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>>> IT IS 6:44 RIGHT NOW.
ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING, AFTER
INTENSE CRITICISM, PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS DEFENDING HIS DECISION
TO TAKE AN UNPROVEN DRUG THAT
HE HAS PROMOTED AS A TREATMENT
FOR COVID-19.
FOR COVID-19. THE PRESIDENT BRUSHING ASIDE
POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SIDE
EFFECTS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
>> I THINK IT GIVES YOU AN
ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SAFETY.
BUT YOU CAN ASK MANY DOCTORS
WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF YOU.
MANY FRONT LINE WORKERS WON'T
GO THERE UNLESS THEY HAVE HIGH
DROXY.
DROXY.
DROXY. >>
DROXY. >> WE ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE DRUG AND ITS EFFECTS.
DR. DAVE MONTGOMERY,
CARDIOLOGIST JOINING ME LIVE
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, DR. DAVE.
>> GOOD MORNING, SHIBA.
>> LET MEGYN BY SAYING WE ARE
BRINGING YOU ON THIS DISCUSSION
AS THE FDA HAS WARNED ABOUT
USING THIS DRUG OUTSIDE OF A
HOSPITAL DUE TO A RISK OF
SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS AND IN
SOME CASES DEATH.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND
HEARING.
HEARING.
HEARING. >> SHIBA, THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT FOR US TO MAKE.
THERE ARE SOME PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS TO THE
DRUG CALLED HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
MANY PEOPLE WILL KNOW THIS DRUG
BY THE NAME WHICH IS THE BRAND
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. IT
NAME. IT IS TYPICALLY USED IN THE
STATES NOW FOR THINGS LIKE
LUPUS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IT
WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED 70
YEARS AGO FOR AN ANTI- MALARIA
DRUG.
DRUG.
DRUG. IT
DRUG. IT CAN CAUSE A DANGEROUS HEART
RHYTHM AB NORMITY.
PEOPLE CAN HAVE GI DISCOMFORT.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
BLINDNESS OR RETINAL PROBLEMS
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO BEFORE
WE MARCH OFF AND USE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. >> HAVE YOU PRESCRIBE THIS HAD
DRUG BEFORE?
DRUG BEFORE? >> I DON'T USE THE DRUG IN MY
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE. SO CARDIOLOGISTS TYPICALLY
DON'T USE THIS DRUG.
AND I CERTAINLY AM NOT USING IT
NOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR REASON.
REMEMBER, THERE IS NO PROVEN
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19.
THERE WAS IN FRANCE SOME MONTHS
AGO THIS IDEA THAT
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE MICE BE
USEFUL IN THIS PARTICULAR
SITUATION.
SITUATION. REMEMBER, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WERE DOING REALLY QUITE POORLY
FROM COVID-19.
FROM COVID-19. >> UH-HUH.
>> UH-HUH. >> THE COMMON, THE POPULAR
DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS AROUND
PREVENTION.
PREVENTION. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I WILL TELL YOU, SHIBA,
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DATA
THAT HAS SURFACED ABOUT
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE BEING USED
IN PREVENTION FOR CORONAVIRUS
INFECTION.
INFECTION. >> SO THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE
KNOWS THAT FRONT LINE WORKS ARE
USING THIS.
USING THIS. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY ARE NOT
AWARE OF ANY DATA SHOWING FRONT
LINE WORKERS TAKING THE DRUG.
I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS IN
THE HEALTH CARE FIELD.
ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT ANY FRONT
LINE WORKERS USING THIS DRUG.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. I
>> NO. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE FRONT LINES
TAKING THE DRUG.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS
STILL THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
OR NOT THINGS LIKE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE CAN WORK.
SO THEY'RE STILL BEING TRIED.
THERE ARE SOME TRIALS.
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED.
BEEN COMPLETED. AND THE BOTTOM LINE FROM THE
TRIAL, SHIBA, IS THAT WE CAN'T
PROVE OR DISPROVE THE EFFECT OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. REMEMBER, THESE ARE STILL
STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE IN
PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING BADLY
THAT, ARE VERY ILL FROM COVID-
19.
19.
19. THESE
19. THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND DOING FINE, TAKING IT TO
PREVENT, YOU KNOW, MALARIA, TO
PREVENT COVID-19.
PREVENT COVID-19. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY,
VERY CAREFUL.
VERY CAREFUL. THERE IS NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF
FRONT LINE WORKS WHO ARE
GETTING THEIR HANDS ON
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, WHICH IS A
PRESCRIPTION DRUG.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG. YOU CAN'T JUST GO GET THIS OVER
THE COUNTER AND TAKE IT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE
IS A SHORTAGE.
I TALKED TO A PATIENT WHO
ACTUALLY REALLY NEEDS
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR HER
MEDICAL CONDITION.
MEDICAL CONDITION. AND SHE CAN'T GET IT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SO THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
I THINK ONE THING THAT IS
CONCERNING HERE, YOU KNOW, I
SAW THIS TWEET ONLINE YESTERDAY
BY A PARENT WHO SAYS THAT SHE
IS HEARING FROM OTHER PARENTS
THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR
KIDS ON THIS.
AND THAT THEY'RE SHARING NAMES
OF DOCS THAT WOULD PRESCRIBE
THIS FOR THEIR KIDS.
SO THE PRESIDENT SAYS THERE IS
REALLY NO HARM.
YOU KNOW, IT IS BETTER TO BE
SAFE THAN SORRY KIND OF THING.
THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING
WITH THEIR DOCTOR THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO HERE,
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS A VERY
POWERFUL DRUG.
POWERFUL DRUG. >> UH-HUH.
>> UH-HUH. >> WITH SOME VERY POTENTIALLY
SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THIS
DRUG IS DOING YOU SOME BENEFIT
FOR THINGS OTHER THAN
CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION OR COVID-
19 TREATMENT, THEN YOU SHOULD
NOT BE TAKING IT.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF
PHYSICIANS ARE WRITING
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TO, YOU
KNOW, THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION
FOR PREVENTION OF COVID-19.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED.
>> WELL, ACCORDING TO THIS
TWEET, IT IS HAPPENING, DR.
DAVE.
DAVE.
DAVE. WE
DAVE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT
ON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
>> THANK