Posted on 09/01/2021 8:54:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
* Prescriptions for ivermectin jumped 24-fold in August compared to pre-pandemic levels, the CDC said.
* The drug has been promoted as a cure and treatment for COVID-19, in spite of lack of evidence.
* It's not been approved as a COVID-19 treatment and can be dangerous if not used appropriately.
Ivermectin has been approved for use in humans as an anti-parasitic, but not as a COVID-19 remedy.
More than 88,000 prescriptions for the drug were filled out by pharmacies in the week ending August 13, the CDC said in a report published August 26.
That's about 24 times more than the weekly average number of ivermectin prescriptions filled out in the year before March 13, 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a national emergency in the US, the CDC said.
While there is no data to conclusively support the use of ivermectin to reduce disease and death from COVID-19, high-profile figures including Sens. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have promoted the drug as an answer to COVID-19.
Both the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC have issued advisories against the dangers of using the misusing ivermectin when using it as a drug against COVID-19.
Inappropriate use of the drug can lead to overdose, potentially causing hallucinations, seizures, coma, and death, the CDC said.
Some users of the drug have complained online about the dangerous effects, including blurry vision, diarrhea, and pooping out what they believed were "worms," as Insider's Andrea Michelson and Madison Hall reported. In July, ivermectin-related calls to poison control centers rose fivefold compared to pre-pandemic levels
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When the headline contains an outright LIE, the rest of the bilgecan be ignored, too, as nothing but deceit-filled propaganda.
AND THE MSM AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES HAVE COVERED IT UP FROM DAY ONE OF THE PANDEMIC!....... WHY???
Liberal Rag. Just one of MANY.
RE: baselessly?
And example of “editorializing” in the headline. Every journalism student is taught to do this or be on the lookout for it.
We have a very healthy friend in her late 40’s who got the covid.
She felt terrible until she found a doctor who would prescribe ivermectin and then she felt much better within 24 hours.
But, of course, the Medical Bureaucrats will simply toss that fact aside as an anecdotal story.
well it’s not going to hurt them even if it does nothing. Look at it as one big experiment.
Just like Trumps “baseless” claims of vote fraud...
| Studies | Prophylaxis | Early treatment | Late treatment | Patients | Authors | |
| All studies | 63 | 86% [75‑92%] | 72% [55‑82%] | 40% [24‑52%] | 26,422 | 613 |
| Peer-reviewedPeer-reviewed | 44 | 86% [73‑92%] | 75% [61‑84%] | 43% [21‑59%] | 17,082 | 479 |
| Randomized Controlled TrialsRCTs | 31 | 84% [25‑96%] | 61% [46‑71%] | 30% [2‑50%] | 6,561 | 359 |
| Percentage improvement with ivermectin treatment | ||||||
As the Biden administration utterly fails to initiate any actions to initiate new modalities for treatment, as Trump accelerated the creation of vaccines, it is not surprising that individual Americans act as free agents to treat themselves. That is what free people do.
Got my Rx at a local compounding pharmacy.
Since covid I’ve noticed overall language from mainstream sources has become a lot more childish. I used to dislike the coarsening of the language but Even that was better than every thing being written for a 10 year old.
They don’t anymore, Tractor Supply seems to have pulled it, at least the apple flavor horse paste is unavailable.
It is a relentless and coordinated political attack.
It kept me out of the hospital.
Like we should take medical advice from the bimbos at a business outlet.
Got mine in Tijuana
They haven’t matured beyond that age.
It was about a day and a half for me
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