Boise (Idaho Capital Sun) – Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed the law to sell ivermectin as an over-the-counter drug without prescriptions or consultations with healthcare professionals.
Ivermectin, which was usually used to treat human parasites, has been attracting attention since the community pandemic, after it inaccurately promoted by conservative activists, doctors and politicians as an alternative medicine.
Usually, US food and drug managers, or FDA, handle whether the drug should be marketed. This is a process that uses data on safety and efficacy.
The FDA does not approve ivermectin to treat or prevent Covid-19. The federal agency says existing clinical trial data “doesn’t show that ivermectin is effective against Covid-19 in humans.” The federal regulator’s website also warns that large quantities of ivermectin can be “hard,” and that overdose can put death at risk, and that human-appropriate doses can interact with other drugs, such as blood thinners.
On Monday, he signed Senate Bill 1211, the Ivermectin deregulation bill, according to legislative trackers at the Governor’s Office. The new law will soon take effect through emergency provisions.
Passed in the last week of this year’s legislative meeting, Idaho lawmakers did not hear any public feedback on the bill from doctors, pharmacists or health professionals.
The bill was co-hosted by the Idaho House and top Senate Republicans. Senate Speaker Kelly Anson, R. Rupert, House Speaker, Mike Moyle, R-Star’s Speaker – two other members: Senator Tammy Nichols, R-Middleton, and Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene.
Pam Eaton, CEO of the Idaho Retailers Association, which represents Idaho pharmacies, told Senate committee that without over-the-counter labels containing information such as drug interactions, Idaho pharmacies will not be able to sell ivermectin at the counter, mostly at the counter.
Local news reports say that Ivermectin is allowed to be sold in stores in two states. Arkansas passed the law this year, and Tennessee passed the law three years ago. North Carolina is considering a similar bill.
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