FDA Stopping Ivermectin Shipments at Customs Because Drug is Available in the U.S.

FDA stopping ivermectin shipments at customs because the drug is available in the US: therefore it is not permitted for personal importation and did not include adequate directions for use. 

FDA cannot assure that foreign-made versions of FDA-approved drugs such as this have been properly manufactured, are safe and effective, and are exactly the same formulation as the FDA-approved versions. See https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/it-legal-me-personally-import-drugs

The policy is intended to make available, through the exercise of enforcement discretion, unapproved drugs used to treat serious medical conditions for which no equivalent treatment exists in the United States, and unapproved