News that ivermectin overdose is clogging up hospitals is not true

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

The Rolling Stone Magazine recently published an interview by the KFOR with Dr. Jason Mcelyea about the number of people in the emergency room being treated for ivermectin overdosing. Here are excerpts from the interview.

Dr. McElyea said patients are packing his eastern and southeastern Oklahoma hospitals after taking ivermectin doses meant for a full-sized horse, because they believed false claims the horse de-wormer could fight COVID-19.
“The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated,” he said.
As people take the drug, McElyea said patients have arrived at hospitals with negative reactions like nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and cramping — or even loss of sight.
Let me give you my perspective about this claim since I worked in the emergency department for 18 years.
  1. All patients that present to the ER are triaged from Level 1 to 5. Level 1 patients should be seen right away, and Level 5 can wait. Nausea, vomiting, muscles aches, and cramps are Level 4 provided they have stable vital signs. Not all ERs will have the same triage levels, but patients are generally classified based on acuity, clinical stability, and how immediate they should be seen.
  2. No gunshot wound patients have to wait. Ambulances don’t drive around looking for an ER to take their patient. They can go to the nearest facility. That way, the patient can be assessed, stabilized, and transferred to a trauma center if needed.
  3. This doctor said that gunshot wound patients have a hard time getting to facilities raises many red flags among state health agencies, particularly the Oklahoma state health department.
  4. If I am going to guess what happened after the KFOR interview, something like this happened. The Oklahoma State Department of Health, and possibly medical insurance companies and other health regulators called the CEO of any medical facility affiliated with Dr. McElyea and asked if that is true. They will probably ask the whole eastern and southeastern Oklahoma hospitals because he included them. Naturally, an investigation will follow.
  5. The CEO, Chief of Clinics, Heads the Emergency Department, and the Department of Surgery and Trauma will also be called by the DOH to verify if the statement is true.
  6. The KFOR interview did not name the hospital, but a cursory search of the hospital affiliation of Dr. Jason McElyea shows that he is affiliated with Northeastern Health System Sequoyah. If you click on the link of NHS – Sequoyah, the pop-up below will show.

The hospital administrator of NHS Sequoyah, Stephanie Six, was interviewed by KXMX.

“We at NHS-Sequoyah have not seen or had any patients in our ER or hospital with ivermectin overdose,” Six said. “We have not had any patients with complaints or issues related to ivermectin.”

The KFOR interview with Dr. McElyea stated that he was associated with the Sallisaw hospital. Six wants the public to know that he does not speak for NHS-Sequoyah and there have been no such issues at her facility.

Six stated that Dr. McElyea has treated patients in the Sallisaw emergency room but not in the past several months.

“I can’t speak for what he has witnessed at other facilities but this in not true for ours,” Six said. “We certainly have not turned any patients away due to an overload of ivermectin related cases. All patients who have come into our ER have been treated as appropriate.”

What is the truth, then? Any data on ivermectin poisoning in Oklahoma?  This quote is from Scott Schaeffer, managing director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information. It is posted on the University of Oklahoma website.

“Since the beginning of May, we’ve received reports of 11 people being exposed to ivermectin. Most developed relatively minor symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness though there’s the potential for more serious effects including low blood pressure and seizures with an overdose, as well as interactions with medications such as blood thinners,”  ” said Scott Schaeffer, managing director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information.

Let me leave you with this question: How toxic is ivermectin?

A study, Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of escalating high doses of ivermectin in healthy adult subjects.

 Ivermectin was generally well tolerated, with no indication of associated CNS toxicity for doses up to 10 times the highest FDA-approved dose of 200 microg/kg. (0.2mg/kg).

The study found that up to 2 mg/kg is safe. The dosing for the early treatment of the delta variant is up to 0.6mg/kg according to the FLCCC protocol.

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