lincoln77 RN

lincoln77 has 12 years experience as a RN and specializes in Corrections/psych.

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1. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   the title of this thread: "pushed by quacks, Ivermectin is poisoning people". now read what you just wrote. "ivermectin is poisoning people" is proven to be a lie. Ivermectin, the drug for humans is NOT poisoning people. "pushed by qua...

2. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   Turns out that the story about ERs being overrun with ivermectin overdoses was a fabrication: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/bogus-oklahoma-ivermectin-story-was-just-too-good-check/

3. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   Merck's word is not worth much. A for-profit corporation with a conflict of interest, a 1.2 billion dollar contract for a new anti-viral therapy. (Ivermectin is out of patent, would make little money) They also have a shady history with Vioxx. ...

4. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   What is dangerous about using a safe drug if one has COVID-19, if one is prescribed it by a medical doctor. There are a body of highly published medical doctors who have looked at the research and they find it sufficient and are prescribing it. If th...

5. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   name calling. Okay. Character attacks come when you have no serious points to make. And so it stands, Ivermectin is a safe drug. Goodbye.

6. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   Agreed, no one should be going to Tractor Supply and dosing themselves with the horse version of Ivermectin. Make a PSA about, no problem. The human formulation however, has been researched, and has ongoing research in use for Covid 19. It also is n...

7. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   I've expected insults so....whatever to that. If you have some data that shows ivermectin, formulated for humans, to be dangerous, I'm all ears.

8. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   From the article: “Ivermectin is an FDA-approved broad spectrum anti-parasitic agent (Gonzalez Canga et al., 2008) that in recent years we, along with other groups, have shown to have anti-viral activity against a broad range of viruses (Gotz et al.,...

9. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   The news organizations know, they want higher ratings.

10. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

    So it’s unsafe if you don’t have parasites? It’s one of the safest drugs .

11. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

    The FDA literally creating a tweet conflating ivermectin formulated for horses with the ivermectin formulation for humans. Ivermectin has a high safety profile.

12. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    lincoln77 replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

    My brother-in-law ER doctor, who works in large east coast hospital, has prescribed Ivermectin to people with Covid 19 who wanted it. He said it was mostly nurses and doctors who had looked in to the research and requested it. There is some research...

13. doctor thinks I should administer med based on "telephone game"

    lincoln77 replied to lincoln77's topic in Medications

    Thanks for this response. This is what I suspected but wasn't sure.

14. doctor thinks I should administer med based on "telephone game"

    lincoln77 replied to lincoln77's topic in Medications

    thanks for your response. My main question was really on dilution. During my school clinicals, that was always specified in the hospital ie "1 gram cefepime q 12 hours in 100cc NS over 30min". Here the order says "1 gram cefepime q 12 hours". So a...

15. doctor thinks I should administer med based on "telephone game"

    lincoln77 posted a topic in Medications

    So I work in a prison, was giving meds in the infirmary. One inmate was on IV cefepime. The order simply says, give 1 gram every 12 hours. Fluid type or volume was not included, and it did not say the time it should be given in. I asked for clarif...