> Ivermectin is not human medicine
Not only is Ivermectin a human medicine, it's one of the more globally important ones.
Not only is Ivermectin a human medicine, it's one of the more globally important ones.
For example: are there other coronaviruses or any viruses which are treated (in people or animals) with ivermectin? If so, which? If not, why would the original proponent(s) attempt this drug over any other one?
EDIT: maybe I was too quick to dismiss it: follow the responses on the thread.
.. so, later, when Covid broke they were interested to see if IVT had an effect vs Covid - under the assumption that its anti-viral mechanism was host-centric rather than virus-specific. It did, wow :
The Monash paper - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787
Regardless of whether IVT is ultimately found to be an effective treatment vs Covid in humans [ unclear and controversial at the moment ] it is certainly important to understand its mechanism of action, as it could give rise to a whole new class of broad-spectrum antivirals.
Another interesting paper is the Pasteur study of IVT effectiveness vs covid in guinea-pigs - https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114122 [ I feel compelled to give further social proof from a big name institution, given the firestorm of social media opinion ]
I can only speculate that the trials showing both effectiveness and ineffectiveness of IVT in humans vs covid, differ so widely due to some confounding factor - the simplest which I can propose is that IVT is absorbed 2.5x more if taken with fatty food .. which is what you want to get the high doses purported to be effective vs covid .. yet, the medicine is normally taken on an empty stomach to treat intestinal parasites, so it can stay largely in the gut, and not be absorbed into the rest of the body.