The New Hampshire House on Wednesday passed a bill allowing the state’s pharmacists to dispense ivermectin over the counter, without a prescription. HB 1022 also prevents New Hampshire medical licensing boards from disciplining doctors for prescribing the drug.
The New Hampshire House on Wednesday passed a bill allowing the state’s pharmacists to dispense ivermectin over the counter, without a prescription.
HB 1022 also prevents New Hampshire medical licensing boards from disciplining doctors for prescribing the drug.
The bill, which passed by a 183-159 vote, now moves to the Senate.
Representative Leah Cushman (R-Weare) provided the following statement to The Defender:
“HB1022 permits ivermectin to be dispensed by a pharmacist via a standing order, effectively making it available over the counter. The evidence is growing regarding ivermectin’s effectiveness in reducing severity and duration of COVID-19. When people want access to ivermectin because they or their loved ones are ill, they will get it by any means they can.
“Since many doctors are afraid to prescribe anything off-label for the treatment of COVID-19, patients have turned to foreign pharmacies, buying it on the black market, or buying ivermectin formulated for animals. We need to pass this bill to expand access to pharmacy-grade ivermectin for the people of New Hampshire.”
Dr. Meryl Nass, a Maine physician and member of the Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Scientific Advisory board, praised New Hampshire lawmakers for passing the bill. She told The Defender:
“Yesterday, legislators in the New Hampshire House did something amazing for COVID patients … In order to save their lives using a safe and effective drug, New Hampshire residents will be able to buy human ivermectin from drug stores without a prescription.”
If the bill passes the Senate, patients will “no longer need to dread developing COVID with little prospect of early treatment,” Nass said.
She added:
“CHD still advises that it is always preferable to get care from a medical professional, whenever possible. But when it isn’t, being able to self treat should make a huge dent on COVID mortality and morbidity.”
Nass advised people to read the warnings on ivermectin, avoid drug interactions (especially with coumadin) and take the proper dose by weight. “Most importantly, start treatment early,” she said.
Nass, who supports the use of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID patients, on Jan. 12 was suspended by the Maine medical licensing board, which accused her of spreading “misinformation regarding the SARS CoV-2 pandemic and the official public health response calling for vaccinations.”
FDA ignores evidence, won’t approve ivermectin for COVID
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not authorized the use of ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 and has published documents on its website intended to discourage people from using the drug as a treatment for COVID.
Ivermectin is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. It has been used safely in pregnant women, children and infants.
Ivermectin was developed and marketed by Merck & Co. Dr. William C. Campbell and Professor Satoshi Omura were awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine for discovering and developing avermectin, later modified to create ivermectin.
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic, but it has shown, in cell cultures in laboratories, the ability to destroy 21 viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19.
Ivermectin has been shown to speed recovery from COVID, in part by inhibiting inflammation and protecting against organ damage. This pathway also lowers the risk of hospitalization and death. Meta-analyses have shown an average reduction in mortality that ranges from 75% to 83%.
A meta-analysis in the American Journal of Therapeutics showed ivermectin reduced infection by an average of 86% when used preventively. A more recent study suggested preventive use of ivermectin reduced mortality by 90%.
The 10 doctors who are in the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance call ivermectin “one of the safest, low-cost, and widely available drugs in the history of medicine.”
Some doctors have speculated that tens of thousands of deaths could have been prevented if repurposed drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin had been more deeply explored and promoted at the outset of the pandemic, instead of suppressed.
26 states weighing similar laws to protect physicians
New Hampshire is not the only state attempting to address the use of off-label treatments for COVID by making it easier for people to obtain the drugs and by protecting those who prescribe and dispense them.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Nov. 12, 2021, signed into law HB 1514, a bill that prevents licensing boards from taking disciplinary action against doctors, nurses and pharmacists for the “off-label treatment or prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 identified as SARS-CoV-2, or any mutation or viral fragments from SARS-CoV-2.”
Here is a list of 26 states that have introduced legislation either restricting board authority, explicitly allowing for the off-label treatment of COVID, or both.
While most of these bills are still in the introductory stages, several have made it out of subcommittee and are ready for a general vote.
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Roughly 40% of their reps in the house voted against the bill.
Let’s see if their Senators are open minded & pass it, or brainwashed, possibly on the take, from big pharma lobbyists.
This would be a good start, if it passes.
Florida would soon follow, methinks.
Then hopefully, the cascade effect would commence, and the southern states & Midwest states might join in.
The coastal Lib states?
Not a chance in hell.
That list of 26 states pending is interesting. But, why not, Texas?
Why not Texas indeed? I’ve just fired of a comm to my state rep and senator. Otherwise, I wonder what the chances are of mail order from New Hampshire pharmacies–if the law gets passed? Yeah, I know. Interstate sales prohibited.
Florida just ended its legislative session. But if heavy D were to call a special session, it would probably be passed.
The House also voted to outlaw mask mandates in public schools (H.B. 1131), and to give the Legislature final say over any decision by the state’s health commissioner to add a vaccine to the list of required inoculations for children (H.B. 1379).
Lawmakers also backed a bill that would create a “right of conscience” (H.B. 1210) that would force any entity, public or private, that receives public funding to allow workers or students to opt-out of vaccine requirements for any sincerely held beliefs, not simply for religious or health reasons.
100% of Democrats in the House voted against this bill.
Not a bad day in the Hampster,will wait to see how it plays out.
Need to work hard on getting rid of ANY who voted against these bills.
To folks in all states,especially local/state elections,be a poll watcher/vote counter/what have you,while I believe for most part voting a dead issue to solve things still must try all peaceful means,it has it’s moments like this and the fact that another few states have gone “constitutional carry”,should have been from day one but every little bit helps.
I know a lot of folks will say”James,a waste of time”.
I would reply if nothing else you meet local/like minded people to work with in other areas of life,worth the price of admission there.
What you stated is solid gold…
New Hampshire also has Constitutional carry of concealed handguns (no license required to carry.) They’re looking better. What are taxes like?
Np state sales taxes. No broad based income taxes.
Property taxes are high depending on the town.
Uh, Warren while I agree with your response you forgot one thing about the Hampster,”were Full!”,there,fixed it for ya’s!
Reminded me of this article….
Putin Warns ‘Traitors’ in Speech, Calls for ‘Self-Purification’ in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a “self-purification” to rid Russia of individuals who are working to undermine the country…
“The problem does not lie in this, but I repeat, the fact that many of these people inherently, mentally, live elsewhere and not here with us, with our people, with Russia,” Putin said, adding, “This is, in their opinion … a belonging to the higher caste, the higher race,” according to a translation.
https://www.ntd.com/putin-warns-traitors-in-speech-calls-for-self-purification-in-russia_753527.html
Well, this kind of refutes the “Yahbuts..” argument that the Uniparty rules, and there is no difference between Repulsives and Dimmorats.
Clearly, in some instances, conservative R’s are trying to do some corrective things,
but 100% of Democrats going in lockstep for / against a proposal is telling.
It’s for the common good.
I’m willing to bet that the upvoter on your comment was actually agreeing with your comment and not to the sarcasm.
Two years too late.
Ivermectin, the new cannabis. Just don’t get caught smuggling it across state lines or consuming it in the car.
Given the CDC’s prohibitions on IVM (and HCQ), the big issue is whether or not pharmacies will carry it and fill prescriptions for it.
My local Costco told me a couple of months ago when I asked about it that they (the pharmacists) would look into why the doctor was prescribing it — and if it was for the Fauci flu it would not be filled.
This is the same sort of pre-emption issue that exists — Federal law vs. State law … and it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
More candidates for the gallows.
Why is the government practicing medicine without a license?
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If it passes, the Massholes will be buying ivermectin in droves.
Wow. A state that maybe wants its people to live. Bill, Soros, and Zuck need to pass out some money and fix that.