FDA Says Telling People Not to Take Ivermectin
for COVID-19 Was Just a Recommendation
Epoch Times,
by
Zachary Stieber
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
11/20/2022 12:51:59 PM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) telling people to “stop” taking ivermectin for COVID-19 was informal and just a recommendation, government lawyers argued during a recent hearing.
“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,” Isaac Belfer, one of the lawyers, told the court during the Nov. 1 hearing in federal court
Reply 1 - Posted by:
mean Gene 11/20/2022 12:58:46 PM (No. 1338541)
I'm really glad we got some as soon as we saw the gov't demonizing it.
We avoided covid for 2 years but got the omicron version this last June.
Three days of ivermectin and all symptoms were gone!
Took all 5 days' worth.
Our neighbor, who called ivermectin, "horse paste," thirty years younger than us is STILL sick!
Almost 6 months now.
Migrains, leg pain, facial numbness, aches, pains, etc.
So bad her mom moved in with her.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
singermom9 11/20/2022 12:59:23 PM (No. 1338542)
THIS IS A LIE. I was unable to get a prescription and when I did my pharmacy would not fill it. ALSO MANY hospitalized who wanted to take it were told NO it was NOT part of their protocol.
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Those of us with enough savvy to go around the CDC and FDA got our Ivermectin (which would have been a lot cheaper if our doctors had not been threatened with their medical license for writing a script for it).
But they purposely killed thousand of people in hospitals with their anti-ivermectin covid protocols.
My cousin had to sneak ivermectin into the hospital to her husband. His hospitalist doctor was furious that they refused remdesivir and a vent. He survived even though the hospitalist had little hope to offer.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
singermom9 11/20/2022 1:05:12 PM (No. 1338547)
Remember all the celebs that told us it was HORSE PASTE?
Here is an article from Dec 2021FTA, "The FDA has not authorized or approved ivermectin for use in preventing or treating COVID-19 in humans or animals. Ivermectin is approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.". https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
tootall 11/20/2022 1:08:01 PM (No. 1338548)
In Ohio (Mike DeWine), same experience as #2. I wanted it on hand just in case. Fired my GP and a Holistic Doc wrote me a script which I had a very hard time getting filled. And my prescription plan on Medicare wouldn't pay for it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 11/20/2022 1:09:22 PM (No. 1338552)
The FDA is covering it's backside. There's going to be a lot of this going around.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
seamusm 11/20/2022 1:14:38 PM (No. 1338559)
Actually, I DID get ivermectin at the feed store when because of the FDA it was damn near impossible to get at the pharmacy. But it is disingenuous for the FDA to claim its 'advice' didn't HAVE to be followed when its 'opinion' carries legal weight on most every matter and most states enforced the FDA's advice as gospel truth.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 11/20/2022 1:27:57 PM (No. 1338569)
Do they not realize the we were all there? We lived all of this. Governors BANNED doctors who prescribed it and shut down pharmacies that filled prescriptions.
Are ANY of these people grownups? ALL of the Biden Administration and related agencies are just like teenagers who can't keep their stories straight. "I never said that, I didn't do that, up is down, down is up" and when questioned they have no problem lying to your face hoping that you"re so "old" you won't remember you were around when it happened.
Actually, I am being harsh on teens. A 14 year old is a kid. These people should know better.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/20/2022 1:29:27 PM (No. 1338571)
My reliable medical source told me that if I needed it, ''they'' would find a way. So there. He, like me, didn't believe in the FDA or the CDC either.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rich323 11/20/2022 1:47:07 PM (No. 1338578)
Abolish the FDA as they lied about Covid and probably lied about childhood vaccines causing Autism, all in the name of personal profit because they personally hold the patents on everything big Pharma. I wouldn’t trust these bastards about anything. We need to let the state Surgeon Generals determine good and bad, just like my courageous Florida SG who has thrown the BS flag on Covid, the Vaccines and useless masks!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 11/20/2022 1:57:09 PM (No. 1338582)
That's a lie
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 11/20/2022 1:59:56 PM (No. 1338584)
I expected to see the name George Orwell on the FDA's legal team.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
janjan 11/20/2022 2:01:16 PM (No. 1338586)
Doctors were threatened with their licenses if they prescribed it. The lame FDA cover-up is pure BS.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 11/20/2022 2:03:07 PM (No. 1338588)
I want these doctors to HANG!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Quigley 11/20/2022 2:07:36 PM (No. 1338601)
Just a recommendation if you didn’t want to be jailed, have your pension canceled and be branded a racist. The FDA recommends against all those things. They’re filled with love for us.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Knotwyrkin 11/20/2022 2:14:05 PM (No. 1338604)
Yeah, that, and cancelling the medical license of any physician that dared to prescribe Ivermectin
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
jasmine 11/20/2022 2:20:38 PM (No. 1338612)
Well of course the FDA
"...did not say that doctors may not prescribe ivermectin..."
What the FDA and other state and federal agencies said was that Ivermectin was an "unapproved drug" for the treatment of COVID.
States like Michigan threatened doctors and pharmacists with losing their professional licenses if they dared prescribe or fill prescriptions for drugs like Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID.
The part they left out was that these well studied drugs are cheap, and have a long history of safe use in humans. People could take pills at home for a few days and the virus was cleared from their systems.
Another barrier to treatment came from states made being hospitalized with COVID a requirement for getting the drugs. Which meant only the sickest patients qualified for treatment, and were most likely to receive that treatment too late to reverse the effects of the virus. It's not surprising that government attorneys are trying to walk back intentionally misleading statements surrounding drugs doctors reported early on, from their own experience, were effective in clearing the virus. Thousands of Americans died of COVID before vaccines were available, because government bureaucrats declared there were no "approved" treatments. While warning doctors not to prescribe the drugs for "off label" use.
The victims and their families are entitled to a full investigation, not just of where the virus came from, but of the "genesis" the fear mongering that denied doctors the ability to prescribe drugs they knew were effective, and could have saved their patients.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 11/20/2022 2:29:33 PM (No. 1338620)
Recommendations, mandates, etc are not laws. But they treated them as if they were laws. Doctors were punished and people obeyed and died. No one is being held accountable.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LittleRedHen1 11/20/2022 2:42:50 PM (No. 1338626)
Is the FDA going to "suggest" that the doctors and pharmacists who lost their licenses get them back?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 11/20/2022 2:49:03 PM (No. 1338627)
"They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe ivermectin,” Isaac Belfer, one of the lawyers, told the court during the Nov. 1 hearing in federal court"
And yet many pharmacy chains took that as absolute law and refused to fill ivermectin prescriptions.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
BarryNo 11/20/2022 2:55:40 PM (No. 1338628)
Liars!! People lost their jobs and doctors their licenses for using Ivermectin to treat Covid. That ISN'T a recommendation!!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/20/2022 3:12:35 PM (No. 1338641)
Since When do Federal Agencies concerning Health become Death Cults?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 11/20/2022 3:17:24 PM (No. 1338648)
Gaslighting, the only light that comes from Democrats.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
lakerman1 11/20/2022 3:18:42 PM (No. 1338650)
If anyone took the time to read about the development of Ivermectin, they would have learned that its creator received the Nobel Prize in Medicine, and that Ivermectin is considered to be one of three wonder drugs ever created, the other two being aspirin and penicillin.
You also would have learned how Ivermectin evolved from use as an anti parisite in animals to a prevention/cure for river blindness and elepthantitis (unsure of spelling) both of which are parasitic infections of humans.
You also would have learned how and why Ivermectin conquers viruses like the Kung Flu, if given early on in the course of infection..
Finally, remember the little eyetalian and his smirking and eye rolling henever a course of treatment was mentioned by DJT. Successful treatment was not on the table for the NIH and CDC, because it would have negated the use of the Kung Flu mnra vaccines.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 11/20/2022 3:19:50 PM (No. 1338655)
Most of us can tell the same tale over and over again. After much online searching, found a Canadian pharmacy online to fill ivermectin orders without prescription. VERY costly....had to wait a while to receive....pills came directly from India discreetly packaged. Hallelujah!! Helped multiple family members.....
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 11/20/2022 3:21:17 PM (No. 1338657)
When they meet all the people they murdered with their lies, and they all eventually will, there will be a reckoning. It won't happen here because we no longer live in a just society with a just government.
Forgiveness?
Fork 'em.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
davew 11/20/2022 3:26:55 PM (No. 1338664)
The FDA most likely relied on the limited study of IVM that was reported in the NEJM. That study showed no statistically significant difference in preventing hospitalization or death by using IVM. Unfortunately, the study selected a dose that was substantially below that in the FLCCC protocol and only gave it for 5 days rather the 7 days or until symptoms subsided.
When you are directing a war you are only as good as your intelligence and the experience of your generals. The FDA relied on their immediate collegues and did not bring in a broad enough team of front line, practising physicians to inform their public statements. Some of this was political as well which did not help.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
DVC 11/20/2022 3:47:01 PM (No. 1338672)
We got a good supply from the feed store here in Colorado, while visiting our vacation cabin. And after a few months of talking to friends found a physician who prescribed ivermectin, antibiotics and several other things that she thought would be smart to have on hand. She's a lung specialist, and we got several different things to treat lung problems, just in case.
So far, no need for any of it, neither my wife or I have gotten this virus. We keep our vitamins way up, especially D3 and zinc. IMO, D3 levels is THE single most definitive risk factor for people on this virus, probably any virus.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
hershey 11/20/2022 4:07:26 PM (No. 1338681)
Back pedaling arseholes. I no longer trust ANY three letter Federal Agency...none! We need Trump more than ever to clean out the horse droppings in the Government...if that is even possible...
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
snapper451 11/20/2022 4:17:22 PM (No. 1338686)
Federal agents showed up at physicians offices who had prescribed ivermectin and or hydroxychloroquine. I know this from experience because my wife take HCQ for an autoimmune disorder, and has for 20+ years. Her dermatologist asked if her pharmacy had harassed her because federal agents came to her office and harassed her.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
crashnburn 11/20/2022 4:52:35 PM (No. 1338702)
It cost me a pretty penny to get a prescription for HCQ and Ivermectin, but I found a doctor who wrote the script, and the pharmacy that filled it through FLCC. The only hiccup was MasterCard wouldn't accept the charge Visa had no issues.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
volksford 11/20/2022 4:53:32 PM (No. 1338706)
Yes ladies and gentlemen your lyin' ass government bureaucracy in defense mode
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
leonardo 11/20/2022 5:32:08 PM (No. 1338734)
INSTEAD the government used BIg Tech censorship, threats by states to remove doctors’ licenses-to-practice, and indoctrination of the public to demonize those unwilling to submit. This “walk back” is merely a form of gaslighting.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
kono 11/20/2022 5:32:42 PM (No. 1338735)
CDC and FDC became as estranged from truth and justice during the COVID hysteria as the FBI and DOJ did during the operations to nuke Trump's campaign. So desperate was their attempt to peddle their lies that they seemed to drop any effort to conceal the duplicity.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
billa57 11/20/2022 5:36:30 PM (No. 1338737)
They were threatening to take away Dr.s licenses because of your condemnation of Ivermectin. Many have died because of your politicization of the the Medical community. We have to start holding our public health officials responsible for what they recommend.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
IowaDad 11/20/2022 5:43:13 PM (No. 1338741)
And it was a pretty good recommendation too! Ivermectin just simply does not work for Covid, it is cheap and safe, but by any measure pretty useless.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
hisself 11/20/2022 5:57:03 PM (No. 1338747)
I see dr. Fauxi snuck in here (#36). Yes, fool, it does work to prevent Covid.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
paral04 11/20/2022 6:02:35 PM (No. 1338752)
The government really does think we are all idiots or so mentally inadequate that we can't remember them canceling anyone who said it would work and punishing doctors if thte prescribed it. The FDA, CDC and their merry band are criminals.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/20/2022 6:17:36 PM (No. 1338758)
Does Fauci hang out here?
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
edgar 11/20/2022 8:38:30 PM (No. 1338841)
They failed to provide any direction once states began to interpret what was "recommended" by outlawing its use. Give us a break.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
curious1 11/20/2022 9:05:05 PM (No. 1338851)
Point 1, ivermectin should be administered at early onset with zinc, d3 and an antibiotic, as Dr. Zelenski and the FLCCC doctors said many times.
Point 2, An EUA, per federal law, can only be authorized if there isn't a workable alternative. HCQ and Ivermectin being workable alternatives would put a kink in the money hose from which these rats and big pharma were sucking billions.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/20/2022 9:25:24 PM (No. 1338859)
How many did Faucci and the FDA kill by refusing to admit Ivermectin worked.
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Horse Hockey. The FDA is a party to this disaster. I am enjoying watching all the government liars trying to backpedal their way out of this mess.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
hope27 11/20/2022 11:06:14 PM (No. 1338896)
The majority of people do not believe anything the government and/or a government agency says. We have learned to go around whatever they say, do the opposite, whatever they "ban" we research, and find our own resources. They will never regain any trust.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Nimby 11/20/2022 11:21:05 PM (No. 1338907)
A recommendation?? Don’t believe this cr@p. Drag that arsewipe Fauci to state that on National TV
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
NotaBene 11/21/2022 1:22:29 AM (No. 1338932)
Finally I got the Chinavirus this August. Took 2 pills off Hydroxychloroquine AND 1.3 cm (half an inch, 0.85 g for a 180 pound person) ivermectin horse paste for five consecutive days. Two days in bed and then good as new. After learning from president Trump, my champion, wife and I took prophylactic Hydroxychloroquine, 1 pill per week for over a year. We then moved on to veterinary Ivermectin paste 1.3 cm sandwiched in Wonderbread every two weeks. Three Moderna injections, Vit D3, Zn, plus all that prophylaxis and still got the pest. The vaccines do not work! They will kill your children, and hairy legged soccer players from Sudden Adult Death (SAD) syndrome. The NIH has blood in its hands.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
NotaBene 11/21/2022 1:27:59 AM (No. 1338933)
This article should be a must-read. We cannot just forgive and forget. The US was the Nation with the highest incidence of death per capita in the entire world. Bar none. The NIH, CDC, FDA, WHO, China and Pharma must be punished.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Trigger2 11/21/2022 3:45:06 AM (No. 1338957)
The FDA is obviously riddled with packs of liars.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 11/21/2022 6:41:38 AM (No. 1338989)
Liars, I remember your demonization.
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Hubby and I caught Covid while visiting in a hospital. We pulled through with good old pain killers and DayQuil. I swear if we get it again I’ll go to the feed store and get some horse paste if need be and do the weight to dosage ratio to help us get over it. But Covid was funny, it hit everyone differently. Everyone in the family who got it had varying degrees of symptoms and we all pulled out within a week. Except my youngest son who got Covid pneumonia and spent a week in the hospital. Strange stuff. I still have suspicions about that disease germ and I don’t think there’s anything natural about it.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
broken01 11/21/2022 7:59:47 AM (No. 1339030)
Just a recommendation? That is pure dog squeeze. Because if it were the FDA along with the CDC wouldn't have:
Discredited and outright threaten doctors if they dared prescribe ivermectin.
Went along with the disinformation campaign calling any AMERICAN who wanted to take it a user of horse medicine.
Went all in with the use of the COVID so called vaccines and boosters which are now causing health problems like myocarditis, thrombosis, etc.
This is nothing but the FDA in CYA mode and pathetically it is what we've come to expect from our government agencies.
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Comments:
States picked up the FDC's “conversational recommendation” and ran with it. Doctors would not prescribe. Pharmacies would not provide.