Several countries initially used chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for treatment of persons hospitalized with COVID-19 (as of March 2020), though the drug was not formally approved through clinical trials. From April to June 2020, there was an emergency use authorization for their use in the United States, and was used off label for potential treatment of the disease.
As we await further evidence on the role, if any, of these drugs in addressing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many clinicians have already begun using them to treat COVID-19.
A surge in prescriptions based on speculation about their role in the prevention or treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection threatens the availability of these drugs for patients with chronic inflammatory disorders for whom they are known to be effective. At least 2 manufacturers have announced plans to increase hydroxychloroquine production in anticipation of this need.
Simply because they had a stockpile of 29 million doses they were sitting on in early April that wasn't actually making it to people with pre-covid problems it was used to treat. By June this was up to 63 million doses. I'm looking for a source that isn't a video.
the link you provided was not the government limiting supply of the drug, it was restricting the prescriptions so that the people with lupous and rheumatoid would have a better chance of getting it, because hospitals were stockpiling it for offlabel use. The link you provided a few comments back even mentions that pharmacists were prescribing it for themselves and their family members. There were clearly a bunch of people hoarding it which would explain a) deaths from the drug when used to treat COVID and b) people that genuinely needed it not being able to get it.
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That's not what caused the shortage. It started in March or April of 2020.
That lines up perfectly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine
https://www.fda.gov/media/136534/download is the FDA issuing an EUA in late March.
April 8: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7207200/
I think we’re done here.
That was the time period where the government was limiting supply. It was not caused by the Frontline Doctors, who started much later than that.
That would be odd, given the EUA. Feel free to provide a cite that the US government limited supply of HCQ in March/April 2020. I’ve cited plenty.
Simply because they had a stockpile of 29 million doses they were sitting on in early April that wasn't actually making it to people with pre-covid problems it was used to treat. By June this was up to 63 million doses. I'm looking for a source that isn't a video.
[0]: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/the-chloroquine-wars...
You’re supporting my point. That’s another example of credulous idiots buying up the supply out of a false belief it helps with COVID.
In this case, mostly Republican governors and legislators.
https://apnews.com/article/malaria-local-governments-ut-stat...
the link you provided was not the government limiting supply of the drug, it was restricting the prescriptions so that the people with lupous and rheumatoid would have a better chance of getting it, because hospitals were stockpiling it for offlabel use. The link you provided a few comments back even mentions that pharmacists were prescribing it for themselves and their family members. There were clearly a bunch of people hoarding it which would explain a) deaths from the drug when used to treat COVID and b) people that genuinely needed it not being able to get it.