Posted on 04/15/2020 8:13:18 AM PDT by george76
Doctors who prescribe an anti-malarial drug being touted as a potential COVID-19 treatment will face a $13,000 fine due to new prescription rules.
The rules, brought into effect in Queensland on Tuesday, means that clinicians are banned from prescribing hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment.
Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug now used to treat anti-immune conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
There is no solid evidence that the drug is effective against COVID-19, but Federal Health Minister said that there has been some promising research so far.
The new restrictions were brought in place after doctors began prescribing the drug to themselves and their families in February after early research suggested the drug might minimise the impact of COVID-19 and help patients recover faster.
Worldwide shortages of the drug were caused after US President Donald Trump tweeted about the potential of the drug last month.
However, under the new public health order, only some specialists are allowed to prescribe the drug and it must be for ongoing treatment of a chronic disease or as a part of a clinical trial.
The University of Queensland is on the verge of starting a large clinical trial involving 60 hospitals across Australia with hydroxychloroquine and another HIV medication.
"Prior to the clinical trials going ahead, the medications were given to some of the first patients in Australia infected with COVID-19, and all have completely recovered without any trace of the virus left in their system," he said.
However, we know that most people with COVID-19 recover completely, thanks to their immune system, so random anecdotal experiences of some people need to be replaced by rigorous clinical trials."
The aim is to treat COVID-19 patients as soon as they were admitted to hospital.
"This will enable us to test the first wave of Australian patients and gain real-world experience with this treatment, especially since we expect ongoing infections to continue for many months," he said.
"If we can obtain the best possible information now, then we can quickly treat subsequent patients down the track."
Wait....what???
They admit it's been a successful treatment, for many, so far...but....that 'most people' recover completely, on their own?
Okay, never mind the ones that DON'T recover completely on their own, nor the lung damage (and, other areas) that CAN occur when the disease is left to progress on its own.
How horrid to cut your entire country off from a right to try a proven protocol.
And, we thought CuCuomo was a tyrant.
Need more dead Australians, because Orange Man Bad.
This won’t end well. Wait till they find out how many political types, and their families, are secretly on it.
Black market, anyone?
Aspirin makes my heart race. I find this unacceptable, so I recommend that aspirin be banned for all commoners until a large, double-blind study can be conducted on its potential side effects. /sarc
doctors will never have solid evidence if they keep blocking the means to acquire solid evidence.
but then, they wouldn’t get to play God with everyone’s life.
Aspirin would never get FDA approval today.
I have a friend who retired from the Army as a 82nd Airborne paratrooper. He said parachutes are safer than cars as he never had a chute fail but has had several fender benders.
I’m guessing the makers of Gilead has paid off “the right people.”
Look for a sudden breakthrough in Remdesivir becoming THE CURE!
My wife has many nurses on her side of the family. One of them works in a hospital treating many Wuhan Virus patients and a husband and wife doctors got sick from much exposure. They deteriorated rapidly and were in bad shape. They both were given HCQ/Z-Pack/Zinc and both fully recovered.
Or you’re an elite.
Follow the money. Malaria drugs costs literally pennies compared to Fauci and Gates’ years of testing for their Event 201 pandemic vaccine mRNA-1273.
Better yet, tell them it’s and abortifacient.
Even Gilead has said they dont want that, pulled their request for ultra-fast approval and donated the stuff to the US Department of Defense.
Pretty sure theyre not doing what you think.
Elected officials with a no medical education are allowed to practice medicine in Australia.
If an OLD Malaria drug works, then Fraud Fauci, Gates, Birx etal are NOT GOING TO GET FUNDING MONEY for their Vaccine Tests. Can’t have that!
Which politicians are playing doctors now?
Yeah you can pack your own chute. You cannot control what other fine citizens and noncitizens might do in public.
"Journalists, media conglomerates, and world leaders: If you will sh*t on hydrochloroquine, in return you will receive an interest in our vaccine profits"
"Pharma company, if you will give me a share in your vaccine or treatment course profits, I, media exec, journalist, doctor, world leader, will publicly sh*t on hydrochloroquine."
I wonder if Australia will see a dramatic increase in malaria and lupus cases.
FTA....
However, under the new public health order, only some specialists are allowed to prescribe the drug and it must be for ongoing treatment of a chronic disease or as a part of a clinical trial.
All the joking aside, there is actually a serious flaw with this methdology, which is generally the problem with and scientific studies with A vs B comparisons and there is a much more rigorous approach used in the more physics based sciences (including chemistry, electronics, other forms of engineering, and in biochemistry).
The FDA approach is actually medieval.
The approach used by modern technically sophisticated organizations is to develop an understanding of the controlling mechanisms, demonstrate and ability to operate those mechanisms and then demonstrate that when the mechanism is controlled or operated the desired effect is obtained.
We don't deliberately test planes with inverted airfoil shapes or inoperable control surfaces and compare with properly operating things.
No, you’ve got it backwards. Tell them that it works as an abortifacient, and THEN they’ll give it away like candy without a prescription.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.