Posted on 09/18/2021 5:04:53 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
Several medical groups and pharmacy advocacy organizations have released a statement calling for an immediate end to dispensing, prescribing, and use of ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19, outside of its use in clinical trials.
The groups include the American Medical Association, the American Pharmacists Association, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. According to a press release, ivermectin is approved by the FDA for the prevention of infections caused by internal or external parasites in humans but is not approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19.
Ivermectin is also frequently used by veterinarians; although there has been widespread use of the drug in humans, the groups noted in the press release that medications formulated or intended for animals should never be used by humans. Calls to poison control centers regarding ivermectin use in humans have increased 5-fold since the beginning of the pandemic, as its use has been found to be harmful to those who have consumed it.
“We are alarmed by reports that outpatient prescribing for and dispensing of ivermectin have increased 24-fold since before the pandemic and increased exponentially over the past few months,” write the associations in the prepared statement. “As such, we are calling for an immediate end to the prescribing, dispensing, and use of ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial.”
The organizations are also calling for physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers to warn patients against the use of ivermectin, including the purchase of the drug through online stores. Patients should be advised that veterinary forms of the medication are highly concentrated for large animals and have a significant toxicity risk for humans.
The CDC and FDA have issued statements saying that ivermectin is not authorized or approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19, and the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, and Merck have all said that there is insufficient evidence to support its use for COVID-19. Guidelines on the treatment and management of patients with COVID-19 from the Infectious Diseases Society of America also counsel against the use of ivermectin outside of the clinical trial setting.
Thank you for this information.
That’s good to hear, but can someone provide a source in Mexico to purchase it from?
Maybe too cheap to use when the government is footing the bill for the recovery of the "man made virus"...
I can’t find many to order from, and those that do won’t take credit cards, or the price per quantity is outrageously high, for example, 4 pills for $20!
You must be a fact checker because you are an idiot. The three vaccines given in the US are “EXPERIMENTAL.” Wallow in your ignorance. I assume you think masks work.
Pfizer has been fully FDA approved for 16 and older. Which is what I wrote and I included the link to prove it. Before you call someone an idiot (personal attack) you should at least double check your own facts. How about an apology? Or prove me wrong.
You don’t know the difference between Pfizer and Pfizer-Bipntech . this is a case of what you know that isn’t so. Stop embarrassing yourself. The vaccine that has been approved isn’t marketed in the US.. Spend your time educating yourself. You’re a waste of time.
yes i know, but they are not replacing me anytime soon
False, again. Different name, exact same drug.
How about a link to one of your tinfoil hat web sites that led you to believe these lies.
Pfizer_Biontech has been approved. Pfizer, not. U R a Sheeple.
> Pfizer_Biontech has been approved. Pfizer, not. U R a Sheeple.
I’ve pointed out in a response to a private message that you are wrong. The current Pfizer BioNTech is FDA approved, as it is biologically and chemically the same as their branded Comirnaty vaccine. No one in the government supports your preposterous idea that the current Pfizer covid vaccine is experimental and not FDA approved for people 16 and over. And of course you never responded with a request for an iota of evidence to support your inane idea.
When you’re wrong about something, have the decency to admit it and move on. You called me stupid, unable to comprehend, and now a “sheeple”. You have no class. Piss off.
Your article proved my point. There is no FDA approved vaccine currently in the US.
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