Flawed research abstract leads to ivermectin falsehoods
2 years, 10 months 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 the abstract supports using ivermectin for COVID-19 patients fail to acknowledge several key issues. And so when you compare ivermectin versus remdesivir, de facto, what you’re doing, is you’re comparing somebody who is well enough to get treated outside the hospital versus somebody who’s sick enough to require treatment in the hospital.” Mark explained that the highest quality scientific evidence comes from prospective, blinded, randomized trials. He said that a retrospective, observational study with confounders such as this one, would yield “really low quality evidence.” He pointed out that most people sharing the abstract online likely weren’t aware of the difference. “It shows a reduction in mortality when one thing was given versus something else, and that can totally confuse people if you’re not well-versed in how we do studies and what makes a good study versus a less good study.” Ivermectin is not authorized or approved by FDA for use against COVID-19, and most health experts and agencies recommend against prescribing the anti-parasite drug for this purpose.

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Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Remdesivir Could Reduce Covid Mortality if Given Early : Study
2 years, 1 month ago

Remdesivir Could Reduce Covid Mortality if Given Early : Study

News 18  

Remdesivir can reduce mortality in patients if administered within 9 days of COVID-19 symptom onset, according to a study conducted in Asian patients. Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University have found that treatment with remdesivir within 9 days of COVID-19 symptom onset decreases mortality in Asian patients also taking corticosteroids, the study said. “In-hospital mortality rates were significantly lower …

Posts mislead on NIH COVID-19 guidelines for ivermectin
55 years 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 …

Ivermectin, hailed as Covid wonder drug by Trump fans, does not prevent severe illness, study finds
2 years, 10 months ago

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

The Independent  

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What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine
2 years, 11 months 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
2 years, 11 months 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 …

Health Matters: Don't Feel Guilty About Not Finding Remdesivir for Your Loved One. It Hardly Works
2 years, 11 months ago

Health Matters: Don't Feel Guilty About Not Finding Remdesivir for Your Loved One. It Hardly Works

News 18  

It was dinner time when she called for help. They don’t want to use it, but keep it.” Much before the outbreak of second wave, in November 2020, the World Health Organization issued a conditional recommendation against the use of Remdesivir in hospitalised patients, regardless of disease severity saying “there is currently no evidence that Remdesivir improves survival and other …

India Cuts Use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Multivitamins, Steroids in Covid-19 Treatment
2 years, 11 months ago

India Cuts Use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Multivitamins, Steroids in Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

India has cut down on the use of the experimental drug Remdesivir and immunosuppressive drug Tocilizumab for the treatment of Covid-19. While it states that doctors can “consider Remdesivir for five days to treat hospitalised patients with Covid-19”, it also mentions that “no evidence of benefit for treatment more than five days”. Discouraging the overuse of steroids, the protocol for …

Online doctors giving ivermectin to Covid patients; Investigation launched
3 years 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 …

Maryland congressman says he prescribes ivermectin for COVID
3 years, 2 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 …

Column: Lawsuits demanding ivermectin raise fears of judges ordering doctors to commit malpractice
3 years, 4 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, 4 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 …

Arkansas Inmates Say They Were Given Ivermectin For COVID-19 Without Their Consent
3 years, 4 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 …

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says
3 years, 4 months ago

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says

NL Times  

There is no real evidence that the anti-parasite medication Ivermectin is an effective remedy against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Outbreak Management Team member and ICU doctor Diederik Gommers emphasized in the BNR radio. A few smaller studies have claimed that Ivermectin had a positive effect against the coronavirus, but no major study provided such evidence to support use of the drug. …

Northern Territory clinic warns against sourcing or using ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 4 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 …

Column: The most striking side effect of ivermectin abuse is stupidity
3 years, 4 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, 4 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 …

Regulator warns Australians against using anti-parasitic medication Ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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 …

Govt Issues Advisory for Rational Use of Remdesivir in Covid-19 Treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt Issues Advisory for Rational Use of Remdesivir in Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

The government on Monday issued an advisory for rational use of Remdesivir in COVID-19 treatment, underlining that the anti-viral drug must be advised by senior faculty members directly involved in the patient's care. To stop the misuse of Remdesivir, the government further recommended that if the drug is to be advised or ordered during odd hours, it should be done …

Revised Health Ministry Guidelines Drop Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid Treatment
3 years, 7 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 …

DGHS drops Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid-19 treatment; ICMR rules unchanged
3 years, 7 months ago

DGHS drops Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid-19 treatment; ICMR rules unchanged

India Today  

The Union Health Ministry and Family Welfare's directorate general of health services has issued revised guidelines to stop the use of Ivermectin and Doxycycline in Covid-19 treatment. Meanwhile, about Remdesivir, the DGHS guidelines said, "Remdesivir is a reserved drug approved by DCG under Emergency Use Authorization only based on limited scientific evidence globally. At a time when India is seeing …

Ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19 proven in other countries: Goa govt to HC
3 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

Health Ministry Guidelines on Usage of Ivermectin For Treating Covid Patients Differs With WHO
3 years, 7 months ago

Health Ministry Guidelines on Usage of Ivermectin For Treating Covid Patients Differs With WHO

News 18  

The union health ministry has recommended drugs- Ivermectin and Remdesivir in Covid-19 treatment after the World Health Organization had warned against the use of these medicines in treating patients infected with coronavirus. Earlier this month, the revised guidelines issued by All India Institute of Medical Sciences on the use of Remdesivir and Ivermectin, recommend that Remdesivir may be considered under …

When to use Remdesivir, Ivermectin? India's Covid treatment protocol and what experts say
3 years, 7 months ago

When to use Remdesivir, Ivermectin? India's Covid treatment protocol and what experts say

India Today  

As the second wave of Covid-19 wreaks havoc across the country, the spotlight is on what India has recommended and what it hasn't for the management of adult patients. A look at India’s clinical management protocol: Covid treatment protocol for people with mild disease In the case of mild infection, upper respiratory tract symptoms like fever without shortness of breath …

After Goa and K'taka, Uttarakhand Govt Advises Ivermectin as Preventive Medicine Against Covid-19
3 years, 7 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 …

All Adults To Be Given Ivermectin Drug In Goa - But Here's Why WHO Warned Against Its Use
3 years, 7 months ago

All Adults To Be Given Ivermectin Drug In Goa - But Here's Why WHO Warned Against Its Use

ABP News  

Panaji: Asserting that he has “given instructions for immediate implementation of prophylaxis treatment”, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said all adults in the state will be given Ivermectin drug to prevent complications arising out of the Covid-19 infection. Rane said Ivermectin is a drug used to treat many types of parasite infestations, adding it does not prevent Covid-19 but …

WHO warns against use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

WHO warns against use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19

India TV News  

A day after Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane recommended ivermectin to all above 18 to combat Covid in the state, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday has warned against its use. @WHO recommends against the use of ivermectin for #COVID19 except within clinical trials," Soumya Swaminathan, the global health body's chief scientist, said in a tweet. The Goa state government …

Widely Used in India, WHO Recommends Ivermectin Only For Clinical Trials, Not Treatment of Covid
3 years, 7 months ago

Widely Used in India, WHO Recommends Ivermectin Only For Clinical Trials, Not Treatment of Covid

News 18  

The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended against the general use of ‘Ivermectin’ – a widely used drug in India for treating parasitic infections – for treatment of COVID-19 patients. This comes a day after American Journal of Therapeutics in its May-June issue said regular use of the oral antiparasitic drug ivermectin may significantly reduce the risk of contracting covid-19. …

WHO warns against use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

WHO warns against use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organisation has recommended against using Ivermectin to treat patients with coronavirus disease but the anti-parasitic medicine is widely prescribed by doctors in India for the same. @WHO recommends against the use of ivermectin for #COVID19 except within clinical trials,” said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist, World Health Organisation in a tweet. She also quoted a statement from …

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use
3 years, 7 months ago

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use

Hindustan Times  

Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday said that all adults -- everyone above the age of 18 in the state -- will be given the Ivermectin antiparasitic drug irrespective of their coronavirus disease status. Experts of the central government's joint monitoring group and the Indian Council of Medical Research 's Covid-19 task force held a meeting to deliberate upon …

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug; WHO warns against it
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug; WHO warns against it

Hindustan Times  

All adults in Goa will be given Ivermectin, irrespective of their vaccination status, to prevent complications arising out of Covid-19 infection. Ivermectin is a drug used to treat many types of parasite infestations, and it does not prevent Covid-19, but can help reduce the severity, said state health minister Vishwajit Rane. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, …

What is Ivermectin, the drug Goa will give to all adults to combat Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

What is Ivermectin, the drug Goa will give to all adults to combat Covid-19

India Today  

Despite a raging debate on the efficacy of Ivermectin in treating Covid-19, Goa has decided to administer the anti-parasitic drug to everyone above 18 years in the state, irrespective of symptoms. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in Covid-19 patients treated with Ivermectin. …

Goa Recommends Ivermectin to All Above 18 After Scientists Say Its Use Can 'End Covid-19 Pandemic'
3 years, 8 months ago

Goa Recommends Ivermectin to All Above 18 After Scientists Say Its Use Can 'End Covid-19 Pandemic'

News 18  

Goa government on Monday cleared a new Covid-19 treatment protocol which recommends all residents above the age of 18 to take five tablets of the ivermectin drug, in order to prevent the steep and sometimes fatal viral fever, which accompanies a Covid-19 infection. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, …

Doctors divided over use but scramble for Remdesivir continues
3 years, 8 months ago

Doctors divided over use but scramble for Remdesivir continues

The Hindu  

The scramble for Remdesivir, the anti-viral drug used in COVID-19 management, is increasing by the day even as doctors are divided on its use. Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association president H.M. Prasanna said that the helpline set up by the government is of little use. Manjunath, nodal officer for labs and testing in the State’s COVID-19 task force, said …

'Not a Life-Saving Drug': ICMR Suggests Safe Use of Remdesivir in Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

'Not a Life-Saving Drug': ICMR Suggests Safe Use of Remdesivir in Covid-19

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday shared some suggestions for rational and safe use of Remdesivir in Covid-19 as the demand for the medicine has increased for treating coronavirus patients especially in Covid-hit states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka and others. Remdesivir is one of the investigational drugs approved for emergency use in treating hospitalized Covid-19 patients. Suggestion for …

Remdesivir Not Magic Bullet, Does Not Reduce Covid-19 Mortality: AIIMS Chief Randeep Guleria
3 years, 8 months ago

Remdesivir Not Magic Bullet, Does Not Reduce Covid-19 Mortality: AIIMS Chief Randeep Guleria

News 18  

Amid a steep spike in COVID-19 cases leading to increased demand for medicines for treating coronavirus, top health experts in the government on Monday said anti-viral drug remdesivir is "not a magic bullet" and does not reduce mortality. Addressing the media, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said remdesivir should only be given to patients hospitalised with moderate illness, who had …

Amid Covid Spurt, Medicos Advice People To Use Remdesivir Judiciously and Only in a Hospital Setting
3 years, 8 months ago

Amid Covid Spurt, Medicos Advice People To Use Remdesivir Judiciously and Only in a Hospital Setting

News 18  

Amid a fight to acquire Remdesivir for ailing Covid-19 patients, a group of medical experts, professionals, and task-forces have stated that the injection can only be used inside a hospital setting. Maharashtra’s Covid-19 Task Force member Dr. Shashank Joshi took to Twitter to put out a statement saying that Remdesivir is not a ‘life-saving’ drug. The statement also made it …

No evidence of Remdesivir's effectiveness in treating Covid patients: WHO
3 years, 8 months ago

No evidence of Remdesivir's effectiveness in treating Covid patients: WHO

India Today  

Amid the surge in demand for antiviral drug Remdesivir, the World Health Organization has said that there is still no evidence to suggest that the drug is useful in treating hospitalised Covid-19 patients. WHO's Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and its Technical Lead on Covid, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove on Monday told India Today TV that results from five clinical …

Do not use 'miracle cure' ivermectin on COVID-19 patients says WHO
3 years, 9 months ago

Do not use 'miracle cure' ivermectin on COVID-19 patients says WHO

Firstpost  

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that ivermectin — touted by some on social media as a Covid-19 “miracle cure” — should not be used to treat coronavirus patients. The WHO said: “We recommend not to use ivermectin in patients with Covid-19 except in the context of a clinical trial.” Facebook posts and articles endorsing ivermectin have proliferated in Brazil, …

COVID-19 patients are being treated with drugs such as itolizumab even though there is insufficient evidence on their efficacy against the disease
4 years ago

COVID-19 patients are being treated with drugs such as itolizumab even though there is insufficient evidence on their efficacy against the disease

The Hindu  

THE COVID-19 caseload continues to rise in India, with State governments, including those of Delhi and the industrial hub Maharashtra, signalling that their States are experiencing new waves of the pandemic. It has been confirmed that during the clinical phase II trial for the drug itolizumab —which is manufactured and marketed by Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Biocon Limited, founded …

Trial comprising single Covid patient with genetic disorder shows remdesivir's benefits: Study
4 years ago

Trial comprising single Covid patient with genetic disorder shows remdesivir's benefits: Study

India Today  

Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir could be highly effective against coronavirus, a study conducted by British scientists has found. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications involved a single Covid-19 patient with XLA, a rare genetic disorder. Nicholas Matheso, a co-author of the study, told news agency Reuters, "Our patient's unusual condition gave us a rare insight into the effectiveness …

Coronavirus pandemic: WHO advises doctors not to use Gilead’s Remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus pandemic: WHO advises doctors not to use Gilead’s Remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization recommended against using Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients less than a month after U.S. regulators granted the drug a speedy approval. “But personally, our view in our industry is to use the better controlled studies to evaluate the benefits of medicines.” ‘Relatively High Cost’ The FDA originally granted emergency use authorization to …

Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19
4 years, 1 month ago

Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19

Associated Press  

Health officials around the world are clashing over the use of certain drugs for COVID-19, leading to different treatment options for patients depending on where they live. On Friday, a World Health Organization guidelines panel advised against using the antiviral remdesivir for hospitalized patients, saying there’s no evidence it improves survival or avoids the need for breathing machines. Within the …

WHO advises against use of Remdesivir to treat COVID-19, says drug has no 'important effect' to reduce deaths
4 years, 1 month ago

WHO advises against use of Remdesivir to treat COVID-19, says drug has no 'important effect' to reduce deaths

Firstpost  

A WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts said there was ’no evidence based on currently available data that the anti-viral drug does improve patient-important outcomes' Paris: The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat COVID-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has “no important effect” on survival chances, the World Health Organization said Friday. …

WHO advises against use of remdesivir for treating COVID-19
4 years, 1 month ago

WHO advises against use of remdesivir for treating COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

Global health agency says there is no evidence that drug improves survival rates or reduces need for ventilation. A World Health Organization expert panel has advised against the use of the antiviral drug remdesivir for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, regardless of how severely ill they are, because there is currently no evidence that it improves survival or the …

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