Doctors told the times that they have already seen a few cases in which patients with treatable, early phase cancers have delayed effective treatments to try ivermectin, only to see no effect and return to their doctor with cancers that have been demanded.
Risky matters
Nevertheless, the malignant wrong information on social media has found its way to the state legislators. According to a study by NBC News that was published on Monday, 16 states proposed or adopted legislation that would make Ivermermectin available without a prescription. The intention is to make it much easier for people to get ivermectin and to use it for every ailment they think it can heal.
Idaho, Arkansas and Tennessee have adopted laws to make ivermectin available without a prescription. On Monday, the state legislator of Louisiana approved a bill to do the same, and it is now waiting for signing by the governor. The other states that have considered or consider such accounts include: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.
However, state laws do not mean that the wormer would be immediately available; Ivermectin is still regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and it has not yet been approved for freely available use. NBC News mentioned 15 independent pharmacies in the three states that have laws on the books with which Ivermectin could be sold without a prescription (Idaho, Arkansas and Tennessee) and could not find any pharmacist who would sell without a prescription. Pharmacists pointed to the federal regulations.
Similarly, CVS Health said that his pharmacies are currently not selling ivermectin in any state. Walgreens refused to comment.
Some states, such as Alabama, have considered legislation that would protect pharmacists against possible disciplinary measures for without a prescription. A pharmacist in Idaho, who spoke with NBC news, said that such a protection would still not be enough. As a medicine for recipe only, Ivermectin is not packaged for sale in the retail trade. If so, this would include freely available instructions and safety declarations that have been written especially for consumers.
“If you issue something that has no instructions or safety measures, who is ultimately liable if that causes damage?” said the pharmacist. “I don't know I would like to assume that risk.”
It is a risk that people on social media are not worried about.
