The Right to Try Act which was signed into law in Montana in 2015 opens the door for some terminally ill patients to access investigational drugs. While the law has been invoked by some in Montana requesting unapproved treatments for COVID-19 such as ivermectin, it does not require a doctor to prescribe medication or any type of treatment. A p...
AG Investigation Gets Approved By Montana Legislature
Republican leaders in the Legislature have approved a Democratic request for an investigation into the Montana Department of Justice’s involvement in a complaint made by the family of a COVID-19 patient at St. Peter’s Health in Helena. The family claims three public officials threatened to use their positions to force doctors and n...
Montana Seeing An Increase In Ivermectin Illnesses
Ivermectin is a prescription medication for treating parasitic infections in humans and livestock but not for COVID-19. Following a rapid increase in illnesses in Montana related to ivermectin the state Department of Public Health and Human Services released a memo warning of the dangers of using it for COVID treatment. University of Washingto...