Ivermectin

The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.

COVID-19 misinformation has pushed some to opt for unproven and potentially dangerous drugs instead of effective treatments and vaccines. We take a look at why COVID misinformation is so pervasive and at patient’s rights and doctor’s responsibilities.

A Cincinnati hospital won’t be forced to continue to treat a COVID patient on a ventilator with Ivermectin, a medicine used to get rid of worms and an unproven drug to treat the virus. That comes after a judge overruled a previous order from a fellow judge in the same court.

But state leaders say they are not taking action to curtail off-label use of the drug for now.

The number of prescriptions for ivermectin, a drug typically used to treat parasitic worms that have repeatedly failed in clinical trials to treat COVID-19 has soared. We look at what’s driving the demand for the drug and the associated risks.