Veteran Nurse Uses Ivermectin to Recover from Long COVID — Patti Gilliano, a nurse with 35 years of experience, got severe COVID in 2020 and went to the emergency room for help. She asked the doctor about ivermectin but on that visit and then the next one, the doctor refused. She was given other medications, which failed to work. After her symptoms persisted for weeks, another doctor prescribed it. Soon, she got her life back.