A hotly debated COVID-era medication could soon be available without a prescription if a proposed state law takes effect.
State Rep. Wes Virdell (R-Brady) introduced HB 3175, a bill that would make ivermectin available over-the-counter (OTC). The text of the law directs the Commissioner of State Health Services to issue an order “authorizing a licensed pharmacist to dispense ivermectin without a health [sic] care practitioner’s prescription order notwithstanding any other law.”
Virdell told The Dallas Express that this bill is necessary to strengthen personal medical freedom. He said other states, like Tennessee, have passed bills requiring the OTC sale of ivermectin, but some pharmacies have still refused to sell the drug.
When asked if HB 3175 requires pharmacies to sell ivermectin, Virdell said no, explaining that the bill would only authorize pharmacies that do carry ivermectin to sell it OTC.
Virdell was motivated to introduce the bill because “watching during COVID, a large number of people ignored known science while participating in unknown, untested science like the mRNA shots… People that were using the known science, which was ivermectin, which has been around for three-plus decades… [were told that ivermectin] doesn’t work and you should use an experimental vaccine.” […]
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