2021/07/28/Why is the FDA attacking a safe effective drug
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- when: 2021-07-28
- author: David R. Henderson and Charles L. Hooper
- source: Wall Street Journal
- topics: ivermectin
- keywords: editorial
- link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393
- title: Why Is the FDA Attacking a Safe, Effective Drug?
- summary: “The Food and Drug Administration claims to follow the science. So why is it attacking ivermectin, a medication it certified in 1996?“ Short Answer: It isn't, and this opinion-piece is stuffed full of misleading claims.
Short Answer: The FDA is not attacking the drug. It's trying to warn people against taking animal-approved formulations of it (which has been happening due to the influence of articles like this) for a purpose for which the drug has not yet been shown to be safe and effective. Many studies are under way – but the data have not yet come in, and the FDA is acting entirely appropriately in that light.