LETTER: Government must cut the red tape restrictions on Ivermectin
18 June 2021 - 14:07
The use of Ivermectin is being unreasonably restricted in SA by the necessity to make a section 25 application to the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) every time a doctor wants to prescribe it to a patient.
With Covid-19 it has been shown that it is vital to treat the patient as soon as symptoms are experienced. The delay, administrative burden and cost of having to fill in and submit section 25 applications means Ivermectin is not being widely used here and many people are dying or being unnecessarily hospitalised. ..
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