VIVA – Ivermectin is a drug commonly used to treat several types of parasitic infections and has long been given to humans and animals. Although it has been shown to be effective in treating several diseases, such as head lice and river blindness or Onchocerciasis. Veterinarians also often use this drug to treat some helminth infections.
Ivermectin, when prescribed to humans who have weakened or less defensive immune systems, can help prevent life-threatening illnesses. But, because this drug is primarily intended for animals, its use can be dangerous and is only approved for certain uses and that doesn’t include COVID-19 or similar respiratory infections.
Reporting from the Times of India, Saturday, October 9, 2021, to date there is no single drug or treatment therapy that has been approved to treat COVID-19. Several experts and research groups have investigated the effectiveness of this drug.
The first idea about Ivermectin, this drug can help reduce the severity of COVID-19, even able to prevent death in corona virus patients. In fact, the Australian research team determined that the application of this drug was able to kill the virus. Soon after, Ivermectin was pushed into clinical trials worldwide.
When experts were still studying the effects of the drug, Ivermectin was already on the market, prescribed by several doctors, praised by politicians, and even became a substantial treatment even though scientific evidence has not yet supported the effectiveness of the drug.
Experts find contradiction
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