In 2021 I asked a group of five retired physicians if any of them would take Ivermectin for Covid if it were readily available. I was surprised when each of them individually said, ‘no,’ as I would have taken it in a New York minute back then if I had Covid and it were then available. Subsequently, after I was able to acquire Ivermectin from south of the border, I did take it twice for two separate episodes of Covid … another story for another day.
However, despite the reticence of some, Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine prescriptions “soared far above” levels before the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the Epoch Times:
“According to a new study researchers from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) and other institutions said that nearly 3 million ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine prescriptions were issued during the pandemic, totaling some $272 million, according to a news release issued on Feb. 20.
The dispensing of ivermectin “from US pharmacies was nearly 1,000 percent higher than prepandemic rates,” the study said.
Usage of the two drugs was three times higher in people aged 65 and older, compared with people aged 18 to 64, according to the study published in the Health Affairs journal.
“Ivermectin use in particular was higher among people living in the most socially vulnerable neighborhoods and markedly higher in the southern United States,” they stated.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it has not authorized ivermectin for use against COVID-19 and that it has received multiple reports of people using ivermectin that was designed for animals. The agency said that it has received no evidence to suggest that ivermectin, which is approved as an anti-parasitic medication, is effective against COVID-19.
However, some studies have shown that ivermectin has led to positive outcomes for some people who took the drug for COVID-19, including one study that showed it led to “large reductions” in deaths from the virus.”
After reading this I have a few questions.
First:
$272 million spent for 3 million prescriptions amounts to an average of $90+ for each prescription. Somebody was making a lot of money here as Ivermectin is dirt cheap. (I paid $20 for my three day course of surreptitious Ivermectin, fully realizing that I had overpaid. But $90+ … outrageous!)
Second:
Why was Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine usage markedly higher in the southern United States? Are physicians in the southern U.S. just smarter or more attuned to the needs of their patients? … Hmmm!
2/8/25