Amid the relentless battle against COVID-19, the medical community continues to seek and advocate for effective treatments and preventive measures. However, controversies and debates around certain treatments have also marked this global fight. A notable instance is the use of ivermectin, an anthelmintic medication, for COVID-19 prevention and treatment. In a significant move, on September 2, 2021, the American Medical Association (AMA), together with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), issued a joint statement calling for an 'immediate' end to the off-label use of ivermectin for COVID-19 outside of clinical trials. This article aims to delve into the circumstances leading to this assertion, the potential risks associated with ivermectin misuse, and the recommended preventive measures against COVID-19.
Comments (12)
Mariam Kamish
23 Mar, 2024This is so 2020. 🤡
Manish Pandya
23 Mar, 2024Ivermectin was never a miracle drug, but people were desperate. The real tragedy is how misinformation spread faster than the virus itself.
Patrick Goodall
25 Mar, 2024AMA says stop but Big Pharma is still cashing in on vaccines 🤑 They banned ivermectin because it's cheap and they can't patent it. Wake up sheeple
Shawn Baumgartner
25 Mar, 2024The AMA's stance is not just evidence-based-it's a necessary intervention against the pathological delusion that antiparasitics are antivirals. This isn't medicine, it's folk ritual dressed in pseudoscientific garb. The public health cost of this misinformation is incalculable.
Cassaundra Pettigrew
26 Mar, 2024Y’all really letting the AMA tell you what to do? LOL. They’ve been in bed with pharma since the 80s. Ivermectin saved lives overseas while y’all were getting boosters like it’s a free Starbucks gift card. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Dirk Bradley
27 Mar, 2024The conflation of empirical clinical trial data with anecdotal testimonials represents a fundamental epistemological failure in public health discourse. One cannot substitute mass social media testimonials for peer-reviewed, randomized, double-blind studies-this is not merely bad science; it is a violation of the scientific method itself.
Emma Hanna
27 Mar, 2024I can't believe people are still arguing about this. Ivermectin is NOT a cure. It's for worms. Period. End of story. And if you're still taking it because of some TikTok video, you're not just wrong-you're dangerous. 🚫💊
liam coughlan
29 Mar, 2024I get why people tried it. Fear makes you desperate. But the AMA’s right. We need to stop the chaos. Let science do its job.
Navin Kumar Ramalingam
30 Mar, 2024Look, I’m not some anti-vaxxer but if you’re gonna ban a cheap, widely available drug because it doesn’t fit your profit model, that’s not science-that’s capitalism. And we all know who wins when you let the market decide who lives and who dies.
Maeve Marley
30 Mar, 2024I’ve seen people on both sides lose their minds over this. But here’s the thing: the people who took ivermectin and survived? They’re not the ones screaming loudest. The ones who got sick? They’re the ones who vanished from the conversation. We need to stop turning this into a war and start treating it like a public health crisis. We’re all just trying to survive, not win an internet debate.
James Gonzales-Meisler
30 Mar, 2024The fact that this even needs to be said is embarrassing. Ivermectin isn’t a treatment. It’s a dewormer. You don’t use engine oil to fix your phone.
Brian O
1 Apr, 2024We need to stop demonizing people who believed in ivermectin. They weren’t idiots-they were scared, alone, and desperate for answers when the system failed them. The real villain here isn’t the drug. It’s the silence, the misinformation, and the lack of real guidance from authorities in the early days.