What is Ivermectin?
Ivermectin; safe and widely used
Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug. It is used in humans and animals against parasites such as worms, mites and lice. It is an effective medicine for scabies and is sold under the brand name Stromectol. You can get it at the pharmacy. Ivermectin has been used for years and is on the WHO's List of Essential Medicines. In 2015, its discoverers, William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, were jointly awarded a Nobel Prize. Ivermectin has had a major impact on the treatment of malaria, yellow fever, river blindness and in the control of other parasitic diseases. It also has an anti-viral effect against, among others, the Zika virus, HIV and Sars-CoV2. Carlos Chaccour, assistant professor, has written a good article on the action, areas of application and effectiveness of Ivermectin. An excerpt: After April 3rd, the day Caly et al. Published their in vitro results about ivermectin and SARS-CoV-2, the research world and the general public was pulled into two extreme and opposite views about this topic. One group called for an early kill of the drug for its use against COVID-19, because the effective concentrations reported by Caly et al. Were too high to be achieved in vivo and therefore any effort invested in pursuing this would be a waste and generate a false sense of hope. The other group, following a rightful sense of urgency, launched into promoting widespread use, even without appropriate evidence of efficacy and, more importantly, of safety for this specific use. Both extremes are equally wrong. Read more (English) ->