A panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-accuse-fda-of-unlawfully-blocking-their-ability-to-treat-covid-19-patients-with-ivermectin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit from several doctors</a> challenging the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food and Drug Administration</a> over its messaging on ivermectin can move forward after a federal judge had blocked the suit. 
The doctors sued the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA, claiming their medical practices were harmed due to the FDA telling people not to take ivermectin, which some doctors have said could be used as a possible COVID treatment. HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf are also named in the suit. 
“FDA is not a physician. It has authority to inform, announce, and apprise — but not to endorse, denounce, or advise,” Judge Don Willett <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fifth-circuit-ivermectin-order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. “The Doctors have plausibly alleged that FDA’s Posts fell on the wrong side of the line between telling about and telling to.”
The ruling referenced an FDA post to X that instructed people not to take ivermectin because “you are not a horse.” The FDA has approved ivermectin to treat certain infections, but it has urged the public not to use it to treat COVID. 
“The messaging traveled widely across legacy and online media. Left unmentioned in most of that messaging: ivermectin also comes in a human version. And while the human version is not FDA-approved to treat the coronavirus, some people were using it off-label for that purpose,” the ruling said. 
According to the ruling, the doctors each prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID and said the FDA’s messaging interfered with their medical practice. The doctors allege that the FDA’s actions on ivermectin violate the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which governs how administrative agencies operate. 
“As such, the Doctors can use the APA to assert their ultra vires claims against the Agencies and the Officials,&#8221; the ruling said. &#8220;Even tweet-sized doses of personalized medical advice are beyond the FDA’s statutory authority.&#8221;
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“This case has broad implications for protecting the practice of medicine from unlawful interference by the FDA,” <a href="https://boydengray.com/boyden-gray-pllc-federal-appeals-court-decision-takes-major-step-toward-holding-fda-accountable-for-overstepping-authority-and-unlawfully-interfering-with-practice-of-medicine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Jared Kelson, counsel at Boyden Gray PLLC, the firm that represented the doctors. “It’s about ensuring that federal agencies act only within their statutory authority. The FDA crossed a bright line here.”
Mary Talley Bowden, one of the doctors challenging the FDA, celebrated the ruling with a post to X.
“A small win, or at least a step forward, in a monumental battle to protect the doctor-patient relationship from government tyranny. ONWARD!” she <a href="https://twitter.com/mdbreathe/status/1697819048686559523?s=61&amp;t=AmzjiawkPU-YZpTc7gahMw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
Bowden was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-texas-media-health-e1f97db1cda6335aff1523ebaf389bf7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> from Houston Methodist Hospital after she vocally opposed vaccine mandates and advocated using ivermectin to treat COVID. The hospital said her statements and actions were “harmful to the community.”
“Dr. Mary Bowden, who recently joined the medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital, is using her social media accounts to express her personal and political opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine and treatments,” the hospital said.

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‘Not A Physician’: Federal Judges Say Doctors Can Continue Suit Against FDA Over Ivermectin

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A group of doctors has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration claiming it unlawfully attempted to block the use of ivermectin in treating COVID-19.
It names the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Food and Drug Administration, and FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf as defendants.
In the filing, plaintiffs Mary Talley Bowden, Paul E. Marik, and Robert L. Apter <a href="https://boydengrayassociates.com/complaint-in-apter-v-hhs-no-322-cv-184-s-d-tx-june-2-2022-2/">argued </a>that by publicly ordering health professionals and patients to avoid ivermectin, the FDA both acted outside of its authority and inhibited the doctors&#8217; ability to practice medicine.
Though the FDA has approved ivermectin to treat certain infections, the department has urged the public not to use the drug to treat COVID-19. Neither HHS nor the FDA  immediately responded requests for comment for this story.
&#8220;Attempts by the FDA to influence or intervene in the doctor-patient relationship amount to interference with the practice of medicine, the regulation of which is—and always has been—reserved to states,&#8221; the lawsuit said. &#8220;The FDA breached this critical boundary between federal and state authority by directing the public, including health professionals and patients, not to use ivermectin to treat COVID-19, even though the drug remains fully approved for human use.&#8221;
The filing emphasizes that the case is not about the efficacy of ivermectin in treating COVID-19: rather, it said, &#8220;it&#8217;s about who determines the appropriate treatment for each unique patient and whether the FDA can interfere with that process.&#8221;
“Since the pandemic began, I have had one mission &#8211; help my patients,&#8221; Bowden said following the filing. &#8220;I provided access to testing when testing was hard to find. I provided treatment when other doctors told my patients to stay home. I have kept over 3,900 patients out of the hospital, but it hasn&#8217;t been easy.&#8221;
Bowden was &#8220;derided by Houston Methodist Hospital and forced to resign her privileges there as a result&#8221; of her ivermectin recommendations for treating COVID-19, the lawsuit said, stating that Bowden treated over 3,900 patients for COVID-19 &#8220;with a success rate over 99.97%.&#8221;
&#8220;Sadly, fighting the system has been a much bigger challenge than fighting the disease,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Despite my excellent track record treating COVID patients, the FDA&#8217;s smear campaign against ivermectin continues to be a daily hurdle to overcome. I am fighting back &#8211; the public needs to understand what the FDA has done is illegal, and I hope this suit will prevent &#8216;them from continuing to interfere in the doctor-patient relationship.”
The lawsuit cites a slew of FDA warnings not to use ivermectin, including an August 2021 tweet saying, &#8220;You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y&#8217;all. Stop it.&#8221;
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&#8220;This is not the first pandemic our country has faced, nor will it be the last,&#8221; the lawsuit said. &#8220;And COVID-19 isn’t going away. If the FDA is not limited to its statutory lane, its unlawful actions will no doubt persist and repeat themselves.&#8221;
&#8220;Moreover,&#8221; the filing continues, &#8220;if the FDA is allowed to interfere with the practice of medicine now under cover of a pandemic, this interference will metastasize to other circumstances, destroying the carefully constructed statutory wall between federal and state regulatory powers, and between the FDA and the professional judgment of health professionals.&#8221;
Dr. Apter, who is licensed to practice medicine in Arizona and Washington and is a certified Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine according to the doctor&#8217;s law firm, argued in a statement following the filing that &#8220;many thousands more deaths and serious disabilities will be averted&#8221; if doctors are freed to &#8220;treat patients according to their best judgment and unprejudiced evaluation of the medical literature.&#8221;
“Pronouncements from the FDA against the use of ivermectin have been the basis for disciplinary actions against doctors, interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, and have had a severe chilling effect on the use of life-saving medication for a deadly disease,&#8221; he added.
According to the lawsuit, Apter was referred to the Washington Medical Commission and Arizona Medical Board for disciplinary proceedings after he prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
&#8220;The referrals include copies of the FDA’s publications directing against the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19,&#8221; the lawsuit said. &#8220;He explains that state regulatory boards rely heavily on pronouncements from the FDA.&#8221;
Apter had completed over 6,000 coronavirus patient consultations through MyFreeDoctor.com with a patient survival rate of more than 99.98%, according to the filing, which notes that &#8220;he has frequently prescribed ivermectin to these patients, finding the treatment effective.&#8221;
The filing describes how Dr. Marik, a highly distinguished critical care specialist who has practiced for decades, developed a protocol for Eastern Virginia Medical School for treating COVIVD-19 called the EVMS COVID-19 Management Protocol. After &#8220;Marik and others observed that the drug was effective to treat COVID-19&#8221;, they added it to the EVMS COVID-19 Management Protocol.
But EVMS directed Marik to remove the protocol from servers and refrain from speaking publicly about ivermectin &#8220;following the FDA’s August 21, 2021 tweet deriding the drug as animal medication and directing against its use to treat COVID-19,&#8221; the lawsuit claimed.
&#8220;The FDA’s actions harmed Dr. Marik’s ability to practice medicine,&#8221; the filing continued. &#8220;He was forced to resign from his positions at EVMS and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for promoting the use of ivermectin—as well as other safe, cheap, and effective off-label FDA- approved drugs—to treat COVID-19 following the F DA’s attempts to stop use of those drugs for that purpose.&#8221;
Marik said that the FDA&#8217;s public statements on the drug have been &#8220;misleading&#8221; and have raised &#8220;unwarranted concern.&#8221;
“The agency felt compelled to use language to discourage any discourse and interest in using ivermectin as a front-line treatment of COVID-19,” he said. “To do this is to ignore both statutory limits on the FDA’s authority and the significant body of scientific evidence from peer-reviewed research, over 60 medical trials, and results from ivermectin’s use in medical settings worldwide, showing the safe and effective use of the drug in fighting COVID-19.”
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Doctors Accuse FDA Of Unlawfully Blocking Their Ability To Treat COVID-19 Patients With Ivermectin

Lawsuit Warns FDA's Restriction Of Ivermectin Creates Dangerous Precedent 

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Japanese trading and pharmaceuticals company Kowa announced that Ivermectin has shown an &#8220;antiviral effect&#8221; against COVID-19 in joint non-clinical research.
&#8220;The company, which <a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8" href="https://rctportal.niph.go.jp/en/detail?trial_id=jRCT2031200120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been working with Tokyo&#8217;s Kitasato University</a> on testing the drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19, did not provide further details,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japans-kowa-says-ivermectin-effective-against-omicron-phase-iii-trial-2022-01-31/">reported</a> Monday.
&#8220;The use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 is currently being investigated in a UK trial run by the University of Oxford,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;The researchers said on Monday that it was still under way and they did not want to comment further until they have results to report.&#8221;
Notably, the drug has been denied in some instances to dying Americans. In one such case, reported on by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-man-dies-from-covid-19-after-hospital-rejects-court-order-for-ivermectin?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Hmm3ReOia7gQYj_CDCX1JMC3ebnEZ61oONG9T_qQ_PEa0LTLxPIlvgmo">The Daily Wire</a> in October, a 75-year-old New York man died after a hospital refused to give him ivermectin in a last-ditch effort to save his life, despite an order from a judge:
<blockquote>Although Jeremy L. Carter was vaccinated against COVID-19, he still caught the virus at the end of August, [News10NBC’s <a href="https://www.whec.com/coronavirus/news10nbc-investigates-families-suing-local-hospitals-to-administer-ivermectin-to-dying-covid-patients/6261160/">Jennifer Lewke</a>] detailed. He became sick enough to be hospitalized at Rochester General Hospital and continued to deteriorate to the point where he was placed on a ventilator.
After consulting with Carter’s primary care doctor, Carter and his daughter Jill Alvarado wanted to try Ivermectin. Although the drug is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat COVID-19, and the FDA has explicitly warned against using it, some doctors have prescribed Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients.
However, the hospital refused to administer the drug to Carter, even though the family said they would gladly sign away any right to file a malpractice lawsuit.
This forced Alvarado to sue Rochester Regional Health, where Rochester General Hospital falls — and she was successful. Finally, a judge sided with the family and ordered the hospital to administer the care.
Still, though, Rochester General Hospital refused. Rochester Regional Health filed an appeal on Saturday, and a hearing was scheduled for Monday, Lewke’s report said.
Carter died the day the appeal was filed. </blockquote>
The news from Kowa comes in contrast to the drumbeat of legacy media discrediting ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. In August, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/24/how-rights-ivermectin-conspiracy-theories-led-people-buying-horse-dewormer/">ran</a> with the headline: &#8220;How those ivermectin conspiracy theories convinced people to buy horse dewormer.&#8221; Notably, cable news like CNN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/horses-cnn-contributor-sides-with-rogan-over-own-network-on-ivermectin-claims">mocked</a> hugely popular podcast host Joe Rogan for taking the drug, again conflating it with &#8220;horse dewormer.&#8221; As highlighted by The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-ivermectin-overdoses-didnt-overwhelm-oklahoma-hospitals-and-force-gunshot-victims-to-wait">Ashe Schow</a>, media figures last year ran with a false report about &#8220;Ivermectin overdoses&#8221; overwhelming Oklahoma hospitals, forcing gunshot victims to wait for beds.
The Food and Drug Administrations addressed the drug in the summer, too, telling Americans sarcastically, &#8220;You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y&#8217;all. Stop it.&#8221;
&#8220;Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19,&#8221; the FDA <a href="https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19">post</a> said. &#8220;<a href="https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=COVID-19&amp;term=ivermectin&amp;cntry=&amp;state=&amp;city=&amp;dist=&amp;Search=Search">Clinical trials</a> assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.&#8221;
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-ivermectin-overdoses-didnt-overwhelm-oklahoma-hospitals-and-force-gunshot-victims-to-wait">No, Ivermectin Overdoses Didn’t Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals And Force Gunshot Victims To Wait</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/horses-cnn-contributor-sides-with-rogan-over-own-network-on-ivermectin-claims">‘Horses***’: CNN Contributor Sides With Rogan Over Own Network On Ivermectin Claims</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-doubles-down-on-joe-rogan-horse-dewormer-claim-gets-slammed-lying-encouraged-at-cnn">Don Lemon Doubles Down On Joe Rogan ‘Horse Dewormer’ Claim, Gets Slammed: Lying ‘Encouraged’ At CNN</a>

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Chris Davies and his father Donald have been fighting for their mother and wife Kathy Davies&#8217; right to try the drug Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment at Fauquier Health hospital in Warrenton, Virginia, for the past few weeks. But the hospital — where Chris happens to work as a radiologic technologist — had put his mother through a series of legal hoops seemingly designed to block the treatment from being given to her.
On Monday, December 13, Virginia&#8217;s 20th Judicial Court found Fauquier Health in contempt of court after refusing to comply with previous orders and ruled that by 9:00 p.m. Eastern time tonight, Kathy Davies must be given the dose of Ivermectin as prescribed by a doctor retained by the Davies family. Additionally — if the hospital did not comply — the state had the right to fine the hospital $10,000 per day. That order would have been applied retroactively from December 9 onwards. The court also ordered that the Davies family be given police escort if necessary to administer the drug to their mother.
But, the court also said that the hospital had an opportunity to purge the contempt charge by complying with the order. The hospital is reportedly now opting to comply with that order after a week of arguing why they could not allow the drug to be given to Kathy Davies as the family requested.
In a statement Wednesday, December 15, Fauquier Health said the outside physician procured by the family did not have privileges to practice at the hospital, and that they couldn&#8217;t allow a physician not on their staff to administer medication. &#8220;Doing so would violate standard hospital practice and Virginia law,&#8221; said the hospital.
The hospital also said they believed they &#8220;navigated&#8221; the complexities of the situation &#8220;as swiftly as possible and have remained in compliance with standard hospital practice, including federal and state regulations, throughout this matter.&#8221; They also said they &#8220;proactively took steps above and beyond&#8221; the family&#8217;s and the court&#8217;s requests.
The Davies&#8217; story offers hope for legal respite for many families who have found themselves in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-man-dies-from-covid-19-after-hospital-rejects-court-order-for-ivermectin">similar situations</a> while trying to battle a medical establishment arguably opposed to any treatment not supported by the FDA to fight COVID-19.
The Davies&#8217; saga started in October when Chris Davies&#8217; mother was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19. She was placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit (ICU) on November 3. Donald was to serve as her medical proxy — and after consultation with Chris and his siblings — wanted doctors to give Kathy Ivermectin in hopes of finding success against COVID-19.
The doctors and hospital refused that request and were adamant they would not administer the drug despite the family&#8217;s wishes. On December 3, the Davies family notified Fauquier Health that they were hiring attorneys on Kathy&#8217;s behalf and filing a lawsuit.
&#8220;Pray we get a compassionate judge and that litigation goes smoothly,&#8221; Chris emailed friends supporting his mother on December 5. &#8220;We just want the right to try Ivermectin!&#8221;
&#8220;Let us pray we can get it to her and it will help her out of this long-suffering!!&#8221; he added. &#8220;Thanks all and God Bless!!!&#8221;
On Monday, December 6, according to a court document obtained by The Daily Wire, the court had ruled that Kathy had the right under Virginia law to try Ivermectin or any other order and prescription provided by Dr. Martha Maturi — the doctor retained by the Davies family who had prescribed Ivermectin — regardless of her employment with the hospital.
But, when Chris and a registered nurse went to administer the drug on the night of December 7 on the orders of Maturi, &#8220;hospital administration barred [him and the nurse] from entering the ICU with the Ivermectin.&#8221;
According to Chris, the hospital&#8217;s &#8220;COO Kevin Sales and CNO Christine Hart Kress stopped [them] with [the] original court order.&#8221;
While Chris had the Ivermectin in hand, he says that Kress &#8220;threatened to report the nurse to the medical board to revoke her license&#8221; because &#8220;she was not an employee of the hospital.&#8221;
The hospital told Chris they had filed for another emergency hearing to be held on December 8.
On December 9, Judge James P. Fisher of the 20th Judicial Court of Virginia ruled — according to another document obtained by The Daily Wire — that Maturi had the right to give Chris&#8217;s mom Ivermectin under Virginia law, stating that &#8220;this court finds it unnecessary to descend into an analysis of the merits of Ivermectin as a treatment protocol&#8221; and that the hospital must make a &#8220;reasonable effort&#8221; to transfer care to Maturi.
The order continued, noting that the hospital&#8217;s arguments against admitting Maturi into the hospital were not sufficient.
Davies attorney Ralph Lorigo argued that &#8220;all reasonable effort&#8221; regarding Ivermectin meant three things: 1. Prescription of medicine, 2. Administration of medicine, and 3. Taking any calls relating to Ivermectin and the patient.
Hospital attorneys reportedly agreed to grant Maturi admitting privileges under those conditions.
But on Friday, Maturi spent hours answering questions about malpractice insurance, references, and other forms that the hospital said were necessary before allowing to see the patient. The hospital waited until 3:30 pm on Friday, December 10, to let Davies&#8217; attorneys know that they were not going to admit Maturi into the hospital despite the court order.
Davies attorneys discussed the matter with the hospital attorneys on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as to why Maturi could not receive privileges. The hospital said that if Maturi were to administer Ivermectin, she would have to take complete control over the patient. They essentially said that no doctor or nurse employed by the hospital would assist in taking care of the patient.
This made no sense to Davies&#8217; attorneys or family for a variety of reasons, chief among them that one doctor is never in charge of the patient, but rather a team of doctors, specialists, and nurses care for the patient.
This was yet another three days that Chris&#8217;s mother would not receive the drug. Since the hospital had denied the Davies family the right to give Ivermectin to Kathy on Friday afternoon, an emergency hearing would have to wait until Monday morning.
In response, Davies&#8217;s attorneys argued in court on Monday that the hospital had been unreasonable in their efforts to care for the patient, Kathy Davies, and should be held in contempt of court.
Judge Fisher agreed and ruled on Monday that the hospital could appeal the order, comply, or face the 10k per day fines.
Lorigo said that after several hours of trying to ask for &#8220;clarification&#8221; on the matter, Fauquier Health finally complied with the ruling. Hospital administrators even let Chris and his father know that they found a registered nurse who could assist Dr. Maturi deliver the Ivermectin.
As of press time, Chris and Maturi were traveling to Fauquier Health with Ivermectin in hand to finally deliver it to his mother in hopes of helping her defeat COVID-19.
This article has been updated to include comment from Fauquier Health. Full statement below: 
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Fauquier Health’s top priority is to provide safe, high-quality care to the patients we serve, which includes the protection of their privacy. 
We would like to correct the misinformation regarding the family who disagreed with the clinical course of treatment recommended by our physicians for their family member. As outlined in the court documents, a patient’s family filed a petition seeking to compel our hospital to administer medication prescribed by an outside physician. This physician had no privileges to practice medicine at our hospital.  
Like other hospitals, Fauquier Health is unable to administer medications to our patients without a valid order from a physician on our medical staff. Doing so would violate standard hospital practice and  Virginia law. That said, our team has worked around the clock to cooperate with the patient’s family and the Court to identify potential viable solutions, including to make a reasonable attempt to transfer the  patient’s care to their preferred physician, which has since happened.  
Hospitals are bound by rules and regulations that govern how we operate to ensure that we administer care safely to our patients. From a legal and regulatory standpoint, we must always follow the appropriate steps to credential and privilege physicians to practice medicine at our facilities – this is to protect patients and ensure the consistent delivery of quality care. 
Despite what has been shared online, we believe that we have navigated these complexities as swiftly as possible and have remained in compliance with standard hospital practice, including federal and state regulations, throughout this matter. In fact, we proactively took steps above and beyond the family’s requests, the suggestions of their legal counsel, and the court’s order to make the desired accommodations. 
Because of our responsiveness throughout this time, the court has purged the previous Contempt Order.
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Virginia Hospital Found In Contempt Of Court, Subject To $10k Per Day Fines After Denying Patient Ivermectin

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Dr. Paul Marik, a doctor at the center of a Virginia lawsuit against a health care employer that banned the use of certain kinds of medicine to fight COVID-19, told The Daily Wire in an interview Tuesday that his case is fundamentally about the ability of medical physicians to care for their patients as they see fit based on their expertise. In other words, it&#8217;s about &#8220;letting doctors be doctors.&#8221;
Dr. Marik practices at Sentara Norfolk General, in Norfolk, VA. He is is a <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">founding member</a> of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Alliance. He is also the chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Marik is one of the leading experts on the &#8220;MATH+ method&#8221; for treating patients with COVID-19. But, Sentara Healthcare recently banned doctors&#8217; ability to prescribe medicines required for use in MATH+.
Marik feels that decision violates the patients&#8217; rights to explore these methods and the doctors&#8217; rights to prescribe such a procedure.
As reported by <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/95725">MedPageToday.com</a>, Marik <a href="https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Dr.-P.-Marik-v.-Sentara-Healthcare.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a complaint</a> against Sentara Healthcare in Virginia on November 9 over its ban of certain treatments for COVID-19.
Marik told The Daily Wire that he felt a memo that Sentara Healthcare sent to its entire healthcare system was personally targeting him by stating that Sentara was only allowing Remdesivir to be prescribed for COVID-19 treatment and that other &#8220;alternative&#8221; medicines — such as Fluvoxamine — were now banned.
Marik has prescribed Fluvoxamine to his patients. &#8220;Numerous studies, peer-reviewed in outlets like <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00448-4/fulltext#:~:text=Treatment%20with%20fluvoxamine%20(100%20mg,transfer%20to%20a%20tertiary%20hospital.">The Lancet</a> and <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2773108">JAMA</a> , show that FDA repurposed drugs such as Fluvoxamine are beneficial to patients with COVID,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire.
Marik has been using inexpensive, generic drugs to help treat COVID-19 when he sees it as appropriate.
Despite his employer&#8217;s ban, Marik insists this is a safe practice and within his right as a physician to give FDA-approved drugs to his patients if necessary to help them heal.
&#8220;The FDA allows doctors to prescribe approved off-label, cheap drugs for patients as they see fit. Prior to COVID, this was common practice. With COVID, all these standards have gone out the window,&#8221; Marik told The Daily Wire.
The <a href="https://www.fda.gov/patients/learn-about-expanded-access-and-other-treatment-options/understanding-unapproved-use-approved-drugs-label">FDA&#8217;s website</a> states the following about approved off-label drugs for unapproved purposes:
<blockquote>&#8220;From the FDA perspective, once the FDA approves a drug, healthcare providers generally may prescribe the drug for an unapproved use when they judge that it is medically appropriate for their patient.&#8221;</blockquote>
Critics have asserted that Marik has been prescribing Ivermectin, which he says is not true.
&#8220;I never was allowed to prescribe Ivermectin in the first place, so how could it be about Ivermectin?&#8221; he posited in response to those who say Ivermectin does not work and should be banned. &#8220;This is about doctors being allowed to make decisions based on their conscience and medical training.&#8221;
Marik sought the court&#8217;s intervention to allow him to continue practicing medicine as he sees fit. Despite the court not granting Marik an injunction against his employer,  Marik remains hopeful that some good will come from the case.
&#8220;[The Judge] was not a medical doctor and was totally confused,&#8221; Marik asserted.  &#8220;We didn&#8217;t get the injunction, but we have other avenues. Hopefully, this has generated public awareness to foster change.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to let doctors be doctors. They&#8217;re the ones caring for patients and taking on the responsibility. They&#8217;re the ones who can be sued. Doctors should be able to decide for themselves the best treatment,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Now, we have the Federal government and hospitals trying to tell doctors how to work,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This is an aberration of the Hippocratic principle of medicine and takes decision making away from the individual and the doctors.&#8221;
Sentara defended their actions in the following statement, according to <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/95725">MedPageToday.com</a>:
<blockquote>&#8220;Sentara generates treatment guidelines by engaging multi-disciplinary groups of clinicians to review literature, care standards and provide expert advice,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;In most situations, physicians are able to deviate from guidelines to individualize care for patients. However, in some scenarios, treatments that may potentially harm patients or that are widely considered to be outside the standard of care may be limited.&#8221;</blockquote>
Still, Marik told local media that in his judgment as a medical doctor the data showed his protocol was &#8220;saving lives.&#8221;
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A doctor based in Houston, Texas, has had her privileges suspended based on what hospital officials are calling the spread of “dangerous misinformation”online regarding COVID-19.
Mary Bowden, who is an ear, nose and throat doctor at Houston Methodist Hospital, shared opinions on social media on the subject of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and COVID-19 treatments. According to a hospital spokesperson who spoke with <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/15/houston-doctor-suspended-hospital-misinformation-covid/">The Washington Post</a>, “Bowden, who recently joined the hospital’s medical staff, has been suspended for ‘spreading dangerous misinformation’ and sharing ‘harmful’ personal and political opinions about the coronavirus vaccine and treatments.” 
“The physician’s privileges at Houston Methodist have been suspended,” Patti Muck said in an email, adding that the hospital granted Bowden privileges within the last year.
According to The Post, Bowden’s attorney, Steve Mitby, said his client has treated more than 2,000 COVID-19 patients and is “not anti-vaccine.”
“Like many Americans, Dr. Bowden believes that people should have a choice and believes that all people, regardless of vaccine status, should have access to the same high quality health care,” Mitby said.
As The Post notes, “Earlier this year, more than 150 health-care workers with the Houston Methodist resigned or were terminated for not complying with its vaccine mandate. The Houston-based hospital system said Bowden, who is vaccinated against the coronavirus, has never admitted a patient at the medical center, which has treated more than 25,000 covid patients. The hospital was one of the country’s first to require proof of vaccination.&#8221;
“The Houston doctor is the latest medical professional suspended for promoting coronavirus misinformation and the consumption of ivermectin, an unproven treatment the Food and Drug Administration has said can be “dangerous” and potentially fatal,&#8221; the Post noted. 
The tweets referenced by media reports include “Ivermectin might not be as deadly as everyone said it was,” which Bowden <a href="https://twitter.com/MdBreathe/status/1458421807690784773?s=20">tweeted </a>on Nov. 10. “Speak up!”
Bowden also <a href="https://twitter.com/MdBreathe/status/1457726192434429954?s=20%5C">tweeted</a> that “Vaccine mandates are wrong,” alongside an image which read, “What the government is doing to its citizens in the United States is incomprehensible. Thank you for what you do for your patients. God bless you and your staff.”
Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nor the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the use of Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, and the FDA has explicitly said not to use it to treat or prevent COVID-19. 
&#8220;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,&#8221; says the FDA. &#8220;Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.&#8221;
&#8220;Talk to your health care provider about available COVID-19 vaccines and treatment options. Your provider can help determine the best option for you, based on your health history,&#8221; says the FDA.

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A Florida judge, deeming that it was inappropriate for him to be determining the level of dosage of Ivermectin for a critically ill woman, rejected for the second time in three days a petition from the woman’s husband requesting that the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center administer Ivermectin.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge James Nutt requested that Ryan Drock and the hospital try to resolve the dispute themselves, arguing, “The parties are directed to confer and, if possible, agree how this matter can expeditiously proceed to final resolution,” <a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/10/19/covid-ivermectin-palm-beach-gardens-hospital-judge-rejects-request/8522792002/">The Palm Beach Post</a> reported, adding, “If the correct legal papers are ‘squared away,’ Nutt said he would be willing to hold a hearing to explore why Drock, who is in the intensive-care unit tethered to oxygen, might benefit from ivermectin.”
According to the FDA, current data does not show Ivermectin to be effective against COVID-19.
<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-shuts-down-husband-who-demanded-hospital-give-ivermectin-to-covid-infected-wife">The Daily Beast</a> reported:
<blockquote>Though Nutt suggested he would consider a request for a temporary injunction “given the gravity and urgency of the case,” he hinted that it could also be unsuccessful in court. “It is not a right to substitute one’s judgment as to which treatments must [be] made available by others,” said the judge. “There is no right, constitutional or otherwise, of a patient to substitute one’s judgment for a medical professional.”</blockquote>
Nutt said at the hearing last Friday, “So every drug combination cocktail or procedure that is debated as to its efficacy … the hospital is going to be taken to court? It’s problematic where this is going.”
Drock’s attorney Jake Huxtable had said, “This woman is sitting on her deathbed. She flatlined a couple of days ago and they revived her. But the hospital is out of options.”
“Huxtable tried to persuade Nutt to hold the hospital to its previous promise to administer the drug. While an agreement was hashed out, Huxtable said it fell apart when a dispute arose over the dosage Drock would receive,” The Palm Beach Post <a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/10/15/covid-patient-wants-ivermectin-treatment-judge-wary-forcing-hospital/8470299002/">reported</a> on Friday.
Last month, Circuit Judge Bruce Anderson ordered a Jacksonville hospital to administer Ivermectin to a patient, saying that not using it could cause “irreparable harm” to the patient after the patient’s husband requested it, The Palm Beach Post noted.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/report-man-dies-from-covid-19-after-hospital-rejects-court-order-for-ivermectin/">reported</a> on October 6:
<blockquote>A 75-year-old New York man died last weekend after a hospital refused to give him the drug Ivermectin in a last-ditch effort to save his life, despite an order from a judge, an exclusive report from News10NBC&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whec.com/coronavirus/news10nbc-investigates-families-suing-local-hospitals-to-administer-ivermectin-to-dying-covid-patients/6261160/">Jennifer Lewke</a> revealed.
Although Jeremy L. Carter was vaccinated against COVID-19, he still caught the virus at the end of August, Lewke detailed. He became sick enough to be hospitalized at Rochester General Hospital and continued to deteriorate to the point where he was placed on a ventilator.
After consulting with Carter&#8217;s primary care doctor, Carter and his daughter Jill Alvarado wanted to try Ivermectin. Although the drug is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat COVID-19, and the FDA has explicitly warned against using it, some doctors have prescribed Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients.
However, the hospital refused to administer the drug to Carter, even though the family said they would gladly sign away any right to file a malpractice lawsuit.</blockquote>

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CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon doubled down Thursday evening on his network&#8217;s claim that podcast host Joe Rogan took &#8220;horse dewormer.&#8221;
Speaking to CNN medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lemon said, &#8220;It is not a lie to say that [Ivermectin] is used as a horse dewormer. I think that’s important. And it is not approved for COVID.”
“Correct, that is correct and it is not approved for COVID,” Gupta responded, adding, “But you know, there’s still a few ongoing trials around Ivermectin. But if you look at the data, there is no evidence that it really works [against COVID] here.”
As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-grills-cnns-sanjay-gupta-does-it-bother-you-that-your-news-network-lies">The Daily Wire</a> on Thursday, Rogan confronted Gupta over CNN &#8220;lying&#8221; about him with regard to the host taking Ivermectin when he got COVID.
Rogan took the medicine after it was prescribed to him by his doctor, and he recovered from the virus in five days. The host made it a point to emphasize that he did not take &#8220;horse dewormer,&#8221; but a drug that has been used by millions, if not billions of people, though largely to treat internal waterborne parasites.
&#8220;CNN and [Don Lemon] are pathetic,&#8221; journalist Glenn Greenwald responded to Lemon&#8217;s commentary, Thursday. &#8220;There is zero ambiguity they lied about Joe Rogan. They told viewers he took horse dewormer: a 100% lie. He took the human version of ivermectin prescribed by his medical doctor.&#8221;
&#8220;But as I said, lying is not frowned upon at CNN: it&#8217;s encouraged,&#8221; Greenwald added.
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CNN and <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonLemon</a> are pathetic. There is zero ambiguity they lied about Joe Rogan. They told viewers he took horse dewormer: a 100% lie. He took the human version of ivermectin prescribed by his medical doctor.
But as I said, lying is not frowned upon at CNN: it&#39;s encouraged. <a href="https://t.co/XIkYGx8UWX">https://t.co/XIkYGx8UWX</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1448696035916853251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In an op-ed published at CNN, Gupta <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/health/sanjay-gupta-joe-rogan-experience/index.html">rationalized</a> why he appeared on Rogan&#8217;s podcast, apparently feeling the need to do so. The doctor claimed he went on the show to convince Rogan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, though Rogan has already been infected and likely has antibodies.
Ironically, during the interview, Gupta slammed Rogan for being set in his ways and unable to change his mind upon hearing new information and a different perceptive.
&#8220;I guess a small part of me thought I might change Joe Rogan&#8217;s mind about vaccines,&#8221; Gupta wrote. &#8220;After this last exchange, I realized it was probably futile. His mind was made up, and there would always be plenty of misinformation out there neatly packaged to support his convictions. Truth is though, I am still glad I did it. My three-hour-long conversation wasn&#8217;t just with Rogan. If just a few of his listeners were convinced, it will have been well worth it.&#8221;
During the same podcast appearance, Rogan tried to pin down Gupta on the low risk children have from COVID, illustrating why some parents do not wish to vaccinate their kids. At times, though, Gupta stammered through the conversation, seemingly missing the point. Here&#8217;s how some of that exchange went:
<blockquote>“With a breakthrough infection, untreated, you’re probably more vulnerable than the average child, who is not vaccinated, who gets COVID,” Rogan told Gupta. “Like, people have died who are double vaccinated. In fact, there was a guy who just won an Emmy. The odds of that happening to a healthy child are very, very low.”
“Very low,” the doctor agreed.</blockquote>
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“Theoretically, you would be more vulnerable than a young child would be,” the podcast host said, continuing to illustrate his larger point. “You vaccinated would be more vulnerable of a breakthrough infection than a young child would be, statistically speaking, right?”
“Uh, they’re both rare,” Gupta said.
“But you’re not worried about catching it,” Rogan reinforced. “You’re not worried about catching it because you’ve been vaccinated and you think it imparts a certain amount of protection.”
“What I’m saying to you is, I think that ‘not worry’ is the same feeling that a lot of people have about their children,” he continued. “They’re not worried about their healthy children catching it for the same reason you’re not worried about catching it being vaccinated.”
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“That seems reasonable, right?” Rogan pressed.
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<blockquote>Gupta responded, “Well I think — I don’t — I, I, I know the story about this 53-year-old guy…”
After Rogan continued the argument, Gupta curiously asked, “Well, are you suggesting I get boosted?”
“I’m not saying that,” Rogan reiterated. “What I’m saying is, your attitude about not being concerned because you have antibodies, and you think you would get through it even if you had a breakthrough infection, that is the exact same attitude that a lot of young people have where they don’t want to get a shot, because they’re worried about the consequences, even though they’re incredibly small.”</blockquote>
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CNN’s <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonLemon</a>: “It is not a lie to say that [Ivermectin] is used as a horse de-wormer. I think that’s important. And it is not approved for Covid.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/drsanjaygupta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@drsanjaygupta</a>: “Correct … If you look at the data, there is no evidence that it really works [against Covid].&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eDpJUxrsqY">pic.twitter.com/eDpJUxrsqY</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1448692329074860034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Related:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-puts-cnn-doc-sanjay-gupta-on-the-spot-over-covid-risk-to-kids-parents-rejecting-vaccine"> Joe Rogan Puts CNN Doc Sanjay Gupta On The Spot Over COVID Risk To Kids, Parents Rejecting Vaccine </a>

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A 75-year-old New York man died last weekend after a hospital refused to give him the drug Ivermectin in a last-ditch effort to save his life, despite an order from a judge, an exclusive report from News10NBC&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whec.com/coronavirus/news10nbc-investigates-families-suing-local-hospitals-to-administer-ivermectin-to-dying-covid-patients/6261160/">Jennifer Lewke</a> revealed.
Although Jeremy L. Carter was vaccinated against COVID-19, he still caught the virus at the end of August, Lewke detailed. He became sick enough to be hospitalized at Rochester General Hospital and continued to deteriorate to the point where he was placed on a ventilator.
After consulting with Carter&#8217;s primary care doctor, Carter and his daughter Jill Alvarado wanted to try Ivermectin. Although the drug is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat COVID-19, and the FDA has explicitly warned against using it, some doctors have prescribed Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients.
However, the hospital refused to administer the drug to Carter, even though the family said they would gladly sign away any right to file a malpractice lawsuit.
This forced Alvarado to sue Rochester Regional Health, where Rochester General Hospital falls &#8212; and she was successful. Finally, a judge sided with the family and ordered the hospital to administer the care.
Still, though, Rochester General Hospital refused. Rochester Regional Health filed an appeal on Saturday, and a hearing was scheduled for Monday, Lewke&#8217;s report said.
Carter died on Sunday.
Attorney Ralph Lorigo, who sued Rochester Regional Health on behalf of Carter, told Lewke he&#8217;s filed dozens of lawsuits against health systems in western New York alone over the past few months.
“Every case I have is a person in a hospital dying,&#8221; he said, &#8220;what is the harm if a hospital is done with its protocol?&#8221;
Lorigo has already filed three suits against Rochester Regional Health to get them to administer Ivermectin, including Carter&#8217;s suit.
“Each of those times we were successful and those people went home. In this situation we sued, we got a court order and the hospital refused to administer the Ivermectin,” the attorney explained.
As consistently highlighted by The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/news-outlet-retracts-story-claiming-ivermectin-causes-male-infertility-third-time-media-has-failed-to-accurately-cover-drug">Ashe Schow</a>, the media have run numerous fallacious stories concerning Ivermectin.
&#8220;This is not to say that anyone should be rushing to take the human version of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 — that’s a decision between you and your doctor — but the way the media has covered this drug has been a disaster,&#8221; Schow detailed last month.
&#8220;The latest failure comes from KTSM, which cited a 2011 study from Nigeria that was small and questionable to claim that Ivermectin causes infertility in 85% of men,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Less than a day after the original article was published, the outlet <a href="https://www.ktsm.com/news/local-news/ivermectin-causes-sterilization-in-85-percent-of-men-study-finds/">retracted</a> the story and added an editor’s note in its place.&#8221; See the retraction below:
<blockquote>FOR THE RECORD: A national story regarding Ivermectin and a study regarding its effect on men’s reproductive health that KTSM published, has been removed from our website.
Concerns over the scientific research methods, the veracity of the original, peer-reviewed report and public statements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) saying that infertility is not a known side effect of Ivermectin all led to our editorial decision to remove the story.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/news-outlet-retracts-story-claiming-ivermectin-causes-male-infertility-third-time-media-has-failed-to-accurately-cover-drug">News Outlet Retracts Story Claiming Ivermectin Causes Male Infertility, Third Time Media Has Failed To Accurately Cover Drug</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-ivermectin-overdoses-didnt-overwhelm-oklahoma-hospitals-and-force-gunshot-victims-to-wait">No, Ivermectin Overdoses Didn’t Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals And Force Gunshot Victims To Wait</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/associated-press-adds-embarrassing-correction-to-article-claiming-70-of-calls-to-mississippi-poison-control-were-about-ivermectin-ingestion">Associated Press Adds Embarrassing Correction To Article Claiming 70% Of Calls To Mississippi Poison Control Were About Ivermectin Ingestion</a>

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After The New York Times published an article about the use of ivermectin to combat COVID-19, claiming that 70% of recent calls to the Mississippi poison control center were related to ivermectin, they were corrected by an investigative journalist who pointed out that the real figure was 2%, not 70%.
The journalist, Mary Beth Pfeiffer, tweeted, “I contacted @nytimes &amp; they corrected 8/25 ivermectin article. ‘This article misstated the percentage of recent calls to the Mississippi poison control center related to ivermectin. It was 2 percent, not 70 percent,’ says appended note. Sentence removed. Poof. But damage done.”
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I contacted <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> &amp; they corrected 8/25 ivermectin article. &quot;This article misstated the percentage of recent calls to the Mississippi poison control center related to ivermectin. It was 2 percent, not 70 percent,&quot; says appended note. Sentence removed. Poof. But damage done. <a href="https://t.co/bvc1SA9NUo">pic.twitter.com/bvc1SA9NUo</a>
&mdash; Mary Beth Pfeiffer (@marybethpf) <a href="https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1438652770408665097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Pfeiffer added in an email to The New York Times editor, “Just an aside, it’s interesting that the sentence was dropped altogether. It was not a newsworthy fact to include any longer. The erroneous alert from which the incorrect statistic was taken is what started the entire campaign against ivermectin. It spurred the FDA tweet. The rest— the CDC alert, the AMA decision — is history.”
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I thanked <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> but needed to say something more. Here’s my emailed response to the correcting editor. <a href="https://t.co/FY2K37pTxI">pic.twitter.com/FY2K37pTxI</a>
&mdash; Mary Beth Pfeiffer (@marybethpf) <a href="https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1438663480635187205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The “erroneous alert “ Pfeiffer referred to was issued by the Mississippi State Department of Health on August 20. ABC 12 reported:
<blockquote>According to the alert, the Mississippi Poison Control Center has received several calls related to the ingestion of ivermectin meant for livestock, which is causing illness in COVID-19 patients. Ivermectin is approved for use in both people and animals, but animal drugs are highly concentrated and can be highly toxic in humans.
According to the health alert: No one has been hospitalized due to ingestion of the drug. At least 70% of the recent calls have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers. 85% of the callers had mild symptoms.</blockquote>
The August 21 FDA tweet that Pfeiffer referred to stated, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y&#8217;all. Stop it.”
https://twitter.com/US_FDA/status/1429050070243192839
The FDA tweet linked to an <a href="https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19">article by the FDA</a> that stated:
<blockquote>There seems to be a growing interest in a drug called ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans. Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and &#8220;drench,&#8221; are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. For humans, ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses to treat some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.
However, the FDA has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical attention, including hospitalization, after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for livestock.
<h2>Here’s What You Need to Know about Ivermectin</h2>
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.
Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. <a href="https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=COVID-19&amp;term=ivermectin&amp;cntry=&amp;state=&amp;city=&amp;dist=&amp;Search=Search">Clinical trials</a> assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.
Taking large doses of ivermectin is dangerous.
If your health care provider writes you an ivermectin prescription, fill it through a legitimate source such as a pharmacy, and take it exactly as prescribed.
Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people. Animal ivermectin products are very different from those approved for humans. Use of animal ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans is dangerous.</blockquote>

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