FDA gets pushed to make ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine available over the counter

Many experts assessed ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, common drugs already documented for their effectiveness against certain ailments, as both a defense against getting infected with COVID-19, the China virus that circled the globe and killed millions, as well as a possibly beneficial treatment.

Not Big Pharma, which was taking in billions of dollars for the various mRNA shots which now have been documented to trigger a multitude of problems, including heart ailments in young men. Part of the problem was the availability of the likely COVID-fighters, as they required prescriptions, and physicians were under intense pressure to reach out for the shots that included a corporate profit for drug manufacturers.

But that could be changing. Dr. Simone Gold and America’s Frontline Doctors have filed citizens petitions with the Food and Drug Administration asking that they be available to consumers over the counter.

They were joined by doctors Dana Granberg-Nill, Bryan Atkinson, Pierre Kory, Brian Tyson, Peterson Pierre, Robin Armstrong, Geoff Mitchell, and Lynn Fynn as co-petitioners, according to a report from the Gateway Pundit.

The report said, “Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been FDA-approved for decades and is available OTC in many parts of the world, such as in Africa and South America, for the prevention and treatment of malaria. In the United States and other Western Nations, HCQ is a widely prescribed medication primarily used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. According to the government’s own database, FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System), HCQ is one of the safest drugs on the planet.”

And, “Ivermectin is a wide-ranging antiparasitic agent that has been used in humans for over three decades and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2015, reflecting the drug’s enormous impact on human health.”

We have officially filed a petition with the FDA to make hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin available over the counter.

Americans deserve safe, affordable options — free from political interference.

We will not stop fighting for medical freedom. pic.twitter.com/9vktB6cfN3

— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) July 2, 2025

FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) October 25, 2024

The report said ivermectin also has “gained much attention for its potential use in cancer treatment.

The Gateway Pundit explained, “The COVID pandemic sparked a tremendous public health demand to repurpose well-known drugs like HCQ and ivermectin for new uses, specifically for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Tragically, patients who were prescribed these medications by their doctors were denied access by pharmacies that refused to fill these prescriptions due to pressure from government health agencies and their C-suite executives.

“To make matters worse, both drugs were attacked relentlessly in order to push experimental mRNA injections onto the public.”

The report said with the goal of cutting through COVID propaganda and removing a barrier to patient access, the petitions were delivered to the FDA, originally during the pandemic. Now the petitions have been refiled.

Gold said, “The fight to make hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin over-the-counter continues. The mainstream narrative has collapsed under the weight of its own deception, and the truth can no longer be suppressed. It is way past time for our government to truly follow the science.”

Mitchell said, “We suggest that one of the predominant reasons for the poor clinical outcomes and excess COVID deaths in the U.S. was the prohibition of early, oral, outpatient treatment with safe, effective, repurposed drugs like the Nobel-prize-winning IVM and also HCQ. The FDA led the charge against these treatment alternatives, enlisting pharmacists, corporate pharmacies, and physicians in their effort as well.”

The medical industry had to suppress availability of the existing drugs because in order to release the new, potentially injurious mRNA shots, because under the emergency authorization process, it was required that there be “no viable existing alternatives.”