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I'm reading that due to someone promoting hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) as a COVID-19 cure (no proof), pharmacies are running out. https://www.propublica.org/article/lupus-patients-cant-get-crucial-medication-after-president-trump-pushes-unproven-coronavirus-treatment
This is not an over-the-counter drug, so who is prescribing it? FYI, unmanaged misuse can lead to retina damage.
This is not an over-the-counter drug, so who is prescribing it? FYI, unmanaged misuse can lead to retina damage.
Annnd two days later we get at least one answer: https://www.propublica.org/article/doctors-are-hoarding-unproven-coronavirus-medicine-by-writing-prescriptions-for-themselves-and-their-families Doctors are prescribing it for themselves and family members and hoarding this medication leading to the shortage for real patients. Sad.
It is now 2 weeks since I posted on hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil). As inappropriate and insufficiently monitored use increases, expect severe vision and heart related issues to be reported. Expect trials to be canceled when reality seeps in.
Damn! Remind me to do google searches before I post. https://www.newsweek.com/swedish-hospitals-chloroquine-covid-19-side-effects-1496368
Oh, look, two weeks later, the Mayo Clinic backs me up. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mayo-clinic-cardiologist-inexcusable-ignore-hydroxychloroquine-side-effects-n1178776
I'm not really getting any pleasure out of reporting this, and yet....
The medical field is huge, that's why we have specialists, with experience not just in identifying 1/N
I'm not really getting any pleasure out of reporting this, and yet....
The medical field is huge, that's why we have specialists, with experience not just in identifying 1/N
specific diseases, but also in the safe use of specific drugs AND the protocols for not just prescribing them but ALSO the ongoing monitoring and adjusting of how the drug is taken, for example (!!!) hydroxychloroquine. There should be no expectation 2/N
that professionals that are not specialists that regularly prescribe hydroxychloroquine for its regular use, to know about all the side effects and dangers. They may also not know the appropriate monitoring either. Evidence? The problems and fatalities 3/N
would not be occurring if prescribing and monitoring was done by experienced specialists. Why this thread? I'm an end user of hydroxychloroquine with almost 2 decades of adjusting dose levels and monitoring with more than 1 scare event. Thanks to my specialist doctors. 4/4
