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FDA: Guidance Against Ivermectin for COVID Was Recommendation, 'Not Mandatory'

Agency told old people to “stop” taking ivermectin for COVID-19 but that was informal and just a recommendation?

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Nov 22, 2022
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I am completely shocked with this gaslighting.

The U.S Food And Drug Administration (FDA) is being sued in Texas by three doctors who were disciplined for prescribing Ivermectin to patients.

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Justin Hart @justin_hart
Wow. Just wow. @US_FDA doing some grade A gaslighting now. “It was just a recommendation!”
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1:54 PM ∙ Nov 20, 2022
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In a Federal Court hearing lawyers for the FDA are saying their campaign, telling people to stop taking Ivermectin, was informal and just a recommendation. (They were literally mocking people who took it!)

A lawyer representing the FDA said:

"The cited statements were not directives. They were not mandatory. They were recommendations. They said what parties should do. They said, for example, why you should not take ivermectin to treat COVID-19. They did not say you may not do it, you must not do it. They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe ivermectin,"

The FDA has violated well-established law that allows doctors to prescribe an FDA-approved drug as an off-label treatment. The FDA does not limit or control how the medications are prescribed by physicians once the medications are available on the market. Ivermectin was approved by the FDA in 1966.

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Yet here is the FDA website, created in 2021, titled: "Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19," which has a photo of a horse!

Then the FDA tweeted out: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.” The tweet linked back to the same webpage above telling you not to take Ivermectin for COVID.

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U.S. FDA @US_FDA
You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.
fda.govWhy You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19Using the Drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 can be dangerous and even lethal. The FDA has not approved the drug for that purpose.
11:57 AM ∙ Aug 21, 2021
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As if that wasn’t enough. In a second campaign telling you not to take Ivermectin the FDA tweeted out: "Hold your horses, y’all. Ivermectin may be trending, but it still isn’t authorized or approved to treat COVID-19."

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U.S. FDA @US_FDA
Hold your horses, y'all. Ivermectin may be trending, but it still isn't authorized or approved to treat COVID-19.
fda.govWhy You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19Using the Drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 can be dangerous and even lethal. The FDA has not approved the drug for that purpose.
1:19 PM ∙ Apr 26, 2022
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On a separate FDA FAQ page titled: “FAQ: COVID-19 and Ivermectin Intended for Animals” the first question and answer is: “Q: Should I take ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19? A: No.”

We are urged to take (and keep taking) mRNA vaccines that were rushed to the market, have little to no efficacy, cost a ton, don’t stop transmission, etc, rather than a safe and effective drug that costs next to nothing and has been around since 1966.

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Chris "Early Treatment" Martenson, PhD @chrismartenson
6/6 Ivermectin is literally the safest drug I've ever deeply researched. It's not even close. I am supposed to believe the FDA doesn't also know this? That they cared about "our" safety when it came to IVM but not for opiates? Get out of here with that BS. #NoAmnesty
4:18 PM ∙ Nov 20, 2022
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Ivermectin is widely prescribed and has been shown to have massive efficacy in the treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. Plus there is even evidence of its effectiveness as a prophylactic. The government of India says early use of Ivermectin helped to keep positivity and deaths low.

Several studies funded by the Indian Government have shown Ivermectin to be effective:

  • Role of ivermectin in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in India: A matched case-control study

    • Conclusion: Two-dose ivermectin prophylaxis at a dose of 300 μg/kg with a gap of 72 hours was associated with a 73% reduction of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers for the following month.

  • Ivermectin as a potential treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 – A double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

    • Conclusion: There was no difference in the primary outcome i.e. negative RT-PCR status on day 6 of admission with the use of ivermectin. However, a significantly higher proportion of patients were discharged alive from the hospital when they received ivermectin.

From Peru:

  • Sharp Reductions in COVID-19 Case Fatalities and Excess Deaths in Peru in Close Time Conjunction, State-By-State, with Ivermectin Treatments

Spain:

  • The effect of early treatment with ivermectin on viral load, symptoms and humoral response in patients with non-severe COVID-19: A pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

A study in Bangladesh says: “the Ivermectin-Doxycycline combination therapy has better symptomatic relief, shortened recovery duration, fewer adverse effects, and superior patient compliance compared to the Hydroxychloroquine-Azithromycin combination. Based on this  study's  outcomes,  the  Ivermectin-Doxycycline  combination  is  a  superior  choice  for  treating  patients  with  mild to moderate COVID-19 disease.”

There are currently 86 ongoing or completed clinical trials on Ivermectin worldwide and Ivermectin is winning.

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Kurt St. Angelo @saintangelo
FDA now claims that their lies about #ivermectin and #Hydroxychloroquine , which caused doctors to lose their licenses and which killed their patients, were only recommendations.
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8:48 AM ∙ Nov 21, 2022
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Yet the FDA will often cite a flawed study, Funded by FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, a major Democrat donor, who ran an alleged Crypto Ponzi scheme, as proof Ivermectin doesn't work. Please read about that here.

My favorite hit piece on Ivermectin was in 2021. The Rolling Stone Magazine published an article saying an Emergency Room in Oklahoma couldn’t treat gunshot victims because the ER was overwhelmed with Ivermectin overdoses! They even used a fake picture (it was the end of the summer) and quoted a doctor that didn’t work for the hospital. Total Mess.

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Gunshot victims left waiting as horse dewormer overdoses overwhelm Oklahoma hospitals, doctor says rol.st/38CChjl
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10:38 PM ∙ Sep 3, 2021
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Anyway, the FDA totally told everyone not to take Ivermectin. They tried to lie and imply it’s a medicine for horses. CNN told its audience Joe Rogan used horse dewormer instead of the human version. Doctors face medical board discipline for prescribing it. States banned pharmacies from dispensing it. People were literally ordering it from Mexico. Am I wrong?

There is a whole lot more information I cannot fit into this article. The anti-Ivermectin disinformation campaign was almost as strong as the COVID vaccine campaign.

Thanks for reading everyone! Let me know what you think!

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Jake Shields @jakeshieldsajj
Doctors are suing the FDA for making it near impossible to prescribe ivermectin FDA is now claiming In court they never said you can’t use or prescribe ivermectin
6:28 PM ∙ Nov 20, 2022
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Freedom Justice Liberty @ItIsAboutPeople
They are all folding. Fire Woodcock. The FDA blocked doctors and pharmacies from prescribing and filing Ivermectin. Families had to get court order for hospitalized loved ones. They ought to be brought to tribunals. 80% could have been saved. 80 PERCENT!
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Chris "Early Treatment" Martenson, PhD @chrismartenson
I'm outraged & offended. 1/6 ... a thread 🧵 theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/fda-sa… via @EpochTimes
theepochtimes.comFDA Says Telling People Not to Take Ivermectin for COVID-19 Was Just a RecommendationThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) guidance for people to “stop” taking ivermectin for COVID-19 was informal ...
4:18 PM ∙ Nov 20, 2022
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Scattergood Baines
Nov 22, 2022Liked by Dr Panda

Obviously the FDA is not a law making body in the legal sense so there would never have been a 'You may not use it' dictate from them. But not approving it, denigrating it, mocking it, sends the same message to corrupt hospitals and weak and compliant doctors (99%). The FDA has destroyed whatever reputation and trust they had left. Who would listen to them again??

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David Thompson
Nov 22, 2022Liked by Dr Panda

You left out how they worked with the USPS to intercept valid prescriptions sent by mail and halt them.

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