The buzz for Ivermectin as a possible treatment for acute coronavirus is becoming stronger every day - but how convincing is the actual evidence from clinical trials to date? And what are we to make of the one study done with Long Haulers that claimed a 94% success rate in complete resolution of symptoms? Could this be the wonder drug to treat hundreds of thousands of chronically ill people around the world? I search for the answers.
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REFERENCES:
Ivermectin, Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin
Ivermectin as anti-viral:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-020-0336-z
Recent clinical trial, The Lancet:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30464-8/fulltext
Dr Mike Hansen: Should I prescribe Ivermectin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Thfq47Hfvs
Dr Andrew Hill: Clinical Trial review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAh7GtvcOs
Aguirre Chang et al, Ivermectin vs Long Covid:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344318845_POST-ACUTE_OR_PROLONGED_COVID-19_IVERMECTIN_TREATMENT_FOR_PATIENTS_WITH_PERSISTENT_SYMPTOMS_OR_POST-ACUTE
Ivermectin as anti-inflammatory:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-020-00195-y