'This is legislation ensuring doctors have the freedom to...treat their [patients] best,' one Republican state representative said about the bill.
Despite the bill passing successfully, it was already legal in South Dakota, and the rest of the country, for doctors to prescribe ivermectin to patients for any reason. The Food and Drug Administration says on its official website that the drug is"approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea."
The South Dakota state government has approved a bill the legalizing the prescription of ivermectin. Above, a box of ivermectin is held by a medical professional.from using ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. In clinical trials, the drug has not been proven to definitively provide relief for the virus, and large doses are known to be dangerous. An association representing doctors in South Dakota also opposed the bill, highlighting the same lack of evidence for the drug's efficacy.
"If your health care provider writes you an ivermectin prescription, fill it through a legitimate source such as a pharmacy, and take itIn areas where the human formulation of ivermectin is not available, some took to purchasing the version formulated for livestock, particularly horses. The FDA took an even firmer line against this practice, as the livestock version is much stronger and dangerous for humans in most capacities.
"It's a drug, just like any other drug that's out there," Taffy Howard, a Republican state representative from Rapid City, said about the bill."This is legislation ensuring doctors have the freedom to...treat their [patients] best."
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