Man Dies of COVID-19 After Wife Seeks Permission to Treat Him with Animal Drug

A Pennsylvania man whose wife was in a lawsuit for treating his Covid-19 infection with ivermectin died a few days after taking a second dose of the drug, reports INDEPENDENTLY.

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Ivermectin - an oral remedy for worms, itch mites, lice and other parasites people and animals.

Its developers received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2015.

Medical authorities in the United States, Britain and the EU believe that there is insufficient evidence that ivermectin is effective in treating COVID-19.

But proponents of the drug, among whom there are many opponents of vaccination, continue to fiercely defend their views.

One independent expert, Dr. Kyle Sheldrick, says that among the studies allegedly supporting the ability of ivermectin to prevent death in COVID-19, they have not been able to find "one that does not have clear signs of fabrication or serious flaws."

In the United States, reports of ivermectin poisoning have skyrocketed, with 1143 reported this year and 435 last year, with most of the cases not serious.

Patients complained of side effects such as vomiting, diarrhea, hallucinations, disorientation, dizziness and tremors of the fingers.

Experts point out that a sense of security can do even more harm.

Because of the belief in this drug, people refuse vaccinations and hospitalization for COVID-19.

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Feed stores are seeing demand for ivermectin despite health warnings.

Some stores label ivermectin products as hazardous to humans, while others remove the product from shelves to prevent shoppers from using it.

Durvet, which makes ivermectin oral paste for horses and topical medications for cattle and sheep, warns that the product is not safe or approved for use in humans to treat COVID-19 and "could cause serious injury or death."

Keith Smith, 52, passed away on December 12 after being hospitalized for nearly three weeks.

On November 10, he was diagnosed with a coronavirus infection, and on November 21, he was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital in a state of artificial coma on a ventilator.

As his health continued to deteriorate, his wife, Darla Smith, filed a lawsuit to administer ivermectin to her husband at the hospital.

Countless viral posts on conservative Facebook groups and other online spaces, fueled in part by the Trump-backing telemedicine service that sells prescriptions for ivermectin, hailed it as a miracle drug and advised followers to do whatever it takes to get it.

But the drug was not approved by the FDA because it showed no promise in preclinical trials.

The World Health Organization said in March that the drug's effectiveness in treating Covid-19 remains unproven.

On December 3, York District Court Judge Clyde Vedder ruled that he could not force a hospital to treat a patient with ivermectin, but allowed Smith to appoint this as an independent physician.

Smith is suing UPMC Memorial Hospital for ivermectin treatment for her husband after learning of similar cases in the United States.

She was assisted by the Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance, a group that promotes the use of a controversial drug to treat coronavirus.

“He is the love of my life and I am completely lost and empty without him. At this point, there is nothing more the hospital can do for my husband,” she wrote in an affidavit to the court.

“However, I cannot refuse it, I started to research other treatment options for COVID-19,” she said in her testimony.

"I believe that if heaven is real, then he is healthy, healthy and doing well," Ms. Smith said after her husband's death.

Likewise, a 47-year-old Florida teacher died in November of Covid-19, whose husband also went to court to be treated with ivermectin.

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