US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

[RandySF]

The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.

The government started stockpiling donated hydroxychloroquine in late March, after President Trump touted it as "very encouraging" and "very powerful" and a "game-changer."

But Monday, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization to use the drug to treat Covid-19, saying there was "no reason to believe" the drug was effective against the virus, and that it increased the risk of side effects, including heart problems.

That leaves the Strategic National Stockpile with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, plus another 2 million doses of chloroquine, a related drug donated by Bayer, according to Carol Danko, a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services.



https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html

[CountAllVotes]

1. Frauds!

Courtesy of Typhoid tRump!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Maybe after he loses, Donnie can buy it and hawk it on the 700 Club.

[PCIntern]

5. Cures baldness, obesity, vertigo, and difficult water drinking

[demtenjeep]

3. some leader dotard is

and people with Lupus can't get the meds they need

[ace3csusm]

4. Just like trumps prior business we have products know one wants ...

Trumps steaks
Trump University Diplomas
Trump Airlines tickets
Trump Wine...Etc

[42bambi]

13. Didn't Trump ask you to send in your urine, it would be tested and it would give you some result?? n

[intrepidity]

6. Make Donny buy and store them himself nt

[Newest Reality]

7. No problem...

We have money to burn. No big deal at all! It's the new Conservative.

All that matters is who it is burning for.

[katmondoo]

8. Give it ti Jared

[Midnightwalk]

9. I'm not wearing tin foil. I swear. Maybe I should.

What a weird coincidence that 63 million people voted for Trump.

[unitedwethrive]

10. Honestly though, they should give it to the Peace Corps and Doctors Without Borders, and

other groups that do work in areas with endemic Malaria.

[FloridaBlues]

11. How stupid is our government. Not to wait to see if that drug worked.

People that need it probably have to pay more for it.

[Blue_true]

14. Guess what.

We are likely going to have hundreds of millions of doses of SARS-COV-2 vaccine before it is known to work. That is our reward for having a fucking narcissistic moron running the USA.

[indigovalley]

12. Please give it back to the people who need it for legitimate medical reasons

Its been really tough getting my hydroxychloroquine during the past few months due to Trumps idiotic proclamations about it. They should give that reserve to pharmacies across the world so patients like me with Lupus can get their regular supply again.

[NBachers]

15. Mission Accomplished- The money's been squirreled away and the right pockets have been filled up.

[aka-chmeee]

16. There ya go! nt