Yesterday, that information was confirmed by a member of that hospital's staff.
I found the cognitive dissonance of this to be astonishing.
Remember--EVERYONE in the mainstream wants you to believe Ivermectin is an unsafe "Horse De-Wormer" as they simultaneously warn you with a serious looking face about all the reports to poison control hotlines about people overdosing on horse dewormer! --But they neglect to mention that the pill form of Ivermectin for humans is among the safest, most widely prescribed medication in the world--and that the lion's share of the overdosing is due to folks inappropriately measuring the animal paste Ivermectin and taking this veterinary formulation of this product. (Some doctors are actually being investigated in some parts of the country for dispensing Ivermectin for thousands of COVID-19 patients--even when such patients improve and none die!)
I've also heard anecdotally that another member of the same local hospital's staff has quietly prescribed Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients' use on an outpatient basis, with such prescriptions subsequently filled at local pharmacies.
And lots of other local doctors are apparently prescribing Ivermectin for Covid-19 patients, too. Really smart, intelligent, rational medical doctors.
So if doctors want to prescribe Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients "off-label" ----- why are they being stigmatized and silenced/cancelled/precluded from doing so?
I'm told by some really, really smart doctors that LOTS of drugs approved by the FDA for some conditions are actually used and prescribed frequently for other, differing conditions. This common practice is called "off-label" use. And, I'm of the understanding that once a drug is approved by the FDA for a specific condition/disease---this in and of itself DOES NOT preclude doctors from prescribing it for OTHER conditions/diseases---It only precludes the manufacturers of such medications from advertising/marketing these medications for conditions other than the original maladies for which the medications initially received FDA authorization. Sounds complex, but it is not. As an example--one pediatrician with whom I spoke prescribes some blood pressure medications to her patients for conditions not associated with blood pressure regulation. Another doctor described prescribing an anti-seizure medication for purposes other than preventing seizures. I'm of the understanding this is common practice.
But now, I'm told, this one particular hospital is no longer using Ivermectin "off -label" for COVID-19 patients. I wonder--are they precluding all their physicians from any "off-label" prescribing for any other conditions for patients----------or does this only apply to Ivermectin and COVID-19? Shouldn't doctors be able to individually make this call for their patients? Maybe that will be my next question to him next time I see him or speak with him. Meanwhile, this is the official position, at least for now, on Ivermectin for COVID at this one particular, large local hospital:
"we had one physician prescribing ivermectin back in the [May 2021] timeframe..his physician extender also did so. Since then that has ceased from happening in accordance to our formulary as adopted by our medical staff.....during the late summer/fall wave, the recommendations from medical societies came out against its use unless part of a clinical trial, which we did not do..."
Case closed.
Hey, Nero. Put down your fiddle.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of misinformation campaigns is never to convince the dumbest people of the most extreme claims. The purpose of a misinformation campaign is to throw up a lot of smoke and cause otherwise rational people to believe there is more uncertainty around facts than there really is.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose is to take what should be relatively straightforward facts and cause people to believe that “we just don’t know” that the “experts are wrong” and that everything is just very suspicious. That way, they can fill in the blanks with their own preconceived political biases.
Back in the 1980s, when tobacco companies were running their misinformation campaigns about the dangers of smoking, no one actually believed that smoking was healthy. They believed that no one really knew for sure, that the experts were fallible and the whole message that smoking caused cancer and was addictive was just very suspicious. That way they could believe based on their political bias.
The misinformation campaign about climate change works the same way. No one truly doubts that the climate is changing or that corporations pollute. But, people believe that “we just don’t know” that the experts have said contradictory things and that the whole message of environmentalism is just very suspicious. That way they can believe whatever their political biases suggest.
Regarding the “stolen election,” no one really believes Rudy Giuliani’s claims that a Venezuelan company programmed voting machines to flip votes to Biden. They believe that “we just don’t know what happened,” that “the media is unreliable,” and the whole thing is just very suspicious. That way, they can fill in the blanks with their political biases.
Regarding the misinformation surrounding vaccines and Ivermectin… well, by now you should be able to sing along with the words
Anon 6:41 There is no fire, this ain't Rome
ReplyDeletehttps://ricksblog.biz/by-the-numbers-covid-cases-surge/
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Department of Health released a report Friday that reflected a surge in COVID-19 cases this month. Here are totals of new cases for the past 10 weeks:
— Week starting Oct. 15: 15,292
— Week starting Oct. 22: 13,123
— Week starting Oct. 29: 11,118
— Week starting Nov. 5: 10,684
— Week starting Nov. 12: 10,882
— Week starting Nov. 19: 9,639
— Week starting Nov. 26: 10,873
— Week starting Dec. 3: 13,452
— Week starting Dec. 10: 29,519
— Week starting Dec. 17: 125,201
Source: Florida Department of Health
FIRE!!
If we're gonna keep fiddling -- at least do that well. Check minute 46. Roll Train Roll.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wySqZ6UVM
"What's that on the track Red" "Looks like a mule"
"Let's see if we can blow him off"
{Push the vaccines}{Plus stop the spread} {It ain't over}