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≥In what way is an anti-parasitic drug supposed to help a viral lung infection? While I have no interest in making a case for ivermectin and covid, you might b
by eth0up 5y ago
≥In what way is an anti-parasitic drug supposed to help a viral lung infection?
While I have no interest in making a case for ivermectin and covid, you might be interested in the vast, highly relevant field of repurposed drugs. A fair example might be salicylanilides, eg niclosamide - a drug pretty exclusively used for a particular tapeworm, but being repurposed for incurable gonorrhea, c-dif, h-pylori and other conditions.
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- grawprog 5y agoI can understand an anti-parasitic drug having an effect on bacterial infections. Bacteria falls under what we classically define as 'life'. Bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections share much more in common than viral infections. Viruses are a completely different form of life that causes illness in a totally different way to other forma of infectious organisms.