I agree people should not be ordering veterinary-grade ivermectin paste from the farm supply store to self-medicate their COVID symptoms. But as a drug, it has long been used safely,
for humans, in many, many countries for more than 30 years as an anti-parasitic medication. It
may also have some anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, which is why people are using it for COVID. Here is a study that was just published in the latest issue of
American Journal of Therapeutics, a long-standing, peer-reviewed medical journal, that suggests that properly prescribed and administered, ivermectin
may, MAY be beneficial in treating COVID-19:
https://journals.lww.com/americantherap ... _of.7.aspxMeta-analysis of 15 trials found that ivermectin reduced risk of death compared with no ivermectin (average risk ratio 0.38, 95% confidence interval 0.19–0.73; n = 2438; I2 = 49%; moderate-certainty evidence). This result was confirmed in a trial sequential analysis using the same DerSimonian–Laird method that underpinned the unadjusted analysis. This was also robust against a trial sequential analysis using the Biggerstaff–Tweedie method. Low-certainty evidence found that ivermectin prophylaxis reduced COVID-19 infection by an average 86% (95% confidence interval 79%–91%). Secondary outcomes provided less certain evidence. Low-certainty evidence suggested that there may be no benefit with ivermectin for “need for mechanical ventilation,” whereas effect estimates for “improvement” and “deterioration” clearly favored ivermectin use. Severe adverse events were rare among treatment trials and evidence of no difference was assessed as low certainty. Evidence on other secondary outcomes was very low certainty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ ... erapeuticsIt could certainly be picked apart or contradicted by other studies, but that suggests to me that the argument for using a proven safe and effective drug for humans in treating a new disease is not a completely absurd proposition on its face.
Just to be clear: I am not a doctor; I have had COVID; I am double-vaccinated; I have no interest or plans in taking ivermectin if i am ever diagnosed with COVID again; I do see the funny side of a meat-head like Joe Rogan dosing himself with a medicine that in the U.S., is primarily used for de-worming animals... I just think that the amount of self-righteous outrage this whole topic is inducing on both sides of the argument is extremely predictable and tiresome. Again, what should be a scientific and medical discussion has been turned into yet another social-media culture-war litmus test. zzzzzz.
tl;dr: JAYBIRD EATS HORSE PASTE LOL
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:55 pm
