Medfags. I watched a Belgianfag called out the French gov’t on Youtube (in French) for authorizing injections of Rivotril to COVID patients by decree. He claims that the French gov’t thereby authorized doctors to effectively euthanize COVID patients. Rivotril = brand name of clonazepam, an anti-seizure drug. Clonazepam belongs to the class of medications called benzodiazepines. In general, benzodiazepines are used as a sedative or to decrease seizures or anxiety. Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders. It helps by slowing the activity of the nerves in the brain (i.e., the central nervous system). https://www.rexall.ca/articles/view/553/Rivotril
Link to decree https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041763328&categorieLien=id
Title: "Décret n° 2020-360 du 28 mars 2020 complétant le décret n° 2020-293 du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire"
Translation: Decree No. 2020-360 of 28 March 2020 supplementing Decree No. 2020-293 of 23 March 2020 prescribing the general measures necessary to deal with the covid-19 epidemic as part of the health emergency
Text: "Par dérogation à l'article L. 5121-12-1 du code de la santé publique, la spécialité pharmaceutique Rivotril ® sous forme injectable peut faire l'objet d'une dispensation, jusqu'au 15 avril 2020, par les pharmacies d'officine en vue de la prise en charge des patients atteints ou susceptibles d'être atteints par le virus SARS-CoV-2 dont l'état clinique le justifie sur présentation d'une ordonnance médicale portant la mention “ Prescription Hors AMM dans le cadre du covid-19.
Lorsqu'il prescrit la spécialité pharmaceutique mentionnée au premier alinéa en dehors du cadre de leur autorisation de mise sur le marché, le médecin se conforme aux protocoles exceptionnels et transitoires relatifs, d'une part, à la prise en charge de la dyspnée et, d'autre part, à la prise en charge palliative de la détresse respiratoire, établis par la société française d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs et mis en ligne sur son site."
Translation: II- By derogation to Article L. 5121-12-1 of the Public Health Code, the pharmaceutical speciality Rivotril ® in its injectable form may be dispensed, until 15 April 2020, by retail pharmacies for the treatment of patients affected or likely to be affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus whose clinical condition justifies it on presentation of a medical prescription bearing the mention "Off-label Prescription in the context of covid-19.
When prescribing the proprietary medicinal products mentioned in the first paragraph outside the scope of their marketing authorization [off label], the physician must comply with the exceptional and transitional protocols relating to the management of dyspnoea [shortness of breath] and to the palliative management of respiratory distress, as established by the French Society for Palliative Care and Support and published on its website.
Have they authorized euthanasia of COVID patients? I don’t understand how benzodiazepines work. Is something similar going on in our respective countries, to boost the death numbers and off patients that would otherwise cost the medicare systems big bucks? That is, if such a protocol truly does effectively euthanize the patient, of course. Thanks medfags.