https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arkansas-inmates-ivermectin-federal-lawsuit-jail/
A group of men detained at Washington County Detention Center in
Arkansas say that the jail's medical staff gave them the anti-parasite
drug ivermectin last year, without their consent, to treat COVID-19,
while telling them the pills were "vitamins." On Wednesday, the American
Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of the inmates, filed a federal lawsuit
against the jail and its doctor.
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Based on Floreal-Wooten's height and weight, according to the lawsuit,
he should have only received up to 0.2 mg/kg in a single dose, roughly
14 mg.
"Mr. Wooten, however, received 48 mg over a period of four days," the
lawsuit says, "3.4 times the approved dosage."
Dayman Blackburn says he faced a similar situation. His medical records,
according to the lawsuit, show that he received nearly 6.3 times the
approved dosage of ivermectin based on his height and weight.
People who take "inappropriately high doses" of the medication,
according to the CDC, "may experience toxic effects," including nausea,
vomiting, hallucinations, seizures, coma and death. Floreal-Wooten told
CBS News he suffered from diarrhea and upper abdominal pain in the weeks
after he was given the medication.