Commentary: Whether made for humans or horses, ivermectin isn't a proven COVID-19 drug

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Ivermectin is not being prescribed for COVID-19 because evidence that it helps people is not yet there, says a researcher.

MONTREAL: Hydroxychloroquine. Remdesivir. Ivermectin. Several medications have been touted as miracle drugs for COVID-19 throughout the pandemic, often without solid medical evidence supporting their use.

Ivermectin is used to treat several types of parasitic infections. It works by interfering with a parasite’s nervous system to paralyse and ultimately kill it. Such phenomena are why we so often hear about experiments claiming new cancer cures, with much less progress in their actual treatment of people.There are some promising findings in critically ill patients, but more high-quality data needs to be collected, particularly for those with mild or silent COVID. That’s currently in progress.

Your family doctor or nurse practitioner has the training required to determine if a medication is appropriate and, if so, whether they should decrease your dose to keep you safe.Such a safety profile means that if ivermectin ultimately does prove to help treat COVID-19, your doctor could prescribe it, when appropriate, with a reasonable amount of confidence that its benefits will outweigh its potential harms.

 

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infinity10 'You are not a cow. You are not a horse. Stop it, Y'all' ~The actual FDA, snapping and unleashing anger about this.

Ivermectin works against covid. Aside fr. vax, we take it & so far, we have no covid.

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