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Apparently you can still suffer long covid even if vaccinated. Ivermectin seems like a way better route for these ages.

jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Curious, why do you believe in ivermectin? It’s an anti-parasitic, not an anti-viral. It also seems there is significant controversy with every study that shows any positive effect, eg the study from Egypt that was recently withdrawn due to data manipulation by the authors. Is it really realistic that random people on the internet are better at finding a cure for a never before seen disease than the world’s best doctors and pharma companies? Just trying to understand the rationale.
- swader999 5y ago
  Because it actually cleared up my long covid. Had it for three months with no help or options from my doctor. Got the horse paste from a rancher buddy and felt improvement in a few hours and complete recovery in a few days of one dose per day. Except for lung inflammation which prednisone was able to resolve.
- fireeyed 5y ago
  It is an anti-parasitic but also effective antiviral and blunts the replication rate. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166354219307211 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01663...
- nradov 5y ago
  It's not a matter of belief of disbelief, and there's no strict separation between anti-parasitic versus anti-viral drugs. Ivermectin is a small molecule drug with a variety of effects, one of which might impact SARS-CoV-2 replication. This paper explains the suspected mechanism of action. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422...
nradov 5y ago
Here's an index of the studies on ivermectin as a COVID-19 prophylactic or treatment. Most of the studies are small or otherwise low quality, but overall there does seem to be at least a small benefit and the risk of harmful side effects is low. It certainly isn't as effective as the current vaccines, and I think most people would prefer to avoid taking ivermectin for the rest of their lives. https://c19ivermectin.com/ https://c19ivermectin.com/
- swader999 5y ago
  This is a valid criticism of the studies but realize it is difficult to fund large ones given ivermectin's patents are long expired. It has billions of doses of decent safety history at least. Lot of great anecdotal reports on various forums for whatever that's worth, including yours truly.

Curious, why do you believe in ivermectin? It’s an anti-parasitic, not an anti-viral. It also seems there is significant controversy with every study that shows any positive effect, eg the study from Egypt that was recently withdrawn due to data manipulation by the authors. Is it really realistic that random people on the internet are better at finding a cure for a never before seen disease than the world’s best doctors and pharma companies? Just trying to understand the rationale.

swader999 5y ago
Because it actually cleared up my long covid. Had it for three months with no help or options from my doctor. Got the horse paste from a rancher buddy and felt improvement in a few hours and complete recovery in a few days of one dose per day. Except for lung inflammation which prednisone was able to resolve.
fireeyed 5y ago
It is an anti-parasitic but also effective antiviral and blunts the replication rate. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166354219307211 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01663...
nradov 5y ago
It's not a matter of belief of disbelief, and there's no strict separation between anti-parasitic versus anti-viral drugs. Ivermectin is a small molecule drug with a variety of effects, one of which might impact SARS-CoV-2 replication. This paper explains the suspected mechanism of action. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422...

nradov 5y ago

Here's an index of the studies on ivermectin as a COVID-19 prophylactic or treatment. Most of the studies are small or otherwise low quality, but overall there does seem to be at least a small benefit and the risk of harmful side effects is low. It certainly isn't as effective as the current vaccines, and I think most people would prefer to avoid taking ivermectin for the rest of their lives. https://c19ivermectin.com/ https://c19ivermectin.com/

swader999 5y ago
This is a valid criticism of the studies but realize it is difficult to fund large ones given ivermectin's patents are long expired. It has billions of doses of decent safety history at least. Lot of great anecdotal reports on various forums for whatever that's worth, including yours truly.