Ohio doctors could soon be required to promote ivermectin to treat COVID-19

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Ohio doctors could soon be required to promote ivermectin to treat COVID-19
News 5, Cleveland, 4/27/2022

A new bill proposed by House Republicans would require boards of health to "promote and increase distribution" of drugs, such as ivermectin, to combat COVID-19. Health professionals who don’t do this would be penalized.

Ron Ferguson, a Republican from Wintersville, cosponsored House Bill 631, the COVID-19 Health Care Professional-Patient Relationship Protection Act. The bill’s primary sponsor, Kris Jordan, a Republican from Ostrander, did not respond to comment.

The four main drugs that the bill includes are ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and budesonide. Each is an unapproved method to combat COVID-19. The bill's language also requires doctors to promote and increase distribution of any other drug or therapy that “may be proven effective or deemed beneficial” by the patient's “treating health care professional in consultation with the patient or patient's legally authorized representative.”

Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine are the bigger names, becoming phenomenons during the pandemic after some since-debunked clinical trials went viral. The former is an anti-parasitic, mainly used for horses, and the latter is typically used to treat malaria.

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