Archived Is hydroxychloroquine not covered under the Right to Try bill? If so, why tf not? (AskVoat)
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Archived Is hydroxychloroquine not covered under the Right to Try bill? If so, why tf not? (AskVoat)
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[–] crazy_eyes 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
HCQ has not been approved for use on covid, so that explanation holds no water
in fact 22 states have made it illegal for doctors to prescribe for covid simply because it has not been approved for covid
[–] RoundWheel 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Just fyi, off label prescription is perfectly legal and is a significant portion of all prescriptions. Most treatments exist because of off label prescription as its origin.
A dr. notices patient responds to precription written for something else. He mentions this to group of doctors.
Group of doctors then write same prescription but to treat what first doctor noticed. These doctors inform group of doctors of results. If successful this gets written up in journals and shared with many doctors. Many other doctors then report their part of the feedback loop. This becomes prescribed treatment and therefore label treatment.
Banning off label prescription is a direct attack of science, doctors, and patients. There is no other interpretation.
[–] crazy_eyes 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Normally it is perfectly legal. Not for HCQ for use on covid though.