MESSAGE ID: RECIPIENTS: SUBJECT: Dear Colleagues, This is an official MS Health Alert Network (HAN) Alert MSHAN-20210820-00532-ALT (Health Alert) All Physicians, Hospitals, ERs, ICPs, NPs, and Healthcare Providers – Statewide Friday, August 20, 2021 Increased Poison Control Calls due to Ivermectin Ingestion and Potential Toxicity • The Mississippi Poison Control Center has received an increasing number of calls from individuals with potential ivermectin exposure taken to treat or prevent COVID-19 infection. • At least 70% of the recent calls have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers. • 85% of the...