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It's not a "Miracle Drug" it's a "Wonder Drug" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC30437 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC30437 (title: Ive
by yehosef 5y ago
It's not a "Miracle Drug" it's a "Wonder Drug"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC30437 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC30437 (title: Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective)
Some Quotes:
>(Ivermectin) has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of billions of people throughout the world.
>There are few drugs that can seriously lay claim to the title of ‘Wonder drug’, penicillin and aspirin being two that have perhaps had greatest beneficial impact on the health and wellbeing of Mankind. But ivermectin can also be considered alongside those worthy contenders, based on its versatility, safety and the beneficial impact that it has had, and continues to have, worldwide—especially on hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people.
Contrary to popular belief, Ivermectin is not just a "horse dewormer" but has antiviral properties:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7564151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7564151/ (general antiviral)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277121/ (dengue)
- dazag 5y agoThey guy who invented it, or discovered it, won a nobel prize! I don't think they will be giving a nobel prize to the guy that created the shitty vaccine...
- gus_massa 5y agoI get an error in your first link. Also, I hate when it's call a "horse dewormer", because it's also a good human dewormer. I try to write an angry comment in each article that calls it a "horse dewormer". Note that many antivirals has been tried, but for now the only one with good results is molnupiravir and it's a very recent result https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-ridgebacks-investigational-oral-antiviral-molnupiravir-reduced-the-risk-of-hospitalization-or-death-by-approximately-50-percent-compared-to-placebo-for-patients-with-mild-or-moderat/ https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-ridgebacks-investigatio... (HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28719928 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28719928 )
- yehosef 5y agohmm - this is the link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/