'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts
1 year ago

'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts

Hindustan Times  

After losing its battle against ivermectin, the US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to remove webpages and its social media posts urging people to avoid the usage of drug for COVID-19 treatment. FDA has agreed to remove webpages and its social media posts urging people to avoid the usage of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment. Stop it.” According to a settlement agreement filed with federal court in Southern Texas, the FDA will also remove another page titled – "Why you should not use ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19” within 21 days." Stressing that Ivermectin is not an exceptional case, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr in a tweet said: “The FDA is biased against many low-cost, generic, and/or natural therapies with low profit potential.

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Council of State approves fines for doctors who prescribed ivermectin for Covid-19
1 week, 6 days ago

Council of State approves fines for doctors who prescribed ivermectin for Covid-19

NL Times  

The fines issued by the health minister to four doctors who prescribed off-label medicines to four patients who were infected with the coronavirus were justified, according to the Council of State. By prescribing hydroxychloroquine and or ivermectin to patients with Covid-19 the doctors broke The Dutch Medicines Act. The coronavirus pandemic brought “significant insecurity” for doctors, said the Council of …

Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings
1 year ago

Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings

LA Times  

“You are not a horse”: The FDA’s 2021 consumer warning about not treating COVID with ivermectin, best known as a horse dewormer, was the most successful social media post in its history. The agency also agreed to retire a consumer advisory titled “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19.” In defending its decision, the FDA said …

Arkansas Doctor Settles Lawsuit Over Prescribing Ivermectin To People In Jail
1 year, 5 months ago

Arkansas Doctor Settles Lawsuit Over Prescribing Ivermectin To People In Jail

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Arkansas jail doctor has reached a settlement in federal court with former inmates who alleged they were given ivermectin, the anti-parasitic and deworming drug, as a COVID-19 treatment without their knowledge or consent. But lawyers for the four initial plaintiffs — former county jail detainees Edrick Floreal-Wooten, Jeremiah Little, Julio Gonazales, and Dayman Blackburn — alleged …

Court revives doctors' lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign
1 year, 6 months ago

Court revives doctors' lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal appeals court …

FACT CHECK: Did FDA approve Ivermectin as medicine for corona virus? Check here
1 year, 7 months ago

FACT CHECK: Did FDA approve Ivermectin as medicine for corona virus? Check here

India TV News  

India TV Fact Check: Social media platforms have become a primary source of misleading information. The report that the user shared on the social media platform read, "FDA explicitly recognizes that doctors do have the authority to prescribe Ivermectin to treat COVID." Image Source : SCREENSHOTLawyer's argument written in the article India TV did a fact check When we clicked …

COVID-19 Pill Paxlovid Moves Closer To Full FDA Approval
2 years ago

COVID-19 Pill Paxlovid Moves Closer To Full FDA Approval

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said using Paxlovid in high-risk patients could prevent 1,500 COVID-19 deaths and 13,000 hospitalizations per week. The COVID-19 medication won another vote of confidence from …

COVID treatments weren’t suppressed to OK vaccines’ emergency use
55 years, 2 months ago

COVID treatments weren’t suppressed to OK vaccines’ emergency use

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were suppressed as COVID-19 treatments because the vaccines couldn’t receive emergency use authorization if such treatments were available. THE FACTS: Social media users are sharing a conspiracy theory that posits that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin were withheld as COVID-19 treatments by officials in order to greenlight vaccines under emergency use authorization. An emergency use authorization, …

Sixteen doctors fined for prescribing ivemectin, hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

Sixteen doctors fined for prescribing ivemectin, hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid

NL Times  

The Dutch healthcare and youth care inspectorate, IGJ, fined 16 doctors accused of prescribing the drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. In fact, the standards and protocols of the profession explicitly state that there is no flexibility to use these substances for the off-label use treatment of Covid-19,” the inspectorate stated. At the time, there were reports of some …

Posts mislead on NIH COVID-19 guidelines for ivermectin
55 years, 2 months ago

Posts mislead on NIH COVID-19 guidelines for ivermectin

Associated Press  

CLAIM: The National Institutes of Health recently added ivermectin to a list of COVID-19 treatments. The NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines website says the agency recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. “Looks like the conspiracy theorist were right and the ‘experts’ wrong once again.” Another Tweet with over 39,000 likes reads: “Suddenly …

Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online
2 years, 8 months ago

Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online

NPR  

Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online Loading. But for Americans like Stephanie who don't trust the medical establishment, there's a network of fringe medical doctors, natural healers and internet personalities ready to push unproven cures for COVID. Enlarge this image toggle caption Meredith Rizzo/NPR Meredith Rizzo/NPR "The non-fraudulent non-messed up clinical trials are all pretty …

Covid news: Ivermectin ‘not clinically useful’ against virus, study finds
3 years ago

Covid news: Ivermectin ‘not clinically useful’ against virus, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One of the study’s lead authors, Professor Edward Mills of Canada’s McMaster University, summed up …

GOP revives anti-vax, pro-ivermectin measure in Kansas
3 years ago

GOP revives anti-vax, pro-ivermectin measure in Kansas

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Republican lawmakers on Thursday revived a proposal to weaken Kansas’ vaccination requirements for children enrolling in school and day care and to make it easier for people to get potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19. The measure also would limit pharmacists’ ability to refuse to fill prescriptions for the anti-worm treatment ivermectin and other drugs for off-label …

Flawed research abstract leads to ivermectin falsehoods
3 years ago

Flawed research abstract leads to ivermectin falsehoods

Associated Press  

CLAIM: A recently published study shows that ivermectin is more effective than remdesivir in reducing mortality when treating COVID-19. Several Twitter accounts that have previously spread COVID-19 misinformation to their large followings shared a link to the abstract, titled: “Treatment with Ivermectin Is Associated with Decreased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: Analysis of a National Federated Database.” But claims that suggest …

Ivermectin, hailed as Covid wonder drug by Trump fans, does not prevent severe illness, study finds
3 years, 1 month ago

Ivermectin, hailed as Covid wonder drug by Trump fans, does not prevent severe illness, study finds

The Independent  

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Liberal MP Russell Broadbent promotes personal use of a drug banned for COVID-19 treatment
3 years, 1 month ago

Liberal MP Russell Broadbent promotes personal use of a drug banned for COVID-19 treatment

ABC  

A federal Liberal MP who has refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has used parliament to promote a drug not approved for treating the virus. Key points: Russell Broadbent says he will not be vaccinated against COVID-19 While promoting its use, he has not confirmed how he accessed ivermectin The Therapeutic Goods Administration last year banned the drug as a …

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine
3 years, 1 month ago

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine

NPR  

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine Enlarge this image toggle caption Screenshot by NPR/Facebook Screenshot by NPR/Facebook Just before Christmas, a right-wing journalist named Ben Bergquam became seriously ill with COVID-19. A look into the world of unproven COVID treatments Bergquam told his audience he got his ivermectin from a group known as …

The media has lost the plot on ivermectin
3 years, 1 month ago

The media has lost the plot on ivermectin

Salon  

Imagine if you were in the hospital with a life-threatening yet treatable illness. He explained that a recent test-tube study of ivermectin's effects on the virus were overblown: "It doesn't provide any evidence on the role of IVM on clinical use," he noted. Because ivermectin is a drug now associated with the right-wing — whose pundit class repeats incessantly that …

Column: A new study calculates the incredible cost of ivermectin stupidity
3 years, 2 months ago

Column: A new study calculates the incredible cost of ivermectin stupidity

LA Times  

Tracey Savich, left, owner of Rolling Hills General Store, behind a sign warning customers not to take veterinary ivermectin for COVID. In a research letter published Thursday by the Journal of the American Medical Assn., they calculated that Medicare and private insurers wasted an estimated $130 million last year on ivermectin prescriptions for COVID. The $129.7 million spent on wasteful …

Online doctors giving ivermectin to Covid patients; Investigation launched
3 years, 3 months ago

Online doctors giving ivermectin to Covid patients; Investigation launched

NL Times  

The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate is investigating a group of doctors who prescribed the controversial drug Ivermectin to people with Covid-19. The Inspectorate said it will tackle doctors and pharmacists who still provide the drug to patients with the coronavirus. Despite the lack of scientific evidence for the effect of Ivermectin against Covid-19, the drug is still recommended on …

TGA issues warning about counterfeit ivermectin products and using them to treat COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

TGA issues warning about counterfeit ivermectin products and using them to treat COVID-19

ABC  

The national medical regulator is warning people not to try and import ivermectin products, saying a number of them are fake and have smaller doses of active ingredients in them than advertised. Key points: The Therapeutic Goods Administration tested a number of imported ivermectin products It is warning people that counterfeit medication could cause serious reactions The drug's maker says …

Maryland congressman says he prescribes ivermectin for COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Maryland congressman says he prescribes ivermectin for COVID

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — A Maryland congressman who is a practicing anesthesiologist said on a radio show that he prescribed a medication typically used to treat parasites in livestock and humans as a treatment for COVID-19. Republican Rep. Andy Harris, who represents Maryland’s 1st District, made the comments during a call-in radio program that he and his wife, Nicole, co-hosted last month …

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients
3 years, 5 months ago

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authority. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for …

Ivermectin shortage because of false Covid cure claims may result in animals being sent to slaughter
3 years, 5 months ago

Ivermectin shortage because of false Covid cure claims may result in animals being sent to slaughter

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An ivermectin shortage linked …

Why HCQ and Ivermectin were removed from India's Covid-19 treatment protocol
3 years, 6 months ago

Why HCQ and Ivermectin were removed from India's Covid-19 treatment protocol

India Today  

The Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Task Force on Covid-19 have dropped the use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine drugs from their revised guidelines for the treatment of the infection. “HCQ may be considered for removal from guideline, with recommendation to use with caution only in clinical trial setting,” said the document titled ‘considerations for exclusion of Ivermectin …

Column: Lawsuits demanding ivermectin raise fears of judges ordering doctors to commit malpractice
3 years, 6 months ago

Column: Lawsuits demanding ivermectin raise fears of judges ordering doctors to commit malpractice

LA Times  

Joe Rogan has been promoting ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, but there’s no evidence that it works. Even its leading U.S. manufacturer, Merck, says there is “no scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; no meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease; and a concerning lack of safety …

Reality check: There's still no compelling evidence for ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Reality check: There's still no compelling evidence for ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19

ABC  

Reality check From Federal MP Craig Kelly to tennis champion Pat Cash, ivermectin has attracted attention around the world as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Key points: Ivermectin has shown signs of controlling the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a test tube, but results of trials in humans are yet to show high-quality evidence for effectiveness Ivermectin has shown …

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. This week, the top U.S. professional groups for doctors and pharmacists appealed for an “immediate end” to the drug’s use outside of …

Arkansas Inmates Say They Were Given Ivermectin For COVID-19 Without Their Consent
3 years, 6 months ago

Arkansas Inmates Say They Were Given Ivermectin For COVID-19 Without Their Consent

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING People incarcerated in an Arkansas jail say the facility’s physician prescribed them ivermectin to treat COVID-19 and that they weren’t aware they were taking the drug. Rob Karas acknowledged in an interview with CBS affiliate KFSM that he prescribed ivermectin to incarcerated people with COVID symptoms, but said they were “not forced” to take the drug. Madison …

U.S. Health Officials Urge People Not To Use Deworming Medicine Ivermectin For COVID
3 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Health Officials Urge People Not To Use Deworming Medicine Ivermectin For COVID

NPR  

U.S. Health Officials Urge People Not To Use Deworming Medicine Ivermectin For COVID Ivermectin is used to fight worms and other parasites in animals and humans. NPR's Pien Huang joins us now to talk about why U.S. health officials are warning against using the drug off-label to treat COVID-19. HUANG: Well, it's an anti-parasitic drug that's being pushed by the …

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. This week, the top U.S. professional groups for doctors and pharmacists appealed for an “immediate end” to the drug’s use outside of …

Arkansas inmates not told they were given anti-parasite drug
3 years, 6 months ago

Arkansas inmates not told they were given anti-parasite drug

Associated Press  

— Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus. I never thought they would do something shady.” Floreal-Wooten said he refused to take the drug last week after seeing a …

Northern Territory clinic warns against sourcing or using ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Northern Territory clinic warns against sourcing or using ivermectin to treat COVID-19

ABC  

A "handful" of people have caused concern at a Northern Territory health clinic after asking about an unproven treatment normally used to treat parasites in humans and animals, instead of vaccines, to treat COVID-19. Key points: Practitioners at a Top End chain of health clinics have been asked by "a handful" of patients about a non-standard drug to treat COVID-19 …

This is how easy it is to get ivermectin, the dewormer drug that conspiracists say cures COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

This is how easy it is to get ivermectin, the dewormer drug that conspiracists say cures COVID-19

Salon  

It started with an email, sent to a doctor source whom I frequently interview for pandemic stories. A quick search for "how to get ivermectin" on Reddit revealed many people seeking prescriptions were calling doctors recommended by a nonprofit organization called the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance. In December, the FLCCC's president, Pierre Kory, gave a statement at a …

Anti-vaccine forces pushing ivermectin. It can be toxic, dangerous, officials say
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-vaccine forces pushing ivermectin. It can be toxic, dangerous, officials say

LA Times  

Don’t take ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasitic infections, to prevent or treat COVID-19, health officials warn. “In some cases, people have ingested ivermectin-containing products purchased without a prescription, including topical formulations and veterinary products,” including those intended for use in large animals such as horses, sheep and cattle, which “can be highly concentrated and result in overdoses when …

Column: The most striking side effect of ivermectin abuse is stupidity
3 years, 6 months ago

Column: The most striking side effect of ivermectin abuse is stupidity

LA Times  

In this world in which self-interested mountebanks command followers on social media and the airwaves by the millions, it doesn’t take much for a misinformation and disinformation campaign to cloud people’s minds. The evidence indicates, as a large recently published study of COVID treatments found, that in those cases it has “no effect whatsoever.” Yet the ivermectin craze has only …

Expert says ivermectin has NO EFFECTS in fighting viral diseases but drug is safe
3 years, 6 months ago

Expert says ivermectin has NO EFFECTS in fighting viral diseases but drug is safe

Daily Mail  

Dr Timothy Geary is one of the top experts on ivermectin and has researched the drug for over a decade Ivermectin has been available for human use for three decades, but not until recently did its name become well known by many Americans. Geary explained, though, that the concentration of the drug used in the study were so high that …

CDC says 88,000 ivermectin prescriptions issued in one week, warns against using drug for Covid
3 years, 6 months ago

CDC says 88,000 ivermectin prescriptions issued in one week, warns against using drug for Covid

Daily Mail  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning to Americans against using a horse dewormer to treat COVID-19 after prescriptions of the drug skyrocketed. The drug is a popular horse dewormer, though some are buying veterinarian versions of the drug for use in COVID-19 treatment 'Clinical trials and observational studies to evaluate the use of ivermectin to …

Anti-parasite drug’s use at Arkansas jail sparks probe
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-parasite drug’s use at Arkansas jail sparks probe

Associated Press  

— The Arkansas Medical Board is investigating reports that inmates at a county jail were prescribed the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to combat COVID-19 even though it hasn’t been approved to treat the coronavirus. Washington County’s sheriff confirmed Tuesday night that jail inmates had been prescribed ivermectin, but did not say how many. “Using any treatment for COVID-19 that’s not approved …

Anti-parasite drug used on Arkansas jail’s inmates for COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Anti-parasite drug used on Arkansas jail’s inmates for COVID

Associated Press  

— Inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have been prescribed ivermectin to combat COVID-19, despite warnings from federal health officials that the antiparasitic drug should not be used to treat the coronavirus. Sheriff Tim Helder didn’t say how many inmates at the 710-bed facility had been given ivermectin and defended the health provider the jail uses that has been prescribing …

Regulator warns Australians against using anti-parasitic medication Ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Regulator warns Australians against using anti-parasitic medication Ivermectin to treat COVID-19

ABC  

A growing number of people are importing an unproven treatment for COVID-19, prompting warnings from the nation's pharmaceutical regulator. Key points: The Therapeutic Goods Administration warns against using Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic medication and is not approved for COVID-19 treatment The TGA says it detected an increase in Ivermectin being imported The Therapeutic Goods Administration has …

Column: Major study of ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd’s latest COVID drug, finds ‘no effect whatsoever’
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Major study of ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd’s latest COVID drug, finds ‘no effect whatsoever’

LA Times  

Trump was a big advocate of bogus treatments of COVID. Ivermectin, the latest supposed treatment for COVID-19 being touted by anti-vaccination groups, had “no effect whatsoever” on the disease, according to a large patient study. One of the trial’s principal investigators, Edward Mills of McMaster, presented the results from the ivermectin arms of the study at an Aug. 6 symposium …

How anti-vaxxers weaponized Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer drug, as a COVID-19 treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

How anti-vaxxers weaponized Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer drug, as a COVID-19 treatment

Salon  

In November 2020, a pre-print study touting the safety and efficacy of an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin was published on the Research Square website, a platform where scientific studies are submitted before they are peer-reviewed and accepted by a journal. The study, led by Dr. Ahmed Elgazzar of Egypt's Benha University, claimed that in a randomized control trial of nearly …

Column: Ivermectin, another bogus COVID treatment, becomes a darling of conspiracy-mongers
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: Ivermectin, another bogus COVID treatment, becomes a darling of conspiracy-mongers

LA Times  

The anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine has been shown not to be effective in treating COVID-19. Like anti-vaxxers, ivermectin advocates claim that information about the drug is being “suppressed,” generally by agents of Big Pharma; the core idea is that because drug companies can’t make very much money out of a drug available in generic form, they prefer to foist vaccines, on which …

Revised Health Ministry Guidelines Drop Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid Treatment
3 years, 9 months ago

Revised Health Ministry Guidelines Drop Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid Treatment

News 18  

The Union health ministry’s directorate general of health services has revised the Covid management guidelines dropping all medicines, except antipyretic and antitussive, for asymptomatic and mild cases. The revised guidelines, issued on May 27 have dropped all drugs including hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, doxycycline, zinc, multivitamins, etc prescribed by the doctors to asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients retaining only antipyretic for …

Ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19 proven in other countries: Goa govt to HC
3 years, 9 months ago

Ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19 proven in other countries: Goa govt to HC

India TV News  

The Goa government on Friday defended before the Bombay High Court its controversial decision to distribute Ivermectin tablets as preventive medicine against COVID-19. The state government earlier this month decided to distribute these tablets, used to treat parasitic infections, to all adult residents as preventive drug or treatment against COVID-19. Joint Secretary Vikas Gaunekar said in an affidavit that "various …

‘Lower mortality...’: Goa govt defends Ivermectin’s efficacy against Covid-19
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Lower mortality...’: Goa govt defends Ivermectin’s efficacy against Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

In defence of its decision to administer Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medicine for the use as prophylaxis, to Covid-19 patients, the Goa government, in a statement, has claimed that the mortality rate is much lower in patients who take the medicine than those who don’t. In a statement filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa, which had asked the Goa …

After Goa and K'taka, Uttarakhand Govt Advises Ivermectin as Preventive Medicine Against Covid-19
3 years, 10 months ago

After Goa and K'taka, Uttarakhand Govt Advises Ivermectin as Preventive Medicine Against Covid-19

News 18  

The Uttarakhand government will be distributing Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, among the residents of the state as a preventive medicine against the spread of COVID-19, a senior official said. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane had on Monday said all people above 18 years will be given Ivermectin drug irrespective of their coronavirus status to bring down the number of deaths …

Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents to prevent Covid, says state govt
3 years, 10 months ago

Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents to prevent Covid, says state govt

India Today  

The Uttarakhand government will be distributing Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, among the residents of the state as a preventive medicine against the spread of Covid-19, a senior official said. pic.twitter.com/wPJ35td4dy — VishwajitRane May 11, 2021 Rane had said that people will be given Ivermectin 12 mg for five days as expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan have …

Goa prescribes Ivermectin for all above 18 to fight COVID-19 even as experts flag concern: All you need to know
3 years, 10 months ago

Goa prescribes Ivermectin for all above 18 to fight COVID-19 even as experts flag concern: All you need to know

Firstpost  

Ivermectin is an oral drug used to treat parasitic infections. State health minister Vishwajit Rane said patients will be given Ivermectin 12 mg for a period of five days as expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain, and Japan have found a statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery, and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients treated with this medicine. …

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