A course with an end date
Most uses of ivermectin call for a brief, set course rather than ongoing treatment. Your physician will explain when you are finished and whether another dose is expected later.
An antiparasitic in human use for decades, prescribed only when a physician's review of your intake supports it.
IvermectinRx
A prescription is required, and never promised. Whether Ivermectin suits you is decided by a physician with a license in your state. Completing a visit does not mean you will be prescribed it.
Ivermectin has been used against parasitic infections for decades, and it is available only on prescription. Through Teleways Rx, you can receive it only after a board-certified physician with a license in your state has read your intake and judged treatment to be appropriate for you.
At a glance
- Form
- Oral capsules
- Class
- Avermectin antiparasitic
- Status
- Prescription only
- Visit type
- Written, or live where required
Online visit
Start with a physician review
- Fill in the online intakeShare your symptoms, your health history and every medicine you take.
- Your physician decidesA board-certified physician with a license in your state judges whether Ivermectin is clinically appropriate for you.
- If prescribed, it shipsRush Pharmacy, a state-licensed pharmacy, fills the prescription and sends it to your door in plain, trackable packaging.
- Follow-up stays openQuestions, changes to your treatment and refills all go through your care team, and none of them requires booking a new appointment.
Physician-reviewed · Licensed pharmacy · No insurance needed
Common questions about Ivermectin
Yes. Ivermectin is available only by prescription in the United States, so nothing is dispensed until a physician with a license in your state has reviewed your intake and concluded that treatment is appropriate. Teleways Rx never sells medication directly, and no portion of what you pay purchases a prescription.
No. Ivermectin is not approved to prevent or treat any viral infection, and no prescription for that purpose is written through Teleways Rx. If a virus is why you are asking, this service is not the right one for you, and we would rather say so up front than accept an intake fee from you.
Usually within one business day. Should your physician need more information first, you will hear from them through the platform; they will not guess.
Rush Pharmacy, a state-licensed pharmacy, dispenses and ships every prescription issued through Teleways Rx. Our partnership agreement is with Remedora Inc., the pharmacy and fulfillment partner that sends each prescription to Rush Pharmacy. Remedora Inc. also works with LocumTele, the network that supplies the board-certified physicians and the clinical and compliance infrastructure behind every visit. Medication comes from licensed facilities held to standards that meet or exceed what regulators require. You will find the pharmacy's name on your order paperwork and on your prescription label.
It is offered in every U.S. state except California. Your physical location during the visit is what counts: the physician must be licensed in that state, and the pharmacy needs authorization to dispense there. See telewaysrx.com/states-we-serve/ for the full list of states.
Call 911 first if the reaction is serious, such as fainting, chest pain, trouble breathing, or swelling in the face, lips or throat. For anything less urgent, send the details to your care team via your patient account, or email them to help@telewaysrx.com; we share the report with the physician who prescribed and with Rush Pharmacy. FDA MedWatch also takes reports straight from patients at 1-800-FDA-1088, and you do not need us for that. Talk to your physician before you suddenly stop taking any medication.
The product photo is illustrative. Results differ from person to person and are never guaranteed. Ivermectin is prescription-only, and the decision to treat belongs to the independent physician reviewing your online visit, who must hold a license in your state. Teleways Rx is not a pharmacy, and nothing on this page is medical advice.
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Ivermectin in plain terms
Ivermectin is one of the avermectins, a group of antiparasitic drugs. Many parasites have glutamate-gated chloride channels in their nerve and muscle cells; ivermectin latches onto those channels and paralyzes the parasite, allowing the body to clear it. Human cells lack these channels, and that difference helps explain why ivermectin can work against a parasite and still be generally well tolerated by patients.
Human use of ivermectin dates back to the 1980s. Today the World Health Organization names it as an essential medicine. Its FDA approval in the United States applies to ivermectin tablets and covers exactly two parasitic infections. One is strongyloidiasis of the intestinal tract; the other is onchocerciasis, better known as river blindness. For parasitic conditions beyond those two, physicians sometimes prescribe it off-label, when the medical literature and their clinical judgment justify it. The ivermectin dispensed through Teleways Rx is a different product: compounded capsules, which do not have FDA approval.
Clinical judgment
How your physician decides on ivermectin
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It starts with your story
Expect questions about your symptoms, where you have traveled, what you may have been exposed to, who you live with and what you have tried so far. A parasitic infection is judged on all of that together, never on one symptom alone.
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Tests, if they would change the plan
A stool sample or a blood test can sometimes point to a different treatment. If your situation is one of those, your physician will tell you so instead of prescribing on a guess.
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A dose worked out for you
How much ivermectin you take depends on your body weight, and the schedule varies widely from one condition to the next. Your prescribing physician does that calculation, and it is printed on your pharmacy label. It never belongs on a marketing page.
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An honest answer, even if it is no
When ivermectin is the wrong fit for what you describe, your physician explains the reason and, where possible, directs you to a more suitable option.
( Good to know )
Worth knowing before you start.
Meals can make a difference
Food affects how your body absorbs ivermectin, and the instructions are not the same for every condition. Go by your pharmacy label, not by generic tips found online.
List every medicine you take
Some medicines interact with ivermectin, and certain health conditions affect how it should be used. The review can only be as thorough as the medication list you give at intake, so leave nothing out.
( FDA status )
Exactly where the FDA stands
When ivermectin is prescribed through Teleways Rx, it is dispensed as compounded oral capsules. Compounded medicines are not approved by the FDA, which means the agency does not check their safety, effectiveness or quality before they reach the market. The FDA-approved product is a different one: oral ivermectin tablets, approved for strongyloidiasis of the intestinal tract and for onchocerciasis. Any other use of ivermectin is off-label. Off-label prescribing is legal, widespread in medicine and left to the prescribing physician's judgment; what it signals is that the FDA has not evaluated ivermectin for that particular use. Ivermectin has no approval to prevent or treat viral illness, COVID-19 included, and it is never prescribed through Teleways Rx for that purpose. Products made for animals can never stand in for ivermectin prescribed to a person.
Side effects and cautions
- Dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, itching and rash are among the possible side effects. People carrying a heavy parasite load may have a short-lived inflammatory reaction while the parasites are cleared; that is an expected response, not an allergy.
- Pregnancy, plans to conceive, breastfeeding, liver disease and a weakened immune system all matter here, so tell your physician about any of them.
- Ivermectin does not belong in a prevention or wellness routine. Unless a parasitic infection has been diagnosed or is strongly suspected, taking it carries risk with no benefit to expect.
Nothing you read here counts as medical advice; it is offered as general information. In a medical emergency, call 911.
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Needs a prescription
There is no way to buy Ivermectin on this website. Your intake must first be read by a physician holding a license in your state, and nothing is dispensed unless that physician judges treatment appropriate. No controlled substance is ever prescribed through Teleways Rx.
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Adults in 49 states
Open to adults 18 and older who are located in every U.S. state except California. Orders ship only within the United States. Browse the state list
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Had a side effect?
FDA MedWatch accepts reports directly at 1-800-FDA-1088, or you can tell your care team. Patient Safety & Complaints
Online visit
Wondering whether Ivermectin suits you?
Answer a short online intake, and a physician who holds a license in your state will give you a straight answer on whether Ivermectin is appropriate.
Starting a visit never guarantees a prescription.
- Board-certified physicians
- Dispensed by Rush Pharmacy
- Plain, tracked shipping
