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There appears to be no downside, and significant upside. Ivermectin is cheap. 45/45 studies agree.

ceejayoz 6y ago
45/45 of studies agreeing is probably a sign of cherry-picking, and that it's really 45/?. There's very little in medicine that'll get literally every study ever performed agreeing on something.
collyw 6y ago
> There appears to be no downside > Ivermectin is cheap That depends on whether you have a profit motive from other treatments.
- giardini 6y ago
  Not really. It is far cheaper than any vaccine.
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    Nope. Several of the vaccines are cheaper. Even the most expensive are about the same. https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/ivermectin https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/ivermectin > The cost for ivermectin oral tablet 3 mg is around $79 for a supply of 20 tablets, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-much-will-it-cost-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-much-will-it-cost... > Moderna, a two-dose vaccine, recently announced each dose will go for around $32 to $37. The Pfizer vaccine, also given in two doses, is expected to cost $19.50 a dose. Each dose for Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose vaccine will cost an estimated $10, and AstraZeneca’s two-dose vaccine could be the cheapest at just $3 to $4 a dose. Novavax’s two-dose vaccine is estimated to be $16 a dose.
    - giardini 6y ago
      Why stop at 20 tablets? Why not 40 or 100? My point is that you are far overstating the cost by creating an impression that one must take ivermectin repeatedly. One doesn't need to take ivermectin every day or even every week: a single dose persists in the body for 3-12 months. Anyone can buy more than 20 doses of ivermectin for less than $20.
      - ceejayoz 6y ago
        The site mentions “monthly dose for prophylaxis”.
        giardini 6y ago
        So less than $1 per month for prophylaxis.
  - collyw 6y ago
    I was referring to "no downside" and being "cheap". If you stand to make a lot of money from the pandemic, cheap can be a downside.
nerdponx 6y ago
This is an especially fascinating result because ivermectin is known to be the only effective treatment for strongyloides hyperinfection, infection by the microscopic Strongyloides nematode that is caused when the worm leaves the GI tract and spreads throughout the body, causing massive inflammation and potentially death. I wonder if there's some kind of common anti-inflammatory process at work.

45/45 of studies agreeing is probably a sign of cherry-picking, and that it's really 45/?. There's very little in medicine that'll get literally every study ever performed agreeing on something.

collyw 6y ago

> There appears to be no downside > Ivermectin is cheap That depends on whether you have a profit motive from other treatments.

giardini 6y ago
Not really. It is far cheaper than any vaccine.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  Nope. Several of the vaccines are cheaper. Even the most expensive are about the same. https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/ivermectin https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/ivermectin > The cost for ivermectin oral tablet 3 mg is around $79 for a supply of 20 tablets, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-much-will-it-cost-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-much-will-it-cost... > Moderna, a two-dose vaccine, recently announced each dose will go for around $32 to $37. The Pfizer vaccine, also given in two doses, is expected to cost $19.50 a dose. Each dose for Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose vaccine will cost an estimated $10, and AstraZeneca’s two-dose vaccine could be the cheapest at just $3 to $4 a dose. Novavax’s two-dose vaccine is estimated to be $16 a dose.
  - giardini 6y ago
    Why stop at 20 tablets? Why not 40 or 100? My point is that you are far overstating the cost by creating an impression that one must take ivermectin repeatedly. One doesn't need to take ivermectin every day or even every week: a single dose persists in the body for 3-12 months. Anyone can buy more than 20 doses of ivermectin for less than $20.
    - ceejayoz 6y ago
      The site mentions “monthly dose for prophylaxis”.
      - giardini 6y ago
        So less than $1 per month for prophylaxis.
- collyw 6y ago
  I was referring to "no downside" and being "cheap". If you stand to make a lot of money from the pandemic, cheap can be a downside.

nerdponx 6y ago

This is an especially fascinating result because ivermectin is known to be the only effective treatment for strongyloides hyperinfection, infection by the microscopic Strongyloides nematode that is caused when the worm leaves the GI tract and spreads throughout the body, causing massive inflammation and potentially death. I wonder if there's some kind of common anti-inflammatory process at work.