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.
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.
I wonder if it's still like that in those places. Suprised Big Harma allowed it. Perhaps the areas were too poor to pay the highway robbery prices they can get in the States and elsewhere. What a racket!