Submitted on Friday 2nd August 2019
Rejected on Friday 30th August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Request GPs to prescribe ivermectin on the basis of travel history & symptoms.
British residents only have access to mebendazole, which is inadequate for strongyloides & hookworm (which can be fatal). According to experts, medicine should be prescribed on the basis of travel history & symptoms, but British doctors are refusing to give medicine without a clinical test result.
Strongyloides stercoralis can be fatal to the non-immunosuppressed (https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/39/4/366.full.pdf). The standard UK stool test does not reveal strongyloides. The Kato Katz test (not 100% reliable)is unavailable. Dr Paul Pottinger (University of Washington US) says the serology test is unreliable (YouTube- ‘strongyloides stercoralis’ RWJF microbiology, immunology & infectious diseases) & that the time it takes to get tests done can prove to be fatal in chronic cases.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Prescription is a clinical decision for GPs and other medical professionals.
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