If the federal government can hand out “crack pipes” like candy, then shouldn’t citizens be able to access ivermectin, a Nobel Prize-winning drug, which many believe helps prevent the terrible inflammatory disease of COVID-19? Well, evidently that argument was so strong that even in our hyper-partisan COVID debates, the New Hampshire state House Health and Human Services Committee passed a bill alleviating the unprecedented war on off-label drugs without any dissent.
It’s been nearly two years since, for the first time in medical history, doctors have been intimidated out of prescribing even the safest drugs on the markets off-label. It began with hydroxychloroquine and several governors who banned prescriptions and eventually continued in the form of medical boards threatening licenses of doctors who prescribe off-label as well as pharmacists refusing to fill these safe prescriptions. Thus far, only two states – North Dakota and Tennessee – have signed bills into law protecting the rights of doctors to prescribe. No bill dealing with the pharmacy issue has made it past the legislative process yet.
This is what makes passage of HB 1466 out of the NH House committee so noteworthy. For once, the bill wasn’t partisan. “Today’s unanimous vote on HB 1466 shows that New Hampshire is ready to start fighting back against the medical tyranny griping this country,” said Rep. Melissa Blasek, one of the original co-sponsors, in an interview with TheBlaze on Monday. “Doctors and pharmacists should be able to help people without fear of losing their licenses.”
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There is a stronger bill (HB 1022) coming up soon for a vote in the committee specifically directed at ivermectin, making it over the counter in any pharmacy based on a standing order from a local doctor.
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Feb. 11, 2022, was the first time I recall the CDC tweeting about treatment options. Except the only options they mention are ones from Big Pharma that have no real-world experience vouching for their safety and efficacy. One simple over-the-counter drug they refuse to mention is famotidine (Pepcid AC), one of the safest and most well-tolerated antihistamines on the market. A brand-new randomized controlled trial from Northwell Health and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that those in the treatment trial experienced quicker resolution of inflammation in the body and a better resolution of 14 out of 16 assessed symptoms, including improvement in breathing, chest congestion, cough and abdominal pain.
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https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horo...rming-physicians-right-to-prescribe-off-label
