For several weeks my mother hasn't been able to fill her regular prescription for hydroxychloroquine that has been an important part of managing her lupus for >30 years. The rush to use it against covid-19 is starting to harm some of the people that need the medication for other reasons.
> Lupus doc called me again expressing she wants me very isolated for the next 3 weeks especially because of my lungs and heart and no meds available. I never thought my lupus med would disappear. [...] Kaiser is refusing to give it to thier long term Lupus patients.