The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Challenges the American Medical Association (AMA) on Efforts to Suppress Ivermectin Use in COVID
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a letter to American Medical Association president Gerald Harmon , M.D., the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) raises questions concerning the AMAs startling and unprecedented position that American physicians should immediately stop prescribing, and pharmacists should stop honoring their prescriptions for ivermectin for COVID-19 patients.
- TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a letter to American Medical Association president Gerald Harmon , M.D., the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) raises questions concerning the AMAs startling and unprecedented position that American physicians should immediately stop prescribing, and pharmacists should stop honoring their prescriptions for ivermectin for COVID-19 patients.
- AAPS points out that many physicians disagree with the AMA, writing around 88,000 ivermectin prescriptions per week.
- Also the Chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association , Haruo Ozaki, recommended that all doctors in Japan immediately begin using ivermectin to treat COVID.
- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has represented physicians in all specialties since 1943.