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A physicians group that wants the U.S. FDA to release hydroxychloroquine for use to treat COVID-19 filed a court injunction to force the agency to allow them use it. “Nearly 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) were donated to these agencies, and yet they have not released virtually any of it to the public,” the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons says on its website.
“Why should Americans have to wait until they or a loved one is on a ventilator before they gain access to medication to overcome this virus?” The doctors also posted a graph on the site showing that COVID-19 death rates are many times higher in countries that have banned or discouraged use of hydroxychloroquine.
Meanwhile the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which on July 29 banned the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 in the state, did an about-face and removed the ban June 30, after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in a public speech that the decision to use hydroxychloroquine should be between a patient and a doctor, not the board.
SOURCES:
AAPS June 22, 2020
The Hill July 30, 2020
Ohio Board of Pharmacy July 30, 2020