In December 2021, the FDA warned Americans not to use Ivermectin, which “is intended for animals” to treat or prevent COVID-19.
“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,” FDA said at the time.
This was a very controversial statement at the time since the FDA
pushed the drug on African migrants back in 2015, and the drug was
praised in several scientific journals.
There have now been 101 Ivermectin COVID-19 controlled studies that show a 62% lower risk in early treatment in COVID-19 patients.
A group of brave doctors had filed a federal lawsuit
against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the agencies’ unlawful attempts
to block the use of ivermectin in treating COVID-19.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of Texas in
Galveston, argues that the FDA has overstepped its authority and
unjustifiably interfered with their medical practice.
The plaintiffs, Drs. Mary Talley Bowden, Paul E. Marik, and Robert L.
Apter, are contesting the FDA’s portrayal of ivermectin as dangerous
for human consumption. They note that the FDA has approved ivermectin
for human use since 1996 for a variety of diseases. However, they allege
that with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA began releasing
documents and social media posts discouraging the use of the anti-viral
drug for COVID-19 treatment.
“We’re suing the FDA for lying to the public about ivermectin,” said Dr. Bowden.
Claims were made that the initial article misrepresented the law by
stating the FDA’s official stance against Ivermectin use without
mentioning that doctors were allowed to administer the medicine.
U.S. law is
cited in the complaint, including the provision that the FDA “may not
interfere with the authority of a health care provider to prescribe or
administer any legally marked device to a patient for any condition or
disease within a legitimate health care practitioner-patient
relationship.”
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reportedly
agreed to remove all its previous social media posts and consumer
advisories that specifically addressed the use of ivermectin for the
treatment or prevention of COVID-19.
“FDA loses its war on ivermectin and agrees to remove all social
media posts and consumer directives regarding ivermectin and COVID,
including its most popular tweet in FDA history. This landmark case sets
an important precedent in limiting FDA overreach into the
doctor-patient relationship,” Dr. Bowden wrote on her social media.
The plaintiffs have recently received the signed court order and are preparing to issue a press release about it later today.
🚨BREAKING:
FDA loses its war on ivermectin and agrees to remove all social media posts and consumer directives regarding ivermectin and COVID, including its most popular tweet in FDA history.This landmark case sets an important precedent in limiting FDA overreach into the… pic.twitter.com/HWYkkZLpoJ
— Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) March 22, 2024
The Gateway Pundit previously reported
that during a hearing, the agency’s lawyers argued that the FDA was
only giving advice and it was not mandatory when it told people to
“stop” taking Ivermectin for COVID-19.
“The cited statements were not directives,” said Isaac Belfer, one of the lawyers. “They were not mandatory. They were recommendations.
They said what parties should do. They said, for example, why you
should not take ivermectin to treat COVID-19. They did not say you may
not do it, you must not do it. They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s
unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe
ivermectin.”
“They use informal language, that is true… It’s conversational but not mandatory,” he continued.
However, the statement from the lawyer contradicted the FDA’s social
media post, stating, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously,
y’all. Stop it,” and another tweet says, “Hold your horses, y’all.
Ivermectin may be trending, but it still isn’t authorized or approved to
treat COVID-19.”
Both tweets displayed the title of “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin
to Treat or Prevent COVID-19” and included a link to that publication.
Last year, Doctors Mary Talley Bowden, Paul Marik, & Robert Apter appeared in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as part of their lawsuit.
“The FDA is not your doctor. Yesterday we took them to court to remind them of that,” Dr. Bowden wrote.
“A pharmacist cites CDC and US FDA as why she will continue to deny
filling prescriptions for ivermectin. On Tuesday, the FDA’s attorney
declared the FDA has no problem with doctors prescribing ivermectin
off-label. It’s time for them to make a formal announcement and set the
record straight,” Bowden wrote on Thursday.
During the oral argument, Ashley Cheung Honold, a Department of
Justice lawyer representing the FDA stated that the agency “explicitly
recognizes” that doctors do have the authority to administer ivermectin
to treat COVID.
“”FDA explicitly recognizes that doctors do have the authority to prescribe ivermectin to treat COVID,” said Honold.
“FDA made these statements in response to multiple reports of
consumers being hospitalized, after self-medicating with ivermectin
intended for horses, which is available for purchase over the counter
without the need for prescription,” Honold said.
“In some contexts, those words could be construed as a command,” Ms.
Honold said. “But in this context, where FDA was simply using these
words in the context of a quippy tweet meant to share its informational
article, those statements do not rise to the level of a command.”
“FDA is clearly acknowledging that doctors have the authority to
prescribe human ivermectin to treat COVID. So they are not interfering
with the authority of doctors to prescribe drugs or to practice
medicine,” she said.
It can be recalled that Houston Methodist launched an investigation
into Bowden and suspended her for defying health authorities and
exercising free speech.
The hospital excoriated Bowden for “using her social media accounts
to express her personal opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine and
treatments,” NBC News reports. The suspension barred the physician from admitting or treating patients at the hospital.
Bowden repeatedly warned that it is “wrong” to mandate the
experimental mRNA vaccines and continuously touted Ivermectin as a safe
and effective treatment amid threats from public health officials
against prescribing the drug.
Bowden was forced to resign. In her resignation letter, Bowden doubled down on the efficacy of Ivermectin.
“I have worked hard to provide early treatment for victims of
COVID-19. My efforts have been successful. I have treated more than 200
COVID-19 patients, including many with co-morbidities, and none of these
patients have required hospitalization. This is a testament to the
success of my treatment methods,” she wrote. “Throughout this pandemic,
there has been no FDA-approved treatment for COVID. Therefore I have
done my best to care for patients and save lives in the absence of a
clear scientific consensus.”
“Early treatment must still be part of any strategy for patient care.
That is why physicians and hospitals should pay more attention to
medications such as Ivermectin, which significant research and my
clinical experience indicate is effective,” she continued. “I have
decided to part ways with Houston Methodist because of the accusation
that I have been spreading “dangerous information.” This is false and
defamatory. I do not spread misinformation, and my opinions are
supported by science. There is substantial evidence for the efficacy of
Ivermectin in treating COVID-19, and no evidence for serious or fatal
side effects associated with the doses used to treat COVID-19.”
(Article by Jim Hᴏft republished from TheGatewayPundit)
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