Doctors, Patients Worried About Another Hydroxychloroquine Shortage After President Trump Says He's Taking Drug

Stephanie Stahl reports.

ANNOUNCED A MULTI BILLION DOLLARPLAN TO PURCHASE AGRICULTURALPRODUCTS TO RESTOCK FOODPANTRIES.MEANTIME THE FALLOUTCONTINUES FOLLOWING THEPRESIDENT'S CLAIM THAT HE ISTAKING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TOFIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIE STAHLHERE WITH REACTION FROM DOCTORSAND CONCERNED PATIENTS THEREWILL BE ANOTHER RUN ON THE DRUG.HI STEPHANIE.REPORTER: YEAH PATIENTS WITHSTREAMS LIKE LUPUS ANDRHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RELY ONHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR SYMPTOMS.THE LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT SAID ITCOULD BE A GAME CHANGER FIGHTINGCOVID-19 THERE WAS A RUSH TO GETTHE DRUG WHICH LED TO SHORTAGES.PATIENTS HOPE THAT DOESN'THAPPEN AGAIN.I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH WILLYOU PUS OVER 20 YEARS.THIS WOMAN EXPECTS TO BEPART ON HYDROXYCHLOROQUINESTANDARD TREATMENT FOR LUPUS ASSOON AS IT'S SAFE TO SEE THEDOCTOR.I'M A LITTLE WORRIED.SHE'S WORRIED PROMPTED BY THEPATIENT'S REVELATION HE'S TAKINGIT WITH A ZINC SUPPLEMENT.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE.IT THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS NOSYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS AND ISTESTED REGULARLY SAID HECONSULTED WITH HIS WHITE HOUSEALL I CAN TELL YOU, SO FAR ISEEM TO BE OK.FDA WARNS AGAINST TYKINGHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE OUTSIDE AHOSPITAL AND TO PREVENT COVID-19BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE HEARTRHYTHM PROBLEMS.AT THIS POINT IT IS NOTPRUDENT TO BE TAKINGHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND SINKPROPHYLACTICALLY.THE MAIN REASON WE SAY THAT,THERE IS NOT GOOD EVIDENCE TOSUGGEST THAT IT PREVENTS ORTREATS CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.DOCTORS ARE WORRIED THEPRESIDENT IS SETTING A DANGEROUSEXAMPLE THAT OTHERS WILL TRY TOFOLLOW.IT'S JUST VERY RECKLESS ANDDANGEROUS AND I WAS VERYAPPALLED WHEN I HEARD THAT.THIS WOMAN IS CHAIR OF THEPHILADELPHIA LUPUS FOUNDATION.A LOT OF OUR LUPUS PATIENTSARE RELYING ON THIS MEDICATIONAND THEY NEED THIS MEDICATION TOSURVIVE.YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUTANOTHER SHORTAGE.UH-HUH.I'M VERY CONCERNED.CONCERNED FOR MYSELF ANDCONCERNED FOR OTHER LUPUSWARRIORS OUT THERE.RESEARCH IS CONTINUING ONHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, BOTH TO SEEIF THIS MIGHT BE ABLE TO TREATCOVID-19 AND ALSO IF IT COULD