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Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
Source: New York Times
The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of strong research to back it up, showed no sign of alleviating the disease, according to results of a large clinical trial published on Wednesday.
The study, which compared more than 1,300 people infected with the coronavirus in Brazil who received either ivermectin or a placebo, effectively ruled out the drug as a treatment for Covid, the study’s authors said.
“There’s really no sign of any benefit,” said Dr. David Boulware, an infectious-disease expert at the University of Minnesota.
The researchers shared a summary of these results in August during an online presentation hosted by the National Institutes of Health, but the full data set had not been published until now in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The study, which compared more than 1,300 people infected with the coronavirus in Brazil who received either ivermectin or a placebo, effectively ruled out the drug as a treatment for Covid, the study’s authors said.
“There’s really no sign of any benefit,” said Dr. David Boulware, an infectious-disease expert at the University of Minnesota.
The researchers shared a summary of these results in August during an online presentation hosted by the National Institutes of Health, but the full data set had not been published until now in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/health/covid-ivermectin-hospitalization.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2022
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Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)1. Well that does it - keep that UV light up your ass
So glad I injected bleach instead of this ivermectin nonsense.
Initech
(108,782 posts)3. Time to buy stock in Clorox!
Jetheels
(991 posts)2. Do ivermectin users read the NYT?
Probatim
(3,285 posts)4. Do ivermetcin users read?
There, I fixed it for you.
paleotn
(22,212 posts)11. That would be an unequivocal.....no, nada, nyet, nein!
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)5. Also in other papers...
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
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NickB79
(20,354 posts)8. Combining it with anything doesn't change effectiveness
The only time the active ingredient shows ANY antiviral properties is in petri dishes, at concentrations so high it couldn't be achieved in the human bloodstream.
It is not at all similar to HIV treatments.
MissMillie
(39,652 posts)9. link for no paywall
paleotn
(22,212 posts)10. Hmmm....where to file this.....
The "no shit, sherlock" folder or the "well, duh" file. Flip a coin I guess.
Ray Bruns
(6,362 posts)13. I say "No Sh!t"
Botany
(77,323 posts)12. So a drug to be used on the g.i. tract for parasites and worms for farm animals does not work ...
... does not work on a virus in the human lymphatic system. Who knew?