posted ago by ron_eugene
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Every Vietnam war veteran has taken the malaria drug for at least a year or more. The Democrats are against using it since they want to insure a Trump failure. The drug companies don't want it to be used since it a generic drug and they will not benefit a lot from it. They also want us to wait on a vaccine that they create so they can reap a fortune at our expense.
Thank you for your service to our country Ron! 🇺🇸
Fuck big pharma and democrats.
Didn’t Bayer and Novartis just donate a shitton to the US for free... and didn’t mylan just reopen a plant to start producing a generic version of it (cheap!)
Just giving credit where it’s due... big pharma isn’t going to be profiting off anything here
There are lupus patients who have been treated with this drug for decades. We're not concerned about whether it's safe enough to be prescribed, we're just studying how safe and effective it is against this virus. I would say that I can't believe leftists are actively trying to demonize a possible treatment that could save many lives just to make the president look bad, but those damn communist hippies have always hated America. The fucking domino theory was right.
It's deadly in some headlines and life saving in others, but OrangeManBad™ in both.
I don’t even think right to try applies here, since it’s already on the US market, and doctors can write it TODAY if they want to, off label.
Not to mention, both drugs in the study regimen are generic (affordable and available). If this thing works half as well as in the study, we’re golden!
That's cause it's completely safe unless you:
1: Take it in extreme high doses. 2: Have allergic reactions to it 3: Drink fucking fish tank cleaner with the same name
That 3rd one is a story they are now trying to push as proof Trump was promoting a deadly drug. Two idiots drank LITERAL FISH TANK CLEANER and one of them died.
I was prescribed this for arthritis. My story is a little different because I take it daily not just for a few days, 2 years so far. There are some possible side effects but the only one I might possibly have is a cough, but I have allergies and take other meds so it might not be the hydroxychloroquine side effects at all. I have to have my eyes checked every 6 months but as I said, I take it daily. I’m 67 and I feel fine.
Go Gramma! Thanks for your pov. I betcha don't triple the recommended dose though, right? ;)
Apparently that's really important with this whole family of drug. ( I would think it would be with ANY Rx)
"since it a generic drug and they will not benefit " this hadn't occured to me, thanks for pointing this out.
Several drug companies are donating large quantities of this drug to the cause.
They are doing their part. But the media is desperate for anything they can say Trump did wrong.
I had to take malaria meds for my tours in Afghanistan. Mefloquine. Crazy dreams.
I was gonna say, I can’t remember the name of the malaria meds we were forced to take in Iraq, the only thing I remember is the vivid crazy dreams.
I've heard other people say that. I wonder if that happens across all forms of drug in this family of drugs? Any idea how many experienced this? (Rare, 90 out of 100)
I took it too, in preparation for OEF. I had some weird out of body experiences. I always thought having an OBE would be cool. This was terrifying. My whole body felt tingly, like when you are going down on a roller coaster, and it felt like my soul was floating away from my body. I thought I was dying. Don't know if it was that drug or something else. Never had that experience before or after.
This is true.Even had medics watch you take them.
You took the drug??? SURELY YOU WILL DIE!! It probably just hasn’t affected you yet. MSNBC assures me it eventually will. /s
It's been around for decades!
Yes! My hubby took it for years. It's cheep. It's safe. And only has rare possible side effects to peripheral vision if taken for loooooong duration. My hubby had no side effects.
I have octal migraines and lose my peripheral vision occasionally... its a nothingburger for me
Thank you for your service.
There are no people that take this for Lupus that have caught Chinese flu.
Thank you for your service. 100% agree.
Went on safari to Africa a few years ago. Everyone we talked to was taking it for malaria. They weren’t dropping dead all around us. It’s been a lifesaver for that country forever! We had to take it as a prophylactic to avoid malaria. I’m still standing! Que Elton John song!
This is exactly right. Makes me wonder if the DS haven't been manufacturing the flu virus for the same reasons. Every year the government buys many, many flu vaccines that are never even used. Next year they do the same thing. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
reap a fortune and inject soul-controlling nano machines into our DNA too? legit?
Extensive drug trials start in NY today: https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1241749428492537864
Drug companies like Bayer? Cause Bayer donated several million pills for free.
Bayer took a huge blow by buying Monsanto just before the Roundup judgements started hitting, they got stuck with the bill. Good for them managing to do this.
They've taken hits before. They were involved with the manufacture of Agent Orange, and had to weather the blowback from that for decades.