Experts Urge Moratorium on Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin for COVID-19

This year, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ...

AUGUST 30, 2021

IDSA: Recommends Against Using Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

The panel recommended against the use of either hydroxychloroquine alone or with azithromycin in the hospital ...

AUGUST 21, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine: Where Pharmacy, Medicine and Politics Intersect

The debate over the merits of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 is raising questions about the ...

AUGUST 8, 2020

HCQ for COVID-19: Yes? No? I Don’t Know!

The controversy over the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-19 has left pharmacists in the middle ...

AUGUST 1, 2020

FDA: Benefits of HCQ or CQ Do Not Outweigh Risks for COVID-19

Saying that the benefits no longer outweigh the potential risks, the FDA revoked the emergency use authorization ...

JUNE 15, 2020

Pharmacists Help Weigh Cardiac Risks of Hydroxychloroquine

There have been warnings against the indiscriminate use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients, given the lack ...

APRIL 20, 2020

FDA Issues EUA; HHS Accepts Donations of COVID-19 Drugs

The EUA issued to the BARDA allows millions of doses of donated products to be distributed to states for patients ...

MARCH 31, 2020

ISMP Launches COVID-19 Safety Alerts

COVID-19-related topics range from the safe use of metered-dose inhaler common canister protocols to safeguarding ...

MARCH 31, 2020