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President Takes Anti Malarial - Is Dettol Next?

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Peter Pedant | 08:02 Tue 19th May 2020 | News
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The President cleared the room when he admitted taking hydroxychloroquine.
He had also found a doctor to prescribe it

and MY question is : if a relative did that and died - would you complain to the authorities ( GMC and courts here ) that the doctor had NOT acted in the patients ( your relative that is!) best interests and should pay you ( the estate ) much moolah and lose his licence

Note to help posters - hydroxyChlor does NOT have a licence to be used in warding off covid
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Now you're just being silly again. I think we're better off without you.
14:42 Tue 19th May 2020
Totally irresponsible.

Anyone asking for this drug following Trumps claims should sign a consent form but then any GP prescribing the drug for a purpose other than what is should be prescribed for, should lose their licence.
Watching the clip, he says it was the White House doctor who has prescribed it for him. The doc didn't suggest he took it, and I wonder if he even told POTUS about it's dangerous side effects of taking it for anything other than malaria. He also states that many 'front line workers are taking it.
The thing is, if The Donald comes to no harm, he will say it worked. and that he was right all along.
As for claiming compo, Michael Jackson's doc did time for doing as bid by his lord and pay-master general.
Ooooh, corrblimey. Yeah. Deffo. ‘Cept no doc would, would they?
Which doctor?
Witch doctor?
Can't imagine any doctor in the US refusing to supply any medication requested by his president, whether it be in the patient's best interest or not.Doubt if any doctor in the UK would prescribe it.
No, I wouldn't complain.
But would I need to nominate a Darwin Award?
The doctor on TV this morning was talking about it. She struggled to keep a straight face and be polite and said he shouldn't be taking it because of serious side effects such as heart problems and hair loss.
Danny; "Can't imagine any doctor in the US refusing to supply any medication requested by his president...…" That's why I made reference to MJ. The rich and powerful will always find someone willing to leap to their every command. The consequences being loss of job (+ loads of moolah) should they not do so.
Trump doesn't have a heart nor, I think, much hair so he will be okay.
Because someone says something( trump) does not make it true .
//Coronavirus patients in at least two NHS hospitals are being treated with an anti-malaria drug controversially touted by Donald Trump, in what is the fastest growing trial in UK medical history.

Since late March, Hydroxychloroquine has been given to patients of London’s Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E), among others.

It is one of a number of drugs being tested in the UK’s Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 Therapy (Recovery) trial – the world’s largest randomised clinical trial of potential coronavirus treatments.//

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-nhs-donald-trump-malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine-trials-barts-royal-devon-a9461671.html
Hundreds of thousands of people are taking it world wide. Thousands of doctors are prescribing it.
Yes, it can be dangerous to people with heart conditions or people self dosing (overdosing) So can every tablet in your medicine cabinets. (read the instruction leaflets).
This thread should disappear soon. Our world renowned AB Covid experts think it kills people.
Or perhaps the posts mocking D.Trump and condemning HCQ from the above experts will remain.
PP

Looking at the Independent link, I think it's obvious the difference between clinical trial, overseen by medical practitioners, and what Trump is doing.

One of Exeter’s first Covid-19 patients to take part in the Recovery trial says there is still no way of knowing whether or not her recovery was aided by Hydroxychloroquine.

She said that she has no idea whether some of the symptoms she experienced, and her recovery, were due to the infection or were side-effects of the drug.
She went on to say “Until they get more people through the trial they will not know. That’s the point of the study.”

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“Take it. What do you have to lose?” Mr Trump told Americans on Saturday,


Spicerack

//Hundreds of thousands of people are taking it world wide. Thousands of doctors are prescribing it.//

Sources please.
What did you want to draw my attention to, Danny?
Various Doctors and Virologists have been saying these things for a long time, Sp. I know for a fact the FDA sanctioned the use of 31,000,000 doses in the US.
Spicerack

This is an unproven drug in this context.

It's still undergoing clinical trails all over the world.

It may have been approved in the treatment of other diseases (such as malaria or lupus), but that shouldn't mean that people should go ahead and self-prescribe.
SR, the point is that Trump is taking the medication for a purpose other than what it is intended for.
Spicerack

You say the the FDA have 'sanctioned the use of 31,000,000 doses in the US'.

I've been to their website, and I'm not seeing what you're seeing.

The FDA states:

//Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are FDA-approved to treat or prevent malaria. Hydroxychloroquine is also FDA-approved to treat autoimmune conditions such as chronic discoid lupus erythematosus, systemic lupus erythematosus in adults, and rheumatoid arthritis.//

//The EUA was based upon limited evidence that the medicines may provide benefit, and for this reason, we authorized their use only in hospitalized patients under careful heart monitoring.//

//FDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems//

Is it possible that you're sources may have been referring to prescriptions for other ailments?

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or
I quite agree, SP. No harm in anyone asking their Doctor's advice though, is there?
Lots of medicines are taken and prescribed by UK Doctors for purposes other than their original use. Wouldn't be surprised if you're taking one.
Don't listen to BBC hacks. It's bad for your health.

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