Florida Woman Dies After Suing Hospital To Get Ivermectin

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A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Ga.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla (AP) — A 47-year-old Florida teacher hospitalized with COVID-19 has died after her husband sued in an unsuccessful effort to force doctors to treat her with ivermectin.

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Tamara Drock died Friday, 12 weeks after being admitted to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Ryan Drock told the Palm Beach Post.

He sued the hospital last month in an attempt to require doctors to administer ivermectin, a drug used to treat conditions caused by parasitic worms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved the drug to treat COVID-19, saying it hasn’t proved effective in pre-clinical trials.

Palm Beach County Circuit Judge James Nutt rejected Drock’s lawsuit last month, saying allowing judges to countermand doctor’s decisions could set a dangerous precedent.

He urged the Drocks and the hospital to try to reach agreement on their own. A deal fell apart after a doctor agreed to administer ivermectin at a dosage the family’s attorney said was too low, the newspaper reported.

Tenet Healthcare, which owns the hospital, did not respond to messages seeking comment, the paper reported.

Ryan Drock, who also was infected but recovered from COVID, told the Post he’s not giving up.

“I’m hoping they name a law after her so no one has to go through this,” Drock said. “If she had walked out of the hospital she could have had the medication.”


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Anonymous
Anonymous
2 years ago

AP=Always Propaganda.

Notice how the AP first derides Ivermectin as irrelevant to Covid.

Later on, the AP writes that “A deal fell apart after a doctor agreed to administer ivermectin at a dosage the family’s attorney said was too low, the newspaper reported.”

So, if Ivermectin were as much a non-starter as AP implied, then there would not have been any back-and-forth about dosages.

Just the fact that they had a disagreement about dosages means that there is obviously at least what to discuss.

lastword
Noble Member
lastword
2 years ago

Ivermectin is derived from soil bacteria. It just happens to have historically found the most popular use in ‘de-worming’ for horses. There is no reason that a prescribing doctor shouldn’t be able to prescribe it for ‘covid’ as ‘off use label’ – if they’ve earned a medical degree then it is also so they can decide how to practice medical arts as they think to do so.

Anonymous
Anonymous
2 years ago

Senator Dr. Rand Paul noted on TV the other day, that if anyone does CH”V get Covid and needs treatment, the family should make sure to get them monoclonal antibodies BEFORE they are hospitalized because the decree, for some reason, is that they cannot get monoclonal antibodies in the hospital.

Rivka
Rivka
2 years ago

NIH Covid 19 treatment guidlines
Table 2e. Characteristics of Antiviral Agents That Are Approved or Under Evaluation for the Treatment of COVID-19
Ivermectin
Adults:

  • The dose most commonly used in clinical trials is IVM 0.2–0.6 mg/kg PO given as a single dose or as a once-daily dose for up to 5 days.

Adverse events

  • Generally well tolerated
  • Dizziness
  • Pruritis
  • GI effects (e.g., nausea, diarrhea)
  • Neurological AEs have been reported when IVM has been used to treat parasitic diseases, but it is not clear whether these AEs were caused by IVM or the underlying conditions.
  • Monitor for potential AEs.
Hashomer
Hashomer
2 years ago

They won’t wear masks or take the safe vaccine, but they want the WORM PARASITE drug? How meshugah is that? 770 000 dead from Covid in USA.

PaulinSaudi
PaulinSaudi
2 years ago

Certainly a sad story.

Comeonman2021
Comeonman2021
2 years ago

What happened to President Trumps Right to Try law? Did Sleepy Joe get rid of that too?

acro-phoebe
acro-phoebe
2 years ago

The new law should be called “The Drock – I skipped a vaccine like a moron and tried to practice medicine without a license law”

Lighthouse
Lighthouse
2 years ago

All the officially recommended treatments for COVID just happen to cost a lot of $$$, while promising cheap, safe, promising treatments have not been adequately studied. Coincidence?

Why did $$$, dangerous, Remdesivir get unprecedented rushed emergency approval despite failing the the original study goal of reducing fatalities?

Why was $, safe, possibly effective Vitamin D recommendations hushed up?

Why isn’t the government funding many quality studies on these cheap, safe interventions?

Why push vaccinations for children and COVID survivors when there is little evidence of benefit to these patients or the world?

Follow the money. Could it be that regulatory capture is suppressing unprofitable interventions? Nah.

Don’t be naive.

RFL911
RFL911
2 years ago

The point is that none of us have the right to deem what is best medical practice against Covid. Not do we have the right to judge anybody’s choices. The husband’s request should have been respected.

And whoever decided that these vaccines were “safe?” The point is that people should have a right to free choice as to what goes or does not go into their bodies. This includes the right to reject or accept an experimental vaccine.

Last edited 2 years ago by RFL911
Trump Skeptic
Trump Skeptic
2 years ago

Maybe if she would have worn a mask ot taken the vaccines, this wouldn’t have happened. FWIW, I’m all for forcing everyone to be administered vaccines, even if it entails strapping people on a table against their will to do it. No, people do not have a choice of whether or not to tale mandatory vaccines or to abide by mandatory mask mandates. There is a fine line between liberty and anarchy and too many people have crossed that line. If we ever want to return to normalcy and not have another lockdown (as is currently the case in Europe) we all have to take responsible medical actions. Taking vet prescribed medications are not responsible actions.

My immediate family have taken 3 doses of vaccines and my child has taken two. All of our tests have cone back negative. It really isn’t that hard. Andndont give me the bs about natural imminity. It wanes over time and unlike vaccines does not have a universal baseline. Simply put, even if you’ve have Covid and recovered, take the damned shots!!!

Last edited 2 years ago by Trump Skeptic
Kollelfaker
Kollelfaker
2 years ago

Now sue them for negligence and poor medicine practices

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

Not normal that a patient has no right to decide whats best for them.

Chona Gewirtz
Chona Gewirtz
2 years ago

The hospital and doctors are guilty for her death.