357633 https://twitter.com/ml_barnett/status/1241172371404357633 https://twitter.com/JeffreyLowMD/status/1241172812762468353 https://twitter.com/JeffreyLowMD/status/1241172812762468353 https://twitter.com/amberwvzz/status/1241196003425992704 https://twitter.com/amberwvzz/status/1241196003425992704
  - roenxi 7y ago
    Society is about to ask the doctors to work in a crisis situation, for long hours, possibly under-equipped, surrounded by death and disease on a scale that we might not have seen for 100 years. We desperately need them to be in good health. We're asking them to be exposed to very high volumes of virus, potentially risking a bad infection. We're probably not going to pay them any more than usual either. It isn't totally clear to me what you are implying, but there isn't anything wrong with them stocking up on hydroxychloroquine if it is likely to be effective against COVID-19. It would be a shame if they thought it worked but government regulation prevents them from prescribing it to ordinary patients.
    - paulmd 7y ago
      > It would be a shame if they thought it worked but government regulation prevents them from prescribing it to ordinary patients. It doesn't. It's FDA-approved, it's just off-label for this use. > It isn't totally clear to me what you are implying, but there isn't anything wrong with them stocking up on hydroxychloroquine if it is likely to be effective against COVID-19 lmao are you implying that doctors are self-prescribing or using straw man prescriptions because they just love their jobs that much? bud, if that's a good policy we can get the chain of command at the hospital to do it, not Dr Nick writing a fake prescription for his dog and taking it on the sly. Oh yeah but that's not an FDA approved use and there's "no clinical evidence that it works". What I'm saying is there's a huge disconnect between what doctors are saying, and what they're doing. There is pretty strong evidence it works. There is a half century of evidence it's safe. That's why they're willing to give it to their family members. Doctors just don't want to cause a rush on the supply. But they themselves want to hoard it for their family. BTW the whole reason Trump mentioned this is because he's on it. Someone told him these pills would help keep him from getting infected, and he blurted it out because he has no filter and just says whatever crosses his mind.
      - blisterpeanuts 7y ago
        Do you have a link or any kind of citation for your final statement, or was it just a cheap shot at Trump for saying he is hopeful about a medication?
- cameldrv 7y ago
  Dude. Chloroquine is FDA approved. Any doctor can prescribe it for any reason today. The drug company is not allowed to advertise or promote it for COVID without approval for that indication, but any doctor can prescribe it for COVID if in his/her professional opinion, it is appropriate.
  - th0ma5 7y ago
    And now it is in short supply because anyone who can write a script is.
  - teddyvangogh 7y ago
    FDA approval for coronavirus treatment.