Three right-wing doctors said the FDA's advice against taking ivermectin for COVID infringed on their rights. By capitulating, the FDA shattered its credibility.
'You are not a horse,' read a tweet posted by the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 21, 2021. A fairly unexceptionable observation, one would think. But there was more to the tweet than a zoological judgment. The FDA's goal was to advise individuals against taking ivermectin, a medication used to treat parasitic infections in livestock, to treat
-19.' In defending its decision, the FDA said it “has chosen to resolve this lawsuit rather than continuing to litigate over statements that are between two and nearly four years old.” That sounds reasonable enough, but it's a major blunder.
. The authors further stated that 'further trials of ivermectin for SARS-Cov-2 infection ... appear unwarranted.' Nevertheless, prescriptions for ivermectin soared from about 3,600 per week before the pandemic was declared to 88,000 per week in mid-August 2021.
-19.' The third plaintiff, Paul Marik, said he had been forced to resign a professorship at Eastern Virginia Medical School and as director of the intensive care unit at Senara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. Following the FDA's social media campaign, he said, the medical school had ordered him to 'not speak publicly about ivermectin.' The plaintiffs' assertion that the FDA had interfered with their medical practices deserves some scrutiny.
is not caused by parasites. Nor does the FDA have any authority to order or even prevent consumers from taking an unapproved drug or a licensed drug for an unapproved use. All it has is the power of publicity. Its authority generally extends to advising the healthcare community and consumers of the scientific finding underlying the use of approved drugs — and keeping off the market preparations that have not been shown to be safe and effective.
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