Please only take this medication by prescription from a medical doctor. Even if these results are replicated, there is a huge difference between 12mg/day IV for 5 days under medical supervision and consuming a tube of apple flavored paste containing 6 grams of ivermectin. Ivermectin is neurotoxic at high doses and can absolutely kill you.
a) "In vitro studies have shown the efficacy of Ivermectin (IV) to inhibit the SARS—CoV-2 viral replication, but questions remained as to in-vivo applications" [0]<p>b) "Sixty-three patients with positive PCR result were randomized into three arms of the study. There was 1 withdrawal, thus 62 patients completed the study" [0]<p>c) "We cannot conclude in this study that Ivermectin has a place in prophylaxis, but this warrants investigation." [0]<p>[0] <a href="https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/qjmed/hcab035/6143037" rel="nofollow">https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/q...</a>
"Sample size: A convenient sample size of 60 with 20 in each arm, was planned. However, 62 were ultimately randomized."<p>Sounds very underpowered
I saw a post on NIH studies showing possible benefits and people dismissing it because it wasn't a preponderance of evidence. Totally valid to dismiss a selected sample but made me realize there was more of a basis for its usage than, let's say, bleach.<p>That said, <i>I was wrong, removed</i>. I guess it's too much to ask for people to trust the recommended medicine, perhaps we should get more pro-vaccine conspiracy theories out there =/
Trial group of 62 patients and no parasite screening in those patients - yawn. But could be interesting grounds for a more significant and controlled study with patients with comorbidities.
Much bigger study showing statistically significant benefits
<a href="https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00100-4/pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00100-4/pdf</a>
Ivermectin is proven to work, but it's out of patent. That means pharmaceutical companies can't profit from it. Hence the Ivermectin FUD campaign.<p>Big Pharma will do everything in their power, including manipulate the media, to buy time while they develop new oral Covid drugs with a slightly tweaked chemical composition (<i>just</i> enough for them to legally profit off it). Knowing they have a certain % of the population that will blindly follow and argue for them helps.