After resisting vaxxes and such, somehow my wife and I got sick a couple of days ago. A nagging cough, mild fever of 99.2 for me and 99.4 for her. So we dug up a covid test kit that was sent to us by our insurance company a few months ago and it sowed positive for us both.
We don't fully trust the test kits, but between the positive results AND our feeling like crap, we broke out our Ivermectin that we had obtained a few weeks ago. Here in Tennessee they can sell Ivermectin OTC, so we bought a regimen for both of us based on our body weights.
So we started taking our Ivermectin pills last night and will continue to do so for the next 6 days. If anyone is curious, we don't mind being test subjects and will let y'all know how it goes. It MIGHT be due to the "placebo effect" but I think I might be feeling a little better just this morning, but that's a very subjective thing and will be observing our progress over the next few days.
Prayers always appreciated.
I'm assuming you're asking because you are in Tennessee too? So we got ours filled by just walking in to Heart Land Apothecary on Kingston Pike out in west Knoxville, signing a paper, waiting while they compounded the capsules, and taking them home. Other pharmacies here include Rocky Hills Pharmacy located in Rocky Hills. Also Phoenix Rx on Gay St., and Village Pharmacy on Chapman Hwy.
If you are somewhere else in Tennessee, PM me your location and I can tell you the closest pharmacy to you that will fill an OTC prescription. None of the Big Box stores will fill it because of corporate policies.
Our total, for both of us to have a 7-day supply, based on body weight, ran about $70. Your mileage may vary, depending on which store you go to.
Nearly all the pharmacies that fill ivermectin here are small independent that aren't affiliated with big box stores.
I'm not getting this. If it's over-the-counter, you shouldn't need a prescription. Are they doing it that way so they can collect data?
No, it merely means that (in Tennessee) you can buy it over-the-counter but the pharmacy has to do its due diligence, so you write down your weight, check a list of medicines that don't interact will with Ivermectin (some blood pressure and cancer drugs), sign it, and they fill it for you. Believe it or not, once upon a time you could walk into a drug store (or apothecary) and they would fill an order based on your say-so, but that was long ago. The word "prescription" did not always mean "written by a doctor" but referred to any order placed at the pharmacy.
So when my wife and I walked into our compounding apothecary for Ivermectin, we filled out the 1-page simple form and they filled it. I'm sure they keep their records, but I don't think they have to report them or anything. Even if they did, I don't care... IN YOUR FACE, GOVERNMENT.
Thank you for the interesting reply. Never knew that about prescriptions and drug stores.
The filling out of a form sounds like a similar thing they do for certain antihistamines.
Sending you and the Mrs. well wishes and do let us know how it goes.
I recall living in Central America for awhile, and down there you could walk into any "pharmacia" and buy things like Xanax, Quaalude, and just about anything else OTC. Back in my misspent youth. Have also noticed the same thing in Mexico some years ago. The American medical practice keeps prescriptions on a tight leash.