Hydroxychloroquine bought by state remains in storage By: Paul Monies Oklahoma Watch April 16, 2021
Oklahoma’s $2.6 million shipment of hydroxychloroquine, once touted as a promising treatment for COVID-19, was shipped to Beggs Pharmacy in Pryor last year. The pharmacy stored the drug for several months before it was sent to a warehouse in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Rip Stell/For Oklahoma Watch)
It’s been a long, strange trip for Oklahoma’s $2.6 million shipment of hydroxychloroquine, bought a year ago as a once-promising treatment for COVID-19.
The 1.2 million doses of the drug normally used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and prevent malaria were shipped from a California distributor to a small pharmacy in Pryor, with the state paying for the hydroxychloroquine from money borrowed from fees generated by medical marijuana licenses.
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Show Transcript Wow. What a year. Hey, I m having Onstott. Yes, tonight is about looking back. But it is also about looking ahead. How do we return to normal life? Where are we on the vaccine? What are some of the answers that to the question that you ve been asking. So we ve assembled a wonderful team of doctors, people who you ve been seeing here on Ko cio throughout the pandemic. Answering your questions. Let s go out and just introduce them. Dr. Dale Brattskar with ou Health Dr Chad Smith below him from from Mercy Hospital in the upper right here. Behind me is Dr David Chancel with integrity and in the bottom. Right behind me here is Doctor Steven Prescott. Gentlemen, thank you so much. Uh, Dr Prescott with O m r f the Oklahom