Family of a deputy being treated for COVID-19 suing Fort Worth hospital over Ivermectin treatment
The family of a man hospitalized for more than a month with the coronavirus is suing a Fort Worth hospital for allowing an outside doctor to administer ivermectin, a drug used to de-worm farm animals, despite warnings from health officials.
Jason Jones, a deputy for the Tarrant County Sheriff, was hospitalized at Texas Health Huguley Hospital on September 28 and then placed in a medically induced coma on a ventilator on October 7.
His wife, Erin Jones, is suing the hospital for a Houston doctor, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, to give ivermectin as a possible treatment. Bowden said she has successfully treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients with the drug, which is not approved by health officials for the treatment of the coronavirus.
Erin Jones said her husband requested ivermectin before being plugged into a ventilator, but the hospital refused to give the drug, according to the lawsuit.
Huguley officials countered that prescribing ivermectin was medically inappropriate. Ivermectin is not part of the hospital’s COVID protocol, and Jason Jones never asked his doctor about the medication, according to an appeal filed by the hospital.
Ivermectin tablets, which are approved in some dosages for the treatment of parasitic worms in humans, have not been approved or approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19, according to the FDA website.
The drug is used in larger doses for deworming farm animals such as horses and cows.
Health officials urged people to stop taking ivermectin after misunderstandings about its effectiveness in combating the spread of COVID-19 online. Misuse of the drug can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure, and allergic reactions.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services issued a similar warning in August, saying the drug couldn’t treat viral infections like COVID-19, and the Texas Poison Center Network said calls from people related to ivermectin were booming.
Bowden told NBC5 that she “didn’t just blindly start prescribing ivermectin.” She “reviewed the FDA study when ivermectin was originally approved for human use”.
Bowden said she wrote the prescription after Jason Jones didn’t respond well to other medical treatments and the 48-year-old’s condition worsened, according to court documents. Bowden testified that he had “good chances of survival” if he was treated with the drugs.
The doctor said, “I have enough clinical experience to be able to say with certainty what to do, what to do. I think it’s just criminal what these other doctors don’t do, and it will go down in history. “
Bowden is a state-certified ear, nose and throat doctor who works in his own practice and is licensed in the state of Texas according to court documents.
An initial order, issued by a court on November 8, would have granted Bowden temporary hospital privileges that would have allowed her to treat Jones.
The hospital has now appealed the ruling and the order is now in the Texas Second Court of Appeals and the case may be reviewed by the courts as early as this week.
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