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Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin Among Patients with Covid-19

• berenza 5y ago
  "Inclusion criteria were an age of 18 years or older; presentation to an outpatient care setting with an acute clinical condition consistent with Covid-19 within 7 days after symptom onset;" I don't know if "up to 7 days after symptom onset" qualifies as early antiviral treatment. hastily-googled citations: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323384/ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/summary-clinicians.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/summary-cli... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abc7112 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abc7112
  • Gatsky 5y ago
    Other effective early interventions work within this timeframe eg sotrovimab.
• Gatsky 5y ago
  The ‘effect’ was zero. This was a randomised double-blind controlled trial, by far the largest of its kind. The story should end here.
  • leephillips 5y ago
    It should, but of course it won’t.
  • eveningcoffee 5y ago
    Preliminary findings of this study were known months ago. It did not stop anything.