Are Politicians Still Telling Pharmacists to Get Between You and Your Doctor? - Granite Grok

Are Politicians Still Telling Pharmacists to Get Between You and Your Doctor?

Hydroxychloroquine

Dr. Lisa Koche, MD, is an Internal Medicine Specialist in Tampa, FL, and has over 24 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from Emory University medical school in 1996. And she’s upset that she can’t prescribe Hydroxychloroquine for her patients.

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Dr. Koche has a lot to say in the video below, so by all means, listen. Liberals will probably hate it, so there’s your incentive. It rubs against the “prescribed” narrative.

As to the matter of the HCQ prescription, CVS Pharmacy has taken it upon itself to manage the supply of HCQ (Hydroxychloroquine) when issued for COVID19.

“Our goal is to limit stockpiling of medication that could result in future shortages and gaps in care. Our pharmacies are following dispensing guidelines regarding the use of these medications for COVID-19 that have been established in certain states. In states with no guidelines, our pharmacies are limiting the dispensing for COVID-19 treatment to a 10-day supply with no refills.”

The idea that there was ever a shortage of this drug or a risk of a shortage appears suspect. I can’t find concrete proof the supply chain was ever at risk. Major manufacturers, early on, were offering millions of doses to the US at no charge. Free. Teva donated 6 million doses and Bayer another 3 million. A scratch on the surface, yes, but at the same time they were ramping up production early on in anticipation of need.

Why? Why ramp up production of drugs that have been around for 65 years, thoroughly tested on all age groups with all manner of comorbidities that are also known to effectively treat patients with SARS viruses unless they work? Becasue they work. But so does the politics of fear.

CVS has taken it upon itself (with perhaps some nudging from big pharma which is looking at this for a considerable payday with pricier drugs or vaccines) to get between you and your doctor.

The Florida issue was not an intractable problem. Other pharmacies are willing to fill the prescription for COVID19 patients. Still, it seems to me that this exposes CVS as a potential shill for the political class narratives that get between doctors and patients.

Some of that interference is still at play.

Here’s Dr. Koche, who wants us to be healthy and continue to ask questions, share research, and pursue science without politics.

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