On September 1st, 2021 the American Medical Association (AMA) along with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) put out a press release warning that they collectively “strongly oppose the ordering, prescribing, or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial (bold in the original).” The title was even more strident and ominous-sounding as it called for (demanded?) “ending the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19”.
AMA Warns Against Ivermectin
On September 1st, 2021 the American Medical Association (AMA) along with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) put out a press release warning that they collectively “strongly oppose the ordering, prescribing, or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial (bold in the original).” The title was even more strident and ominous-sounding as it called for (demanded?) “ending the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19”.