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douglas9

(4,811 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 12:59 PM 5 hrs ago

As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance

Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice but to disappoint the handful of people who call him every day asking for a drug used to treat parasitic worms.

He could give them the medication, called ivermectin, but only with a doctor’s note.

The callers aren’t in the throes of an active intestinal worm infestation, Murray said. They simply want access to the pills without having to see a doctor first.

“A lot of people are calling, asking, ‘Do you guys have it for sale? Can I buy it? How do I get it?’” said Murray, the director of operations for the independent Customedica Pharmacy. “Not so much, ‘How does it work? What is it for?’”

The volume of such calls has increased sharply since mid-April, when Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed a bill into law mandating that ivermectin be available to anyone who wants it over the counter.

While the law technically says that pharmacists like Murray can sell the drug over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved it to be used this way.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ivermectin-over-counter-pharmacy-states-rfk-jr-rcna205616

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As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance (Original Post) douglas9 5 hrs ago OP
One of the weirdest COVID episodes that just won't die. Blues Heron 5 hrs ago #1
When seeing this always remember that 60% of Americans walkingman 5 hrs ago #2
Please post a sign that says "Ivermectin effective ONLY in Trump voters" -and only at doses surpassing 1000X label dose hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #3
Well, magats could likely use a good worming now and then... SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #4
It was part of a now discredited combo therapy IbogaProject 3 hrs ago #5

walkingman

(9,336 posts)
2. When seeing this always remember that 60% of Americans
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:07 PM
5 hrs ago

read at a 6th grade level. I think that things like this happen when you have an undereducated public that is easily influenced by those who know they can capitalize by using them.

How did we get to this point? I think - Underfunding education, distorting history, religion being used to influence politics, and social media.

hlthe2b

(110,091 posts)
3. Please post a sign that says "Ivermectin effective ONLY in Trump voters" -and only at doses surpassing 1000X label dose
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:20 PM
5 hrs ago

(All others should consult with those physicians discarded/discounted by MAGA)

Oh, and Trump Voters: pay no attention to any of the following symptoms. They will "pass" (when you pass)

Gastrointestinal issues: Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Neurological effects: Dizziness, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, coma, loss of coordination and balance, and decreased level of consciousness.
Cardiovascular effects: Hypotension (low blood pressure).

IbogaProject

(4,478 posts)
5. It was part of a now discredited combo therapy
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 02:49 PM
3 hrs ago

University of Eastern Virginia had an expermential combination protocol. They promptly removed that and advised against it in 2020 December, as soon as vaccines and antibody treatments were approved. And the anti-viral meds already approved like Pavloxid were around since then. This was just a guess pyblished may or june 2020 and promptly withdrawn less than six months later. It has been fodder on social media ever since. If it worked the divergance to higher death rates in GOP voting areas wouldnt have been so severe.

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