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I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-t

by oezi 5y ago

I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19 https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-shoul... https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-advises-against-use-ivermectin-prevention-treatment-covid-19-outside-randomised-clinical-trials https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-advises-against-use-iv... Summary: Don't take ivermectine, no evidence it helps against Covid-19.

nradov 5y ago
There is at least some limited evidence that ivermectin helps against COVID-19. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989 That's why the NIH is sponsoring a large scale clinical trial. That should give us more reliable evidence one way or the other. https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/activ/covid-19-therapeutics-prioritized-testing-clinical-trials#activ6 https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initi...
- oezi 5y ago
  There is conflicting low-quality evidence: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2/full https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD... Until we get back the results from larger and better studies, people shouldn't say Ivermectin works.
miles 5y ago
> I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job ... Summary: Don't take ivermectine, no evidence it helps against Covid-19. The Lancet: Antiviral effect of high-dose ivermectin in adults with COVID-19: A proof-of-concept randomized trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00239-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5... The Journal of Antibiotics: The mechanisms of action of Ivermectin against SARS-CoV-2: An evidence-based clinical review article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 Mainichi: Dr. Satoshi Omura, Nobel Prize scholar: "Vaccines for prevention, ivermectin for treatment" https://weekly-economist.mainichi.jp/articles/20210712/se1/00m/020/002000d https://weekly-economist.mainichi.jp/articles/20210712/se1/0... New Microbes and New Infections: Ivermectin: a multifaceted drug of Nobel prize-honoured distinction with indicated efficacy against a new global scourge, COVID-19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383101/ WSJ: Why Is the FDA Attacking a Safe, Effective Drug? https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronav...
- oezi 5y ago
  Sorry, but that is low quality evidence. The conclusion of the current evidence is inconclusive and mixed. Don't self-medicate. And what's with the harping about the nobel price? How does this matter?
willcipriano 5y ago
> I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job A few decades ago most Americans would've said that was the Pope.

by oezi 5y ago

nradov 5y ago

There is at least some limited evidence that ivermectin helps against COVID-19. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989 That's why the NIH is sponsoring a large scale clinical trial. That should give us more reliable evidence one way or the other. https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/activ/covid-19-therapeutics-prioritized-testing-clinical-trials#activ6 https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initi...

oezi 5y ago
There is conflicting low-quality evidence: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2/full https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD... Until we get back the results from larger and better studies, people shouldn't say Ivermectin works.

miles 5y ago

> I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job ... Summary: Don't take ivermectine, no evidence it helps against Covid-19. The Lancet: Antiviral effect of high-dose ivermectin in adults with COVID-19: A proof-of-concept randomized trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00239-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5... The Journal of Antibiotics: The mechanisms of action of Ivermectin against SARS-CoV-2: An evidence-based clinical review article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 Mainichi: Dr. Satoshi Omura, Nobel Prize scholar: "Vaccines for prevention, ivermectin for treatment" https://weekly-economist.mainichi.jp/articles/20210712/se1/00m/020/002000d https://weekly-economist.mainichi.jp/articles/20210712/se1/0... New Microbes and New Infections: Ivermectin: a multifaceted drug of Nobel prize-honoured distinction with indicated efficacy against a new global scourge, COVID-19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383101/ WSJ: Why Is the FDA Attacking a Safe, Effective Drug? https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronav...

oezi 5y ago
Sorry, but that is low quality evidence. The conclusion of the current evidence is inconclusive and mixed. Don't self-medicate. And what's with the harping about the nobel price? How does this matter?

willcipriano 5y ago

> I think people should outsource their thinking to those tasked with the job A few decades ago most Americans would've said that was the Pope.