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Has the AMA Rescinded Its Guidance Against Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine?
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Has the AMA Rescinded Its Guidance Against Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine?

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Alec Dent
Dec 18, 2020
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The past few days have seen Rush Limbaugh and other pro-Trump media-entertainment figures claim that the American Medical Association has walked back its guidance against prescribing hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat coronavirus. Limbaugh stated that the AMA has given “physicians the okay to return to utilizing the medication at their discretion.”

The AMA says otherwise, taking to Twitter to state that their stance on hydroxychloroquine “ remains unchanged.”

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In March, AMA urged caution about prescribing hydroxychloroquine off-label to treat #COVID19. Our position remains unchanged. Evidence-based #science & practice must guide these determinations. Thank you @Poynter for the #FactCheck to set record straight
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The AMA did consider a proposal to alter its position on hydroxychloroquine, but rather than adopt the resolution, the AMA voted against it and voted instead to reaffirm its earlier statements on the matter. 

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rob
Dec 18, 2020

It is shocking the degree to which the AMA puts peoples lives at risk to make a political point.

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