How We Got Here:
- FDA tweets a joke about Americans using a “horse drug”
- Exaggerated reports of calls to poison control centers
- False reports of animal product overdoses filling ER’s
- CDC issues bulletin emphasizing ivermectin is not approved for COVID-19
- NOTE: NIH remains silent
- State Departments of Health issue warnings to licensed doctors
- Pharmacies and individual pharmacists refuse to fill valid COVID-19 early treatment prescriptions
- Despite these concerted actions – TOTAL PRESCRIPTIONS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE U.S!
THE 5 LIES: “I cannot fill your prescription…
- due to corporate policy
- because we are out of stock”
- because we cannot order more”
- because it is not FDA approved for COVID-19”
- because I refuse to put my license on the line”
The 5 TRUTHS
- NO CORPORATE POLICY exists against filling ivermectin by Walgreens, CVS, or Rite-Aid
- NO POLICY exists for major grocery/pharmacies: Kroger, Publix, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Costco
- NO NATIONAL SUPPLY SHORTAGE in the United States at this time
- VERY FEW CIRCUMSTANCES where a pharmacy/pharmacist cannot obtain a supply of ivermectin within 24-48 hours of ordering
- FDA APPROVAL for COVID-19 is NOT REQUIRED to prescribe ivermectin off-label – in fact, 20% of all prescriptions written in the U.S. are off-label
- VERY FEW U.S STATES allow pharmacists to refuse to fill a valid prescription
- Exceptions: If error in script or a dangerous drug-drug interaction exists
- Even fewer states allow pharmacists to “abandon” the patient by not providing them an alternate place to get the prescription filled
- Check the Law in your State: https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/pharmacist-conscience-clauses-laws-and-information.aspx
Overcoming the Blockade