{"id":3207,"date":"2021-01-27T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2021-01-27T17:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:23:46","slug":"ivermectin-why-sahpra-is-granting-controlled-compassionate-use-for-covid-19-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ivermectin-why-sahpra-is-granting-controlled-compassionate-use-for-covid-19-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Ivermectin: Why Sahpra is granting \u2019controlled compassionate use\u2019 for Covid-19 treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Durban \u2013 The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra), while giving ivermectin the green light to be used in the treatment of Covid-19 in \u201ccontrolled compassionate use\u201d, has warned the public to be careful about self-prescribing the medication as there was still too little data on its efficacy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Professor Helen Rees, chairperson of Sahpra said the evidence for ivermectin \u201cisn\u2019t strong\u201d and that was why they were taking the controlled and compassionate use of the drug.<\/p>\n<p>During this phase &#8211; details of which will be announced in the coming days &#8211; the regulator will be collecting crucial data on the effectiveness of ivermectin in treating Covid-19 in humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be collecting, particularly safety data and looking at that, but at least this will give time as we wait for better data to normalise the situation and to ensure that if doctors are using this lawfully that at least the quality of the product that they are choosing to administer is of good quality, which at the moment we have no guarantee and as I say that in itself is a safety issue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to allow the use of ivermectin comes in the wake of a Pretoria East doctor, George Coetzee launching an urgent application, together with two of his patients, for permission to be able to use ivermectin as a treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The urgent application was due to be heard by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria next week.<\/p>\n<p>Although ivermectin has been available for human consumption in several countries for many years, it is only used in South Africa as a livestock drug.<\/p>\n<p>It has, because of its illegality, become highly sought after \u2013 and expensive \u2013 on the black market where it\u2019s price has soared.<\/p>\n<p>Rees, however, said that while it is prescribed for human use in some countries \u201c just about every other agency, locally, and internationally saying the same thing; the evidence [for its use] isn&#8217;t strong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said she understood people\u2019s desperation to protect themselves from the virus but said that people should be cautious about self-medicating on ivermectin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t know if things work, and we don&#8217;t know if they don&#8217;t work, and that is [why we are going the route of] compassionate use, and that is why we desperately need to get decent data so that we can tell the community whether or not something is a good idea to take for self-medication, whether it&#8217;s for the prevention or treatment. 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