Thousands Of Children Prescribed HCQ, Ivermectin For Acute COVID-19 Infection Despite Recommendations Against Their Use, Data Show

MedPage Today (5/9, Kahn) reports, “Clinicians prescribed hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and ivermectin inappropriately to thousands of children with acute COVID-19, according to a retrospective cohort study” published in Pediatrics. Overall, “in a large U.S. all-payer database, 3,602 ivermectin prescriptions and 813 HCQ prescriptions for kids with acute COVID were identified after” IDSA “guidelines recommended against their use, though prescription rates for these medications were less than 1% – 0.03% for HCQ and 0.14% for ivermectin, reported” researchers.