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Compound pharmacies will fill it. Retail pharmacy won’t. I’m had mine filled in 2022 from a prescription from the life saving REAL doctors at my free doctor.com (Dr Ben Marbles started it). I learned about them during the 1st Ron Johnson hearing and they were amazing if someone needs help. It’s free but they do ask for any donations afte…
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Compound pharmacies will fill it. Retail pharmacy won’t. I’m had mine filled in 2022 from a prescription from the life saving REAL doctors at my free doctor.com (Dr Ben Marbles started it). I learned about them during the 1st Ron Johnson hearing and they were amazing if someone needs help. It’s free but they do ask for any donations after your treatment which I strongly recommend after my testimony of how they helped me.
Gettiing it over the counter (like in TN) is easy. Getting a script from your GP and having it filled by a pharmacy is relatively easy. Paying an out of state doc hundreds for a script (because they might lose their license and have to absorb the perilous cost) and then finding a compounder to make it (almost 400 bucks for 20 or so capsules for mine)... that is NOT easy.
When I tried I couldn't get it anywhere in MD, VA, WV or ME even with a script. Ended up getting the veterinary version (for dogs), same stuff.
I was unable to get it over the counter at the CVS in Maryville, TN. I even spoke to the pharmacist who insisted I needed to have a prescription.
Hmm. Maybe it depends where you go in TN or the pharmacy. My FIL got it with no script. It had to be somewhere near Knoxville. No... it could have been Johnson City. They were staying up in Blowing Rock NC and drove to TN for that purpose. And he used it. : )) Maybe try another place Smatse.
They passed a law to allow it OTC in Tennissee. So it should be very easy to get there. :)
Yes TN passed a law that made the politicians LOOK like they were being very helpful... however the hidden language erected barriers. About 6 months ago I called Walgreens, CVS, a mom and pop pharmacy, and a compounding pharmacy in East TN to ask about getting the Ivermectin based on the new legislation. Was told that You still had to have a "medical need established by a doctor" and even with that, the pharmacies I contacted won't fill it in any case because they can't get it or some other illogical circular argument that I can't quite recall. I did find one compounding pharmacy near Nashville - Mt. Juliet, that has jumped through the hoops and has a program available for your consideration on-line through website : mtjulietpharmacy.com. Click on IVERMECTIN in their main menu box upper right. Bottom line - back when I was looking into this, you will have to set up an appointment and physically travel to Mt. Juliet (yes in 3D) to meet with them and get an approval on file. If you can do that, from then on you can have it shipped to your home (I think it may only be for TN residents). I think the cost while not pennies, was not as exorbitant as some of the other US-based sources online.
Wow! Thank you for this. I found Medicine Counter in Tennessee online and they offer it right on their website with no restrictions. I am trying to find out if they’re legit.
I called some retail pharmacies in TN before making the outing. This was several months ago. They all denied having it available OTC. Despite the new law. I didn't inquire, but it was as if they were taking a stand. ! No outing at that time. I'll have to try again, but since you say it's easy may I ask if you've purchased OTC in TN? If so, major city? Medium size town? Thanks for any intel.
*edit: OOPS! Just saw your reply to Smatse. You answered the question. 😁
I wonder what the response would be from a local pharmacy if you went in, asked for it and if they didn't have it - would they order it for you?
My FIL got his about a year ago. I don't know the pharmacy. But I will ask. If I see you and I know where I will reply to you. Not like I am going to forget your name. : )
Or... you could stick this email notification response in a special folder in your email client and pull it out when you get the answer? Go right to this here comment thread here. 😉👍
Or... because maybe you're a bit heterodox yer fine self, y' might find it easy to remember the first half of the handle? Or if you're a bit introverted in addition to yer fine and dandy heterodoxy... 🙄😅
Thank you! Appreciate the effort @Raptor. I once had a raptor's-eye view from about 75 ft in a hot air balloon. Floating in silence (when the burners were off) and could see rodents scurrying on the ground, rabbits, squirrels. Nothing smaller. But I wasn't hungry looking for prey, either. ;)
So I knew it would bug me and my FIL is not answering his texts (shock). I decided to do a quick search and:
https://www.denisesibleymd.com/ivermectin
Places where you can go in and get the compounder to make it for you no script. Just go in answer a few q's and voila... meds. Though you probably don't need them. It is like having a hangover. Probably even less now. More like a slight nuisance.
Hubs says he thinks dad Walgreens. First one he would see coming from the east on I 40. I am suspect.
I imagine this is a comment area full of heterdoxies. I feel I am an introvert. Everyone insists I'm not. Everyone being my hubs and dog. Haha. No the dog surely thinks I am an introvert. So 50/50.
😂😂😂 Cracked me up.
On introverts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh87OVCYY_g
People have mistaken me for a "people person". I have learned behaviors that mimic that ilk. All the world's a stage. I can speak in front of an audience with little problem. Walk into a room of strangers? Drained even before I enter.
Thanks for intel!
That video NAILS it. I have a limited supply of interacting energy then I am done. Great guns, gregarious mood and merrymaking while I am there in public, but I fret before we go if I don't know people and will have to talk to them. It drains me. I hate HATE small talk with strangers. And I will have to have downtime afterward. People don't get it because I am companionable.
Yep. Introvert.
Dog probably doesn't need to see vid 😅, but husband might be better informed for watching?
Stop! Drinking coffee! New blouse! Laughing? Ugh.
Joshua Brown Pharmacy in Bellevue, TN
Thank you CAM : )
Ivermectin: The Compounding Lab in Johnson City. Be well. : ))
Thank you!
My doctor wrote me a prescription in FL. My insurance wouldn’t cover it. Out of pocket cost was $2500!!! I had a good laugh as I walked away.
Florida has a price gouging law. Not sure of the actual name or the exact specs for it, but IMO that easily qualifies. If you remember the name of the pharmacy, you could let it be known.
I thought that law only kicked in after hurricanes, etc.?
We were in a state of emergency. : ) IVM was essential to anyone wanting to recover from the first COVID esp since there were few alternatives. Maybe Hydroxychloroquine..
I wonder what the law is when you are one of few sellers and you sorta collude to gouge. There has to be a law. Like gas stations. I am clearly no lawyer and annoy lawyers when I say "That's a law?? Who knew!". OK one lawyer, but it would annoy others.
It stopped being easy in 2021 to get it from a pharmacy around here.