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cord-353872-hajtlw9k	Cox, Shereen	To dispense or not to dispense: Lessons to be learnt from ethical challenges faced by pharmacists in the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-08-25		.txt	text/plain	1821	104	52	This paper seeks to 1) highlight some of the ethical challenges of dispensing hydroxychloroquine by pharmacists during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2) identify some of the responses to these issues from various regulatory authorities in the USA, and 3) recommend approaches to assist pharmacists in their decision‐making process, especially in LMICs. hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine in COVID-19 patients. LMICs. 17 The experience of dispensing hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 highlighted ethical issues that may have generated moral distress among some pharmacists due to the uncertainties regarding the drug. Governments and local pharmacy groups in LMICs may be able to decide on a DUR policy for in-demand medications during epidemics in their countries to guide pharmacists on judiciously dispensing to prevent panic prescribing, off-label use, and hoarding of these drugs. If similar policies regarding indication-based prescribing or enhanced DUR are adopted, there is another challenge to be adAs the global demand for these drugs increases during the COVID pandemic, pharmacists are faced with another issue of managing resources during a period where demand exceeds supply.	./cache/cord-353872-hajtlw9k.txt	./txt/cord-353872-hajtlw9k.txt