Wife sues Ohio hospital for letting him receive ivermectin for new coronary pneumonia man died

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, at a pharmacy in Georgia, a pharmacist displayed a box of ivermectin while working in the background. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Butler County, Ohio (KXAN) — The wife of a COVID-19 patient sued an Ohio hospital and forced the hospital to treat her husband with the antiparasitic drug ivermectin. The patient has died.
According to the Pittsburgh Post, 51-year-old Jeffrey Smith died on September 25 after fighting for months of coronavirus in the ICU. Smith’s story made headlines in August, when a judge in Butler County, Ohio ruled in favor of Smith’s wife Julie Smith, who asked the hospital to give her husband ivermectin.
According to Ohio Capital Daily, Judge Gregory Howard ordered West Chester Hospital to give Smith 30 mg of ivermectin daily for three weeks. Ivermectin can be taken orally or topically and is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of human COVID-19. A large Egyptian study pointed out by supporters of this unproven drug has been withdrawn.
Although ivermectin is approved for the treatment of certain skin diseases (rosacea) and certain external parasites (such as head lice) in humans, the FDA warns that ivermectin in humans is compatible with ivermectin used in animals. The element is different. Animal-specific concentrations, such as those available in livestock stores, are suitable for large animals such as horses and elephants, and these doses may be dangerous for humans
In her lawsuit, Julie Smith claimed that she offered to sign documents, exempting all other parties, doctors, and hospitals from all responsibilities related to dosage. But the hospital refused. Smith said that her husband is on a ventilator and the chance of survival is very slim, and she is willing to try any method to keep him alive.
Another Butler County judge overturned Howard’s decision in September, saying that ivermectin did not show “convincing evidence” in the treatment of COVID-19. Butler County Judge Michael Oster said in his ruling, “Judges are not doctors or nurses…Public policy should not and does not support allowing doctors to try’any’ type of treatment on humans.”
Oster explained: “Even [Smith]’s own doctors cannot say [that] continuing to use ivermectin will benefit him… After considering all the evidence provided in this case, nothing Doubt, the medical and scientific communities do not support the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.”
Despite this, the Pittsburgh Post reported that Julie Smith told Judge Oster that she believed the drug was effective.
Despite these warnings, false claims about the effectiveness of the drug have proliferated on Facebook, with one post showing a box of the drug clearly labeled “for oral use by horses only.”
There are indeed studies using ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, but the vast majority of data are currently considered to be inconsistent, problematic and/or uncertain.
A July review of 14 ivermectin studies concluded that these studies were small in scale and “rarely considered high-quality.” Researchers said they are not sure about the effectiveness and safety of the drug, and “reliable evidence” does not support the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 outside of carefully designed randomized trials.
At the same time, an often cited Australian study found that ivermectin killed the virus, but several scientists later explained that humans may not be able to ingest or process the large amounts of ivermectin used in the experiment.
Ivermectin for human use can only be used if prescribed by a doctor and approved by the FDA for use. Regardless of the usage and prescription, the FDA warns that an overdose of ivermectin is still possible. Interaction with other drugs is also a possibility.
The CDC urges and reminds Americans that the currently available COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer (now fully approved by the FDA), Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are safe and effective, it said. Booster shooting is currently underway. Although vaccines do not guarantee that you will not be infected with COVID-19, they have important real-world data that confirms that they can prevent serious illness and hospitalization.
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