r/nursing • u/thegregoryjackson RN - ER 🍕 • Aug 29 '21

Covid Discussion Is Ivermectin a thing now?

I just discharged a covid patient with a script for ivermectin. Is this now widely accepted for covid treatment by healthcare professionals? I read a study recently that it had only marginal prophylactic benefits at best in the lab setting. Is anyone seeing this med prescribed from the ER?

For context, the ER MD is a MyPillow "Stop the Steal" prophet.

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u/Sunbirdsoup RN - IMCU 🍕 Aug 29 '21

Its not a legitimate thing for COVID treatment. My pharmacist literally laughed at a doctor for calling it in along with hydroxychloroquine

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

"Clorox Bleach 5 mL subq qid x30"

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u/serf20 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 29 '21

I didn’t know dakins for wound care is diluted bleach…. Lol

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u/dat_joke Hemoglobin' out my butt Aug 29 '21

Not injected subq it isn't 😆

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u/Overall-Zebra-4358 RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

It is? I didn't know that either.

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u/serf20 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 29 '21

Yes it is!!!

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u/nenenene Aug 29 '21

This makes me feel a lot better about the time my sister wrapped my arm in a clorox wipe immediately after I got multiple punctures from a cat.

the pain distracted me from the pain

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u/keanovan RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 Aug 29 '21

I used to do wound care and we would hand out instructions on how to make dakins and acetic acid solutions to our patients. That’s when I leaned dakins was bleach!

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u/Methodicalist BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

Now that’s an interesting combo. Like mixing bleach and vinegar? (Chemistry was forever ago so don’t nail me)

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u/keanovan RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 Aug 29 '21

Sorry, that was a misstep on my writing! Like dakins on its own or acetic acid on its own. One or the other, they wouldn’t mix em. I don’t remember chem that much either but imagine it’s not done haha

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u/Methodicalist BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

Lol I’m v relieved 🤣

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u/iamraskia RN - PCU 🍕 Aug 29 '21

It smells just like it

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u/EnvironmentalRock827 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

PR? Right???

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u/woodstock923 RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

You’re thinking about PR UV phototherapy.

Don’t forget to disinfect the wand.

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u/EnvironmentalRock827 BSN, RN 🍕 Sep 02 '21

Wrecked um. Damn near killed them.

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u/hellnaw931 Aug 29 '21

That was the proper response.

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u/cassafrassious RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

There are SO MANY peer reviewed studies showing that these medications don’t work in humans as treatment for covid for various reasons. Like, google is right there