By Casey McDermott

NH Public Radio

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has issued an emergency order limiting the prescriptions of certain drugs due to COVID-19.

DHHS Chief Legal Counsel Melissa St. Cyr said the state is responding to reported shortages of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, as well as albuterol inhalers.

“We wanted to make sure that we could ration the use of that to ensure there was enough for people who are in need of the medication,” St. Cyr said.

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