Patients cannot wait long without the medication as they can have significant relapses.
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MEXICO CITY
The lack of medications to care for children with lupus it has been given for several months in our country, but the shortage especially hydroxychloroquine, has occurred since the President of the United States, Donald Trump stated that this drug could help treat Covid-19, said Verónica Molinar, president of the Lupus Association and JIA Walking Together A.C. in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
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In an interview with Pascal Beltrán del Río for Imagen Radio, Veronica Molinar noted that also are suffering from a lack of medications like chloroquine, microfenoic acid and injected methototexate, among others. He clarified that “we have had the shortage for two or three months, but on hydroxychloroquine, we have had the shortage at the national and global level for this conference that President (Donald) Trump gave and which he mentioned was used for Covid -19 ”, he indicated.
He noted that the group he heads has already contacted state authorities to support them in obtaining the medicines required by children with Lupus, but despite being empathetic, there have been no positive responses.
We have had communication with the Governor here in Nuevo León, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, he is willing to help us, unfortunately there is no hydroxychloroquine right now and they tell us that until May it can come because the shortage is worldwide. ” He noted that in the search for solutions for this shortage, they are carrying out an appeal for protection in Mexico City.
However, he added that patients cannot wait long without the drug since they can have significant relapses. He clarified that at the moment “the sick already have about a month without their medication.”
Verónica Molinar insisted on appealing to the population that acquired hydroxychloroquine to be treated for possible infections of the new coronavirus. He said that this is a medicine that should only be taken by prescription, in addition to many lupus sufferers or need.
“This shortage also occurs because many people bought it to keep it at home so that at any time it could be infected (by Covid-19) they could use it. It is a very delicate medicine that has to be prescribed by a doctor, “he said.
He emphasized his request to those who supplied the drug without needing it, to “think a little bit about people with rheumatic diseases who are needing it a lot to improve their quality of life.”
Finally, she pointed out that those who want to join the legal actions to obtain the necessary medications for patients with lupus can locate it in the Association Lupus and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Walking Together A.C. in Monterrey, Nuevo León and on the phone 812 44 92 or on the Facebook pages with the same name of the association.
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