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EPISODE · May 23, 2020 · 1 MIN

FDA Buckles To Political Pressure On Hydroxychloroquine/Chloroquine

from Dr. Howard Smith OnCall · host Howard G. Smith MD, AM

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Dqb0BCXeVUc   I’m mad as hell that a US health agency is waffling on its recommendation due to corrupt political pressure.   The timeline: March 30 - FDA issues an Emergency Use Authorization for HCQ/CQ. April 24 - FDA cautions against use of HCQ/CQ for CoVid19 outside of a hospital setting or within the context of a controlled study.  Warning about serious and life-threatening cardiac rhythm disturbance.  Reminder that these drugs have no proven benefit for CoVid19 infections. Then, suddenly, May 19 - FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn MD reverses the agency’s position on these drugs and states to multiple media outlets including CNBC and The Hill that the decision about using HCQ/CQ should be made by the patient and his or her physician.    Multiple studies ongoing or completed in France and China confirm that these drugs do not improve outcomes for patients hospitalized for CoVid19.  Use of the drugs over the years for both malaria and autoimmune diseases have shown that both drugs trigger electrocardiographic changes and dangerous arrhythmias.   That the FDA Commissioner has succumbed to political pressure from the executive branch to soften the agency’s recommendations about these drugs is dishonest, corrupt, and a violation of his physician Hippocratic Oath.  Don’t follow this flawed medical recommendation to pressure your doctor into prescribing these drugs.  They will not help you and they could kill you.   https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020   https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.14.20101774v2.full.pdf   #fda #hahn #hydroxychloroquine #chloroquine  fda, hahn, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine

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