MANILA, Philippines — Following the ivermectin distribution event in Quezon City, a group of Filipino pharmacists on Friday reminded the public that while medicine can heal, “it can also kill.”
The Philippine Pharmacists Association, Inc. (PPhA) made the remark after House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta and Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor gave away ivermectin drugs in a barangay in Quezon City as treatment against COVID-19 even as the drug has yet to be registered for human use in the country.
“In the light of the recent mass distribution of Ivermectin, the Philippine Pharmacists Association, Inc. (PPhA) strongly opposes the irrational dispensing of an unregistere…
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