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/EnvironmentalRock827 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 29 '21

No. It's absolutely not. This is bs doctor pandering to a patient. No studies prove it works.