Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Notes From All Over -- Why I Love To Blog, Reason #4 -- Part 2, 2021

Updates

September 23, 2021: summary of evidence here.

September 7, 2021: the Indian experience

September 6, 2021: a gedankenexperiment.

September 1, 2021: a very, very interesting, but very, very long article on ivermectin. Published May 1, 2021, this year in Mountain Home: Pennsylvania and the New York Finger Lakes.

Original Post

Ivermectin.

Ivermectin.

Ivermectin.

Yesterday I posted a long note -- thank you to a reader for sending me a note regarding the issue -- regarding Ivermectin.

One reader said he/she forwarded the link to that post "everywhere."

The reader must have sent one to a judge in Ohio.

Today, from ZeroHedge, an Ohio judge orders hospital to treat ventilated Covid-19 patients with Ivermectin. 

With regard to Ivermectin, let's take a look:

On a whim, a reader checked his/her formulary .... Silver Script/Aetna - I'm 65+, so it's an addon to Medicare.

Anyway, lo and behold, under "Anti-Infectives, Miscellaneous", Ivermectin is listed as a Tier 3 medication and a generic equivalent of "Stromectrol".

The Tier 3 level  is truly middle of the road.  It isn't subject to prior authorization, step therapy, limited access, quantity limits.  It's available mail order.  It's not classified as high risk.

So, it'd be under $50 bucks, but it's still a fixed cost to the patient.  The cheapest, Tier 1, are $8.  When you get into Tier 4 and Tier 5, the patient has to pay either 33% or 50% - no limit to the total dollar.

Is this why the government is so concerned about Ivermectin / Stromectrol? Apparently it's essentially an over-the-counter medication if I'm reading that correctly. 

Google it; easily available. $16.95 for 200 tablets. 

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Looks like it's a 3mg tab