Coronavirus treatment illegal under Sisolak s order | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Fauci said of course he would prescribe the drug, particularly if people have no other option. He went on: Physicians throughout the country can prescribe that in an off-label way. Which means they can write it for something it was not approved for. Not in Nevada. On Tuesday, Sisolak signed an emergency regulation prohibiting doctors outside of hospitals from prescribing that drug and a similar one, chloroquine. His justification is to prevent shortages and a run on the drugs.A prescription for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine may not be issued, filled or dispensed to an outpatient for a COVID-19 diagnosis, the rule states.
This is nuts.