>>JENNIFER WAUGH: FLORIDA’S POISON CONTROL CENTERS SAY THEY ARE RECEIVING MORE EMERGENCY
CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TAKEN TOO
MUCH ZINC IT IS A VITAMIN USED
TO BOOST A PERSON’S IMMUNE
SYSTEM TOO MUCH OF IT THOUGH
CAN MAKE YOU SICK LIKE PRETTY
MUCH
ANYTHING ELSE. IT APPEARS
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE IT
ARE TAKING IT TO TRY TO PREVENT
EITHER CATCHING COVID-19 OR TRY
TO TREAT
THE SYMPTOMS. DOCTOR DON SOLELY
IS DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA’S POISON
CONTROL CENTERS JACKSONVILLE
OFFICE IN JOINS US VIA ZOOM
THIS MORNING, GOOD MORNING,
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT TOO MUCH ZINC DOES
TO THE BODY HAS IT MAKE YOU
SICK.
>> WELL LUCKILY, AT LEAST WHEN
PEOPLE
TAKE ZINC IF YOU TAKE ONE LARGE
JONES IT’S NOT TOO MUCH OF A
PROBLEM, IT’S IF YOU TAKE A
BUNCH OF IT OVER TIME THAT
MAKES IT MORE.
BUT WITH THE ONE-TIME DOSE
NORMALLY WHAT WE EXPECT IS
PROBABLY IS NOT JUST SOME
VOMITING DIARRHEA ABDOMINAL
PAIN.
>> HE’S
LIKE THAT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND BASED ON
THE KINDS OF CALLS THAT YOU’RE
RECEIVING DURING THE PANDEMIC
WHAT ARE YOU ABLE TO TO TO
FIGURE OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT
PEOPLE ARE DOING WHEN IT COMES
TO ZINC RELATED TO COVID-19.
>> WELL WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS
AS WELL AS WITH ZINC AND SOME
OF THE OTHER VITAMINS VITAMIN
THE VITAMIN A AS WELL AS
VITAMIN C DURING THIS TIME
DURING THE PANDEMIC A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BOOST
THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM OR TIED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
ADEQUATE TREATMENT.
>> OR
JUST GOOD.
>> STATUS TO TRY AND REGIONALLY
TRY AND BE IN THE BEST SHAPE
THAT THEY CAN BE SO
THEY HAVE AND TAKING A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN HIGHER DOSES ARE
NOT FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS
ON
THE BOTTLE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND IT’S
INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE YOU
KNOW NATURALLY WE PROBABLY EAT
THINGS EVERY DAY THAT HAVE THE
BIDENS THAT YOU JUST LISTED
INCLUDING ZINC AND THEN PEOPLE
ARE TAKING A VITAMIN ON TOP
OF THAT. YOU KNOW AT WHAT POINT
DO YOU DECIDE THAT AND KNOW HOW
MUCH IS TOO MUCH.
>> TYPICALLY YOU WANT TO
INVOLVE YOUR.
>> PHYSICIANS
IN ANY NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
DECISIONS YOU MAKE BECAUSE
DEPENDING ON WHAT MEDICATIONS
YOU’RE ON. THERE’S ALWAYS SOME
RISK OF
SOME INTERACTIONS. SO WE ALWAYS
RECOMMEND THAT ARE UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OR UNDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF LOCAL
POSITIONS AS FAR AS NUTRITIONAL
SUPPLEMENTS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND IT’S
INTERESTING I THINK THAT
BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO THINK
WILL TO VITAMIN A CAN HURT ME
BUT THE REALITY IS MIXED WITH
OTHER THINGS THAT
IT COULD. SO I WANTED TO IN
CASE. OUR VIEWERS MISSED OUR
STORY LAST WEEK
ABOUT IVERMECTIN. POISON
CONTROL AS YOU KNOW WHY YOUR
OFFICE NOTIFIED OF THAT AS OF
THIS HAS SEEN A 282% JUMP
IN CALLS FROM PEOPLE MISUSING
AND EATING IT, IT’S TYPICALLY
USED TO D WARM ANIMALS IN
WHY ARE PEOPLE TAKING THIS AS A
WAY TO EITHER PREVENT OR TREAT
COVID.
>> THERE IS SOME DATA AND THERE
HAS BEEN SOME STUDIES OUT THERE
LOOKING AT I EVER MET AND
THAT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY
SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT.
PART OF OUR DANGER IN
WORRIED ABOUT IT THE POISON
INFORMATION CENTER IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE USING THAT MARY
PRODUCTS AT THIS POINT. SO
THEY’RE USING INTERVIEWS FROM
LIVESTOCK, SO LARGE ANIMALS
SUCH AS DIFFERENT CASE IN
THE PLANT IN THEIR FOR THEIR
OVERDOSING ON IT NOT
INTENTIONALLY.
BUT ACCIDENTALLY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: DO YOU THINK
THAT PART OF THE CONFUSION IS
IS THAT WHILE IT IS PRIMARILY
USED IN LIVESTOCK THE REALITY
IS IS THAT IT CAN BE USED
IN HUMANS FOR TREATING YOU KNOW
SKATE SCABIES AND ANY ANY KIND
OF PARASITE IS THAT DO YOU
THINK IS THE CONFUSION PEOPLE
THINK IT’S JUST SAFETY USE.
>> AUSPICES
OF A POSITION AGAIN IT IS
PRESCRIBED FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL
CONDITIONS LIKE YOU JUST
DESCRIBED. SO IT IS
FDA APPROVED FOR CERTAIN
CONDITIONS
IN HUMANS. IT’S JUST NOT AT
THIS POINT OF VIEW FOR USE IN
COVID-19.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU
VERY MUCH DOCTOR FOR CLARIFYING
THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT
THE LOCAL HIGH OF BUSINESSES
ARE SEEING THIS FLYING OFF THE
SHELVES BY HUMANS WHO ARE
OBVIOUSLY BUYING THIS TO TAKE
THIS FOR SOME KIND OF TREATMENT
FOR
COVID-19. I APPRECIATE YOU
CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION ABOUT
THAT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
AND WE WANT TO REMIND YOU IF
ANYONE FEEL SICK AFTER TAKING
ANY SAYING POISON CONTROL IS
FREE. IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU 24
7. YOU CAN CALL 802 TO 2 1, 2,