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> Ivermectin is being prescribed off-label for Covid-19 by tens of thousands of doctors nationwide. [Citation needed] Also, for those that are prescribing it,

• cm2187 5y ago
  Nor were covid vaccines until recently.
  • kergonath 5y ago
    Yes they were. They had an emergency use authorisation, which is more than you can say about the current bullshit silver bullet.
• toast0 5y ago
  > for those that are prescribing it, this is not an FDA approved treatment for Covid. Most (all?) off-label prescriptions aren't FDA approved for that use, that's what makes them off-label. Prescribing drugs off-label is an acceptable practice, although it's generally higher risk to do so than with an FDA approved treatment as there's less information available. I haven't looked into this particular off-label use, and it certainly has a lot of signs of poor advisability, but one way the medical community figures out what drugs work for conditions with limited treatment options is trying random things and reporting on what seems to work; then those things can be tested in more controlled situations.