Doctors will be free to prescribe ivermectin ‘off-label’ from June 1st 2023, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced today.
This is a reversal of a national ban on off-label prescribing of ivermectin, which the TGA enacted on September 10th 2021, in an attempt to prevent doctors from prescribing the drug to treat Covid.
At the time, the TGA stated that the restriction was necessary because:
- People would be at risk if they took ivermectin instead of getting vaccinated;
- People who took ivermectin may choose not to get tested or to seek medical care if they had symptoms;
- Social media posts were promoting higher doses of ivermectin than what is normally recommended for approved uses;
- There had been a 3-4 fold uptake in ivermectin and the TGA was worried about a shortage disadvantaging vulnerable people who really needed the drug.
So, instead of launching a nationwide education campaign and recommending that the Australian Government throw a few million dollars at bolstering the national stockpile of ivermectin, the TGA effectively banned the drug for all but a narrow set of uses.
The TGA has now relaxed the ban because, “there is sufficient evidence that the safety risks to individuals and public health is low when prescribed by a general practitioner in the current health climate”.
It would seem, though, that there was sufficient evidence of ivermectin’s safety all along. In July 2021, Rebecca Weisser wrote in ‘Ivermectin. It’s as Aussie as Vegemite‘, for Spectator Australia:
As for safety, 3.7 billion doses of ivermectin have been used since 1987 and in 30 years, only 20 deaths following its use have been reported to the UN’s Vigi-Access database. Compare that to remdesivir, which has been given emergency use authorisation to treat Covid in Australian hospitals. In 12 months, there have been 551 deaths reported. Indeed, a study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association this week found remdesivir did not increase survival, just time spent in hospital.
The TGA’s stated concerns over ivermectin’s safety back in September 2021 seem incoherent when taken alongside its authorisation of remdesivir.
An Australian doctor, who prefers to remain anonymous, was suspended by industry regulator AHPRA for prescribing ivermectin off-label during the pandemic. He says:
I think the restriction on prescribing ivermectin off-label was disingenuous from the start. It was always about coaching people toward the option of vaccination by removing a legitimate off-label therapeutic option. The decision effectively punished Australians for being self-educated and aware of the scientific evidence supporting ivermectin.
The reversal of the ban is a good step and it appears that doctors may be restored their full rights to off-label prescribing.
But, there remains the question of whether lives have in fact been lost due to the limitation of ivermectin through this policy.
Did restrictions on off-label prescription of ivermectin cost lives? This is the question posed by Kara Thomas, Secretary of the Australian Medical Professionals’ Society, and Andrew McIntyre, gastroenterologist and Coordinator of the Doctors Against Mandates legal action, in an op-ed from March this year, also for Spectator Australia. The article raises more questions than answers, but serves to highlight the disparity between the safety profiles of ivermectin (better) and Covid vaccines (worse), as well as a summary of the scientific evidence for ivermectin’s effectiveness.
The effectiveness of ivermectin in treating Covid is hotly argued in all corners of the internet, but it is worth noting that internationally renowned ICU doctor Paul Marik wept when his hospital enforced a policy preventing him from using it in combination with other therapeutics. There are numerous other frontline doctors who similarly expressed dismay at being prevented from administering the drug, after seeing lives saved under their care.
Though prescribing restrictions on ivermectin are to be lifted, the TGA does not endorse off-label prescribing of ivermectin for the treatment or prevention of Covid.
A large number of clinical studies have demonstrated ivermectin does not improve outcomes in patients with COVID-19. The National Covid Evidence Taskforce (NCET) and many similar bodies around the world, including the World Health Organisation, strongly advises against the use of ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19.
It will now be at the discretion of Australian doctors to make their best clinical judgement on a case by case basis.
Monash University, Melbourne, is running a blinded and randomised clinical trial to test ivermectin’s efficacy for Covid prevention. The trial is led by Dr. Kylie Wagstaff, whose preliminary in vitro study in collaboration with the Doherty Institute (April 2020) found that ivermectin stopped the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture within 48 hours.
Rebekah Barnett reports from Western Australia. She holds a BA (Hons First Class) in Communications. This article first appeared on her Substack page Dystopian Down Under. Subscribe here.
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I think at least if they’d maintained the ban on Ivermectin they’d look less obvious in their tactics here. As it stands it’s pretty obvious that they now feel they can lift the ban because nobody else wants any death jabs, said jabs have been administered to as many people as humanly possible, non-Covid excess deaths have skyrocketed *post* vax roll-out, so only now do they wheel in the controversial alternative.
And don’t be using safety as an excuse, it’s beyond desperate. Even if Ivermectin did not have proof of efficacy, the safety profile of that drug is exemplary over the course of decades as opposed to the clot shots, so they had nothing whatsoever to lose by using it early on in 2020. Well, nothing but billions in profits for Pharma that is..
“Ah yes, it will be available on prescription but doctors won’t be allowed to prescribe. Either that or it will be permanently out of stock.
Hopefully Dr G can provide an update.” As I just posted in NR.
I don’t trust this info Mogs because it seems like good news on the face of it. Summat’s afoot. Are all countries going to follow suit?
Yes it’ll be interesting to see if other countries do the same. Then it’ll look even more suss due to the timing. I think it’s safe to say that the uptake of further boosters in most countries is looking very ‘blah’ so the window of opportunity for Pharma to make big bucks due to TPTB et al terrorizing the public into submitting to a novel, toxic jab that nobody actually needed ( which the whole of 2020 from March was dedicated to ) was small but they did it. They achieved huge success with that objective at least. Now they just have to convince the general public in the future that they all must take these new-fangled mRNA versions of the old favourite jabs that they’ll want to sell like hot cakes. I’m actually wondering, given Pharma’s track record of deceit, corruption and fraud, if we will even be notified of any regular, traditional vaccines converting to mRNA or will they keep that significant detail under wraps? I do hope it’s splashed all over MSM in the same way the Covid death jabs were, just so that people can be informed ( I know it’s over-rated, right? ) and give them a wide berth.
It’s safe to say that, what with ‘Covid-19’ and the bioweapon shots combo, the entire world was served a gargantuan shit sandwich and only a small percentage of us refused to take a bite.
Ivermectin helps with treatment of the vax injured I wonder weather that’s one of the reasons.
Thanks Mogs. You excelled yourself with that reply.
I suspect what will probably happen is that traditional “vaccines” will be switched over to mRNA. It’s a depopulation agenda.
The 69 “vaccines” that children are scheduled to receive before age 18 are definitely going to maim and kill and a percentage will have an infertility factor built in.
Covid 19 brews were test runs. The next lot of injections are going to be more targeted and will provide more “cover” for pharma but poorly populations are given.
Thanks hux.
Yes I agree with your post. And in future Africa won’t fare so well in avoiding the mRNA jabs due to those mini mRNA factories being sent over there so that vaccines for other diseases can be manufactured on that continent. ( I shared the article the other day. )Their ability to decline jabs for diseases which pose more of a threat over there than here will be more difficult but if they’re converted to mRNA then they’re indeed in a bind. As for over here, people just need to wake up and not give their kids anymore jabs. Hopefully the distrust is too great now. No doubt we’ll be hearing news in the near future of a decline in kids getting their routine jabs.
The link re Africa developing their own mRNA jabs courtesy of BioNTech;
https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/14/biontech-mobile-mrna-vaccine-labs-reach-rwanda//
Thanks once again.
Woke up to the “happy” news this morning. As far as I can see, we now won’t be gaoled for prescribing it, and therefore potentially saving lives!
I assume the TGA thinks that either no one is getting treated for Covid any more, or front line doctors have been so indoctrinated against ivermectin that they will never use it.
Interestingly, the lifting of the ban follows the retirement of Prof John Skerritt, the head of the TGA last month. Possibly a belated mea culpa?
Jo Nova has a good summary:
https://joannenova.com.au/
Many thanks Doctor.
This is only because results of recent research by medincell (sponsored by pharma!) showed oral ivermectin to be as effective as Dr Tess Lawrie’s meta analysis from 2021. And it furthermore said it would not recommend it but suggested it could be incorporated into an injection!
Craig Kelly
@CKellyUAP
IT’S OVER : THE TGA HAVE SURRENDERED ON IVERMECTIN
Australian GP’s can now prescribe Ivermectin for Covid, as the TGA have announced they are removing the ban.
And this comes after my post yesterday on Twitter saying Ivermectin had won and war was over – which so far has had over 632,000 views.
For as I repeatedly said, the TGA couldn’t hold out forever, as their senior management were risking being personally sued for Malfeasance given the tsunami of evidence rolling in, showing that Ivermectin is highly effective against Covid.
Although this is a time for celebration, we should stop and spare a thought for the thousands of Australians that lost their lives in this war, that died unnecessarily from Covid because the TGA denied them access to this life saving Ivermectin.
It’s now time for the war crime trials and reparations.
And I wonder if the ABC or Ally will broadcast
https://c19ivm.org/babalola4.html
I wish I’d been able to get Ivermectin when I got a bad case of Delta covid, as it could well have prevented me from getting some of the worst symptoms and reduced the recovery time. In the event it took me months to recover, with no help at all from the NHS.
Even if it had did nothing it would still be at least as effective as the sum total of covid specific treatment recommended to me by ‘our’ NHS, despite me being pretty seriously ill for a while, which was to take paracetamol and drink water. (Remember to clap and keep bashing those pots and pans).
If you suffered because of this or anyone you know suffered then you need to hold them accountable at the highest level possible ie.they tried to kill you or your family. There is no getting away from it and for those responsible I would recommend suicide because given what is coming you would gladly choose the manner of your death over the just alternative.
You can eat apples and onions or similar softening foods. In the months to come you are going to feel very unwell. This is a question, if you feel like that then what needs to be resolved? I can’t spell it out but it is clear that we need to move on and look after those arond us, Even if your neigbours seem like complete imbeciles you still have to look after them. We weren’t put here to be surrounded by the brightest and the best. It doesn’t matter we try our best.
Seriously this whole situaton makes me sick with the subservience. Anyway I will depart just don’t try to approach me as a man or a being with any self-respect because you betrayed yourself long ago.
The ban had no effect on me. I imported a batch through IndiaMart. No death jabs required, and no one in the family got Covid.