Permitting over-the-counter (OTC) use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to protect against COVID-19 under an emergency EO
PPE may be unavailable or inadequate, more importantly infringes on Constitutional protections.
In most states, physicians and pharmacies face unprecedented barriers to prescribing HCQ for prevention or early treatment of COVID-19.
Prevention and early treatment is key.
HCQ is safer than other OTC drugs, including aspirin, acetaminophen, diphenhydramine, and Plan B.
HCQ has been used for more than 65 years in hundreds of millions of patients, and has been available OTC in many places.
A number of studies and the experience of many physicians show that early HCQ, especially with zinc supplements, is highly effective.
The only way to assure that powerful bureaucracies or vested interests cannot prevent patients from exercising freedom to choose is to make the drug available OTC
(AAPS)
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/permitting-over-counter-otc-use-hydroxychloroquine-hcq-protect-against-covid-19-under-emergency-eo