Russo Warns Using Hair Lice Medication to Treat COVID-19 Patients is Dangerous

Articles reporting on an internal medicine doctor from Texas gaining national attention after revealing that he uses the antiparasitic medication ivermectin — which is commonly used to treat head lice — on his COVID-19 patients quote Thomas A. Russo, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. The articles cite Russo among doctors who advise against this treatment. “Throwing the kitchen sink at patients with medications and supplements is dangerous,” Russo said. “Serious adverse reactions could come from this."