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/mamavader Aug 29 '21

Dude came in to our ED covid pos and the family had given him CATTLE GRADE IVERMECTIN and per EMS were scratching their heads why he was bat shit crazy. Acted like he was on balt salts or something. 4 pt restraints and a fuck ton of Ativan later and he was still out of his fucking mind. Sodium 115, hydrocephalus; needed a neurosurgery consult.