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Oklahomans overdosing on ivermectin are swamping emergency rooms
2021-09-04 00:00:00
A physician says people are taking so much ivermectin they'd have been better off with COVID-19.
The Hill:
Physician Jason McElyea told KFOR patients who took doses of ivermectin meant for a horse are filling up hospitals in eastern and southeastern Oklahoma.
"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," McElyea told the outlet.
"All of their ambulances are stuck at the hospital waiting for a bed to open so they can take the patient in and they don't have any, that's it," he said. "If there's no ambulance to take the call, there's no ambulance to come to the call."
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"Some people taking inappropriate doses have actually put themselves in worse conditions than if they'd caught COVID," he said.
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