represent Louis GommertRepublicans from Texas appeared to support unproven treatments for COVID-19 on Friday, including ivermectin, a drug often used as an insect repellent for cattle and horses.
“I don’t know if you guys have seen it, but a month after President Trump’s removal, the American Journal of Medicine published a great article saying that they discovered a drug therapy when used in combination in the early stages of COVID. , You may have heard of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, Z-Pak, azithromycin, zinc,” Gohmert Said in the speech At the Texas Youth Summit on Friday night.
Gommert’s comments aroused cheers from the audience.
Food and Drug Administration Ivermectin It should not be used to treat or prevent COVID-19, and it has received “multiple reports that patients need medical support and are hospitalized after self-medication with ivermectin for horses.”
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this Food and Drug Administration It was pointed out that ivermectin tablets were “approved to treat certain parasites in very specific doses, and there are topical (skin) preparations for skin diseases such as head lice and rosacea.” But it clearly stated that ivermectin is not a treatment for viruses medicine.
In Friday’s speech, Gomert also praised the former president Donald Trump Because “let the government make enough concessions” so that a COVID-19 vaccine can be developed quickly.
But he also raised some concerns about the COVID vaccine.
“The problem is, these vaccines, they are only approved for emergency use. Now you have Pfizer This has been approved, but they don’t know that there is a long time limit,” Gommert said.
“Now the pandemic is under more control,” he added, “We need to go back to our freedom and say,’Look, this is my pre-existing condition, let’s talk about which one should I take, and if I should even Take one.'”
In a story aired on Wednesday on Houston TV station KTRK, a doctor in Texas Said he used ivermectin Treat thousands of COVID-19 patients.
Doctor Joseph Wallon said that drugs used in combination with other COVID therapies are effective.
“It’s not just ivermectin,” he said.
“This is where people are confused. Ivermectin is helpful for you, but when you are in addition to the other ingredients of the existing treatment plan, it can also help you.”
Varon said he did not see a “single significant side effect” from the drug.
Friday, Senator LandPaul Claims “hatred of Trump” Blocking research on ivermectin As a treatment for COVID-19, it is said that researchers are “unwilling to study it objectively.”
Earlier this month, the FDA tweeted about Ivermectin, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, you guys. Stop it.”
Gomert’s office did not immediately respond from Weekly newspaper On Saturday morning.
