Drug called Ivermectin can prevent COVID-19?

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Has anyone else heard about an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin being used successfully as a prophylactic against the COVID-19 virus?
Maybe some members of Congress expect big dividends from the vaccine if they can keep this quiet. What are your thoughts?

 

peramangkelder said:
https://theconversation.com/ivermec...ovid-19-despite-what-you-may-have-read-144569
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Thank you. This article says the media touted it as a miracle drug and a cure, but the doctors who are asking the CDC to take it seriously are not saying that. They said the results as a prophylactic are miraculous. They say that ivermectin can prevent you from getting the virus, and prevent most people (80+% in an ICU study) from dying from it. These doctors are just asking for a serious study/trial as soon as possible and from what I'm seeing, our politicians are trying to not let that happen.
 
Sunny said:
If the drug is potentially as good as he says, why are there no clinical trials? You'd think they would be rushing it into production.
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I agree, and I'm not sure why not but in the video one senator absolutely attacked this doctor, but everything the senator said was untrue. So I have to conclude that some (or lots of) members of congress stand to profit from the vaccine and are afraid that treatment with ivermectin will mean that fewer people will need the vaccine. And that's what this doctor is saying (actually, a group of doctors).
 
CarolfromTX said:
Once again, it’s turned political so I don’t know what to believe. Follow the science. Which science? I firmly believe there are people who want to drag out this pandemic as long as possible.
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And there are people who are actually trying to stop the spread and protect us from it (with science). Follow the science, but also follow the money. Or just listen to researchers who have no political agenda or affiliations. But then I'd look into who's funding them, too. It's sad that it wouldn't surprise me to find out that this study is being blocked for profit.
 
Ivermectin is a very good drug to use against a range of parasitic worms.
However, unless we expect our doctors to start clinical trials when someone says a drug used for something other than viral diseases usually, may have useful benefits during this pandemic in completely novel ways, bearing in mind Ivermectin, like any other drug, will have side effects, or contraindications, I'd guess its a hopeless endeavour to try to examine this claim seriously.
 
grahamg said:
Ivermectin is a very good drug to use against a range of parasitic worms.
However, unless we expect our doctors to start clinical trials when someone says a drug used for something other than viral diseases usually, may have useful benefits during this pandemic in completely novel ways, bearing in mind Ivermectin, like any other drug, will have side effects, or contraindications, I'd guess its a hopeless endeavour to try to examine this claim seriously.
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I'm taking it seriously because a trial was done within a community in South America and others were done in a number of hospitals with "miraculous" results. The SA trial had a baseline group but all of these were relatively small trials. All this team of doctors (who were appointed to a COVID-19 task force, btw) are asking is that the drug be used in a larger, more comprehensive study or trial ASAP.
 
Murrmurr said:
Has anyone else heard about an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin being used successfully as a prophylactic against the COVID-19 virus?
Maybe some members of Congress expect big dividends from the vaccine if they can keep this quiet. What are your thoughts?

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Sorry, having trouble getting this posted. It disappeared when I hit the Send button.

I tried googling this drug, and can find absolutely nothing about it except discussions about its use as a prophylactic against animal parasites, which seems very strange. Fox news seems to be the only medium even mentioning it.

So, either there is a massive worldwide conspiracy to suppress the fact that there is a miracle drug out there, cheap and easily available... or this is another "snake oil" claim. I tend to be very skeptical about this stuff. As the old adage goes, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
 
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For what it is (or isn't) worth, here are a few links that discuss Ivermectin and COVID-19:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...ty-of-Continuous-Administration-of-Ivermectin

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...nti-parasite-drug-scrutinized-covid-19-remedy

https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/

https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/ivermectin-treat-covid-19-coronavirus-3535912/

There are many more references, but this gives folks who are interested, something to read anyway. Personally, I have never heard of this drug prior to this thread and can't claim access to any first-hand knowledge that would allow me in good conscience to make the kind of conjecture as I see in this thread regarding why the drug isn't being widely pursued as a possible means of addressing COVID-19. All I am doing in this post is providing links to some sites that have write-ups about the subject of the thread for those seeking such information on the internet.

I did a search on duckduckgo.com using "ivermectin covid-19" and got many, many results. So anybody interested in reading further can try that.

Tony
 
Sunny said:
Sorry, having trouble getting this posted. It disappeared when I hit the Send button.

I tried googling this drug, and can find absolutely nothing about it except discussions about its use as a prophylactic against animal parasites, which seems very strange. Fox news seems to be the only medium even mentioning it.

So, either there is a massive worldwide conspiracy to suppress the fact that there is a miracle drug out there, cheap and easily available... or this is another "snake oil" claim. I tend to be very skeptical about this stuff. As the old adage goes, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
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Understandable. There are videos on youtube where one of the doctors on the team Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) sits before a congressional panel (I think it's a hearing) and you can hear the debate from both sides. The FLCCC also has a website where you can see their studies, trials, and reports and summations.
 
Be careful about taking Ivermectin. They gave it to Trump & it turned his hair bright yellow.
 
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