Madison said that when she spoke to Karas, he confirmed he had been prescribing the medicine to detainees at the jail as well as members of his own family. "The sheriff defended it, said that Karas has been regularly prescribing ivermectin at the jail during the pandemic," Madison said.ĬBS News has reached out to the Washington County Sheriff's Office for comment. Madison told CBS News on Wednesday that after learning of the prescription, she contacted the county sheriff, Tim Helder. The post was flagged by Facebook with the message: "Some unapproved COVID-19 treatments may cause serious harm."
On July 16, the practice posted on Facebook, "if anybody you know test positive send them or way and we'll get them started on doxy, singular, ivermectin, vitamin d, vitamin c and zinc." Karas' practice, has been touting ivermectin for months. Merck, the company that makes ivermectin, also said in February that there is " no scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19" and that the majority of studies about the drug's potential effect on COVID have a "concerning lack of safety data." Ivermectin has been used for COVID-19 in Latin America, where vaccines and proven treatments are less available, but scientists say claims of its supposed benefits were based on questionable and possibly manipulated data.
"Ivermectin is not an anti-viral (a drug for treating viruses)."
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"Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea," the FDA says. The agency said it has received "multiple reports" of people whose use of the drug required them to seek medical support or hospitalization. The FDA has warned against using ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 in humans - but misinformation and unsubstantiated claims touting the drug have spread widely on social media. While this individual "had the good fortune to have a physician that he could go to and ask for a second opinion," Madison said at the meeting, "our inmates do not have that choice." An ivermectin prescription given to a Washington County employee in Arkansas. He was concerned about the prescription and asked his primary care physician about it, and the the physician told him to "throw that in the trash," Madison said. When the person tested negative, they were given a $76 prescription for ivermectin.
Madison informed committee members and the jail officials that a county employee, who has opted to stay anonymous to the public, told her that he had been sent to the jail's clinic to get tested for COVID-19.