Meanwhile people in America are providing the drug \u201coff-label\u201d and \u201coff-prescription\u201d anyway, sneaking it into hospitals and handing it out at churches. It would be better for everyone if they could ask their doctors.\u00a0But this response from state legislators in the US seems remarkable to this Australian \u2014\u00a0almost like Democracy still has a chance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The new laws \u201cProhibit the Boards of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy from disciplining a licensee solely on their dispensing of ivermectin for off-label treatments such as Covid-19.\u201d <\/em> The main aim apparently was to stop some doctors and pharmacists from using the excuse that the medical boards will punish them<\/a> if they prescribe or supply ivermectin. But presumably some professionals were genuinely afraid of being punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Mark Steffen<\/a> championed the bill and also happens to be an anesthesiologist who has prescribed ivermectin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThousands of Kansans and hundreds of thousands of Americans have died because of this propaganda that shut down early treatment,\u201d said Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson. \u201cI fully believe that this passage of this bill through the Senate will gain national attention and help be a very important part of getting the care to the people who need it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill would allow doctors to prescribe ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and any other FDA-approved drug that isn\u2019t a controlled substance for an off-label use to prevent or treat COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStudies overwhelmingly show that ivermectin has up to an 85% chance of reducing hospitalizations and death when given early for COVID,\u201d he said in caucus. \u201cThis is about decreasing suffering and death of the individual patient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo a large degree, [ivermectin\u2019s] been driven underground,\u201d he said. \u201cIn my Reno County area, I have an 80-year-old Mennonite pastor and his wife, who is a retired nurse, they\u2019re doling it out behind the scenes to all their church members. I have other people who have gone to the veterinary for ivermectin and dole that out to their friends. They know what they\u2019re doing and they do a great job with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Steffen went on to write to 250 hospitals in Kansas<\/a> to point out that they may face legal action if they don\u2019t pay attention to early treatment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In consultation with the legal community, indications are that \u201cfailure to treat\u201d will now be considered \u201cwanton disregard\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some precious doctors immediately complained that they were being threatened<\/a>. Nevermind about all the other doctors who were told they\u2019d be struck off if they dared suggest an early treatment that had already worked in 157 studies on 129,000 patients.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oklahoma Attorney General John O\u2019Connor says his office does not plan to discipline doctors<\/a> for prescribing certain medications, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, to treat covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O\u2019Connor said in a news release that his office finds no legal basis for a state medical licensure board to discipline a licensed physician for prescribing a drug for the off-label purpose of treating a patient with COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Oklahoma attorney general said he stands behind doctors who believe ivermectin is in their patients\u2019 best interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI stand behind doctors who believe it is in their patients\u2019 best interests to receive ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine,\u201d O\u2019Connor said in a statement. \u201cOur health care professionals should have every tool available to combat COVID-19. Public safety demands this. Physicians who prescribe medications and follow the law should not fear disciplinary action for prescribing such drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Tennessee soon even Pharmacists will be able to prescribe ivermectin while being protected from liability:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill HB2746\/SB2188<\/a> has just passed the Senate and is headed for the Governors desk. The original bill aimed to make ivermectin available over the counter, like aspirin. But the amended bill requires a bit of paperwork of some sort: \u201ca non-patient-specific<\/strong> prescriptive order, developed and executed by one or more authorized prescribers.\u201d <\/em>But some still argue that it is effectively now an Over-the-Counter (OTC) medicine in Tennessee now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n The source of the problem was that the Tennessee Medical Board put up a warning on their website<\/a> last year that doctors risked their medical licenses if they spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine<\/em>. Many doctors naturally assumed that even mentioning that there was an early treatment alternative would be classed as misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Incredibly, that sparked a debate about free speech (hallelujah.) It all looks so sensible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had several doctors contact me last summer and into the fall about what they were seeing and hearing from the Board of Medical Examiners, that would potentially punish them for prescribing treatment for COVID that they felt was in the best interest of their patients,\u201d Tennessee Republican state Rep. Chris Todd told Stateline<\/em>. \u201cThat hit me, because they have a perfectly valid license and have practiced for years, and there\u2019s no reason to issue a statement carte blanche.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The medical boards were intimidating doctors. A bit like saying \u201cNice Practice you have there\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tennessee lawmakers say doctors complained to them about receiving emailed warnings. At its meeting in September, the board discussed sending a warning to all physicians in the state. But Bill Christian, spokesperson for the Tennessee Health Department, which oversees the medical board, said in an email that if doctors received any emails, they came from professional organizations, not the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In any case, the board in December deleted the warning from its website, although Christian said that the policy behind it remains in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep Chris Todd blamed a \u201cCDC that\u2019s gone beserk\u201d. Nicely said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Dakota, on the other hand, tried to pass legislation approving the drug for use which passed the House<\/a> in Feb, but was killed by a Senate committee with seven members<\/a> in March. So much for \u201cdemocracy\u201d. Who picked the committee members?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reach of medical boards in the US is nothing like the monopoly we have here in Australia with AHPRA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is legal pushback against the overreach of the boards, and only 8 doctors have been penalized<\/a>. The situation in Australia is far more oppressive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/a> <\/em>reported Feb. 1 that medical boards have penalized<\/a> eight physicians in one year for furthering COVID-19, vaccine and therapeutic misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ABC fact-checked Clive Palmer, and brag that he\u2019s wrong \u2014 it\u2019s not 100 or 200 doctors that have been struck off but some number less than 61 which they won\u2019t tell us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fact checkers at AAP examined that claim<\/a> and found that since July 2019, 61 medical practitioners had been disqualified by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for any reason \u2014 not just related to COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Naturally, other doctors have struck themselves off, seeing what was coming. And so have young candidates for medical school. How demoralizing for the whole profession to find they are nothing but robots performing for an unaudited committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight doctors struck off in the US is still eight doctors too many. But Australia has about 8% of the population of the US, so it\u2019s \u201cfar ahead\u201d in Communist Medicine. Damn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The best resource to keep up with the legislation in so many US states is the Federation of State Medical Boards<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n hat tip to Colin A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ______________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: The Statue of Liberty by Dominique James<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivermectin: thuocdantoc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0us-states-bills-ivermectin.jpg?resize=723%2C554&ssl=1\")
North Dakota was the first state to<\/strong> pass legislation last November:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
In Kansas the legislation was approved on March 23:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine off-label prescription bill passes Kansas Senate in late-night vote<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nOklahoma found a different way \u2014 the Attorney General simply said there\u2019s no legal reason to punish doctors:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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![Dominique James<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIvermectin: thuocdantoc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nvia JoNova<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/ift.tt\/ZyCHr4I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nApril 10, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a shock. More than half the states in the US are considering legislation to allow doctors and sometimes even nurses and pharmacists too, to prescribe early treatment drugs \u201coff label\u201d. Let\u2019s not forget that doctors were able to do that for decades and it\u2019s largely the medical boards who have become the defacto Praetorian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":195368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0us-states-bills-ivermectin.jpg?fit=1267%2C971&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-OP4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204048,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=204048","url_meta":{"origin":195366,"position":0},"title":"PDA Interfered with Ivermectin, Doctors Suing","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A Washington law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for interfering with the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. 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