SINGAPORE – The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has stopped a physician from selling or prescribing the drug ivermectin for the remedy or prevention of Covid-19.
The SMC is trying into the behaviour of Dr Yang Ing Woei, a normal observe physician, after it was alerted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Nov 25 final 12 months.
An Interim Orders Committee (IOC) determined that “it was necessary for the protection of members of the public and in the public interest” to put an interim injunction on him for 18 months from March 9, or till its investigation is accomplished.
He has to adjust to the phrases of the injunction with a purpose to proceed practising.
Ivermectin is a prescription drugs for the remedy of parasitic worm infections. However, when Covid-19 swept the world in 2020, a number of teams, together with some docs, began touting it as a miracle treatment towards the coronavirus.
Not solely has this drug not confirmed efficient towards Covid-19, it could actually trigger critical unintended effects corresponding to liver harm, sudden drop in blood strain and extreme pores and skin rash.
The authorities right here have intercepted greater than 20,000 illegally imported ivermectin tablets.
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The MOH informed the SMC that Dr Yang had despatched WhatsApp messages containing “unverified and misleading information” on the effectiveness of ivermectin to forestall or deal with Covid-19 to a chat group with greater than 200 members.
In a press release issued on March 14, the SMC stated: “In particular, Dr Yang falsely claimed to have prescribed ivermectin to his patients who were suffering from Covid-19 (when he did not actually do so) and that these patients had thereafter exited the hospital’s intensive care unit and high dependency unit within three days.”
The IOC determined to permit Dr Yang to proceed his observe whereas investigations are ongoing, topic to the next circumstances:
– He can’t unfold data towards the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines, or promote, provide or promote using ivermectin, or promote another drug, therapeutic product or vaccine not accredited by the Health Sciences Authority to deal with or stop Covid-19.
– He shouldn’t be allowed to do any of this on any web site, social media platforms or closed messaging methods, and should take away any such posts the place moderately practicable.
Dr Yang can solely “recommend, prescribe, supply or administer ivermectin to any patient” with the prior approval of a completely registered medical practitioner with a legitimate practising certificates. In such a case, he must maintain a log with particulars that he should undergo the SMC inside 5 calendar days.
