According to the therapeutic products authority Swissmedic, the Federal Customs Administration is increasingly intercepting illegal drug shipments to Switzerland. The imports include: Medicines with the active ingredient ivermectin. They are used, especially in horses and cows, to fight worms and other parasites.
Ivermectin is also popular among vaccine skeptics. The drug is traded there as an alternative to the corona vaccination, such as «CH Media » reported. Especially in the common communication channels of the opponents of the Corona measures, one assertion keeps coming up: Politicians and authorities would prevent Ivermectin from being approved in order not to endanger the vaccination campaign.
Drug not approved for the treatment of Covid-19
The ivermectin hype among vaccine skeptics has its origins in the USA. In veterinary practices, they fake false facts to get the drug. The misuse of the drug eventually became such a big problem that the American FDA had to intervene. She wrote on Twitter: “You are not horses. You are not cows. Serious. Stop it.”
The deworming preparation has also been used in Switzerland in animal and human medicine for decades. However, it is not approved for the treatment of Covid 19 patients in this country. Rudolf Hauri, President of the Association of Cantonal Doctors, says: “There is no reliable basis for proving effectiveness in the treatment of Covid-19.”
Measure skeptics criticize politics
Nonetheless, prominent opponents of the certificate in Switzerland advocate the use of the product. For example, the retired banking professor Martin C. Janssen. Together with Rahel Blocher, Christoph Blocher’s daughter, he is involved in the “Healthy and Free” association in the campaign against the Covid-19 law. Janssen accuses politicians on Twitter of “doing everything possible so that people cannot heal at home”. That is the reason why drugs like ivermectin cannot be bought in Switzerland. (oco)