(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is proposing that Iowa join a handful of other states that have made it legal for pharmacists to make over-the-counter sales of the drug Ivermectin. The F-D-A has approved it as treatment parasitic infections, like stomach worms and head lice in humans.
People began to buy ivermectin approved for use in livestock during the pandemic as a treatment for COVID. The Governor says people have asked if the state could make it over-the-counter.
The bill Reynolds is proposing isn’t publicly available in the legislature’s online system yet. The Food and Drug Administration’s website says the agency has not authorized or approved ivermectin for use in preventing or treatment COVID-19 in humans and it has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical attention after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for animals.
