Overview

• Wisconsin's highest court upheld a lower court's decision prohibiting a hospital from being compelled to give ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
• Ivermectin is not approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19 and can be dangerous if misused.
• A man sued to try to force a Wisconsin hospital to give ivermectin to his uncle with COVID-19 based on a prescription from a doctor who never examined the patient.
• Similar lawsuits seeking to mandate hospitals provide ivermectin for COVID-19 have been filed in states across the U.S.
• The initial county court ordered the hospital to provide ivermectin but then said the man would have to supply the drug and find a doctor to administer it.