www.medpagetoday.com On May 4, 2021, MedPage Today first reported on an Illinois judge’s order for a hospital to give ivermectin to a comatose COVID-19 patient. As part of our review of the year’s top stories, we look back on what has happened since this decision and the numerous cases that followed in its wake.
At the beginning of 2021, the anti-parasitic medication ivermectin took off in popularity as a treatment for COVID-19 after a campaign from the physicians at the helm of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC)Â touted its efficacy. Despite lack of evidence and recommendations against its use from the CDC, FDA, and NIH, some doctors and family members of COVID patients have taken the issue to court, suing hospitals that have refused to administer ivermectin in serious COVID cases…
