The day after the NYPost writes favorably about ivermectin, the NYTimes adds ivermectin to its Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker!!!

New additions and recent updates:

• Added ivermectin, a drug typically used against parasitic worms that is being increasingly prescribed in Latin America. Aug. 10

The content is pretty negative, unfortunately.

Ivermectin For decades, ivermectin has served as a potent drug to treat parasitic worms. Doctors use it against river blindness and other diseases, while veterinarians give dogs a different formulation to cure heartworm. Studies on cells have suggested ivermectin might also kill viruses. But scientists have yet to find evidence in animal studies or human trials that it can treat viral diseases. As a result, Ivermectin is not approved to use as an antiviral.

In April, Australian researchers reported that the drug blocked coronaviruses in cell cultures, but they used a dosage that was so high it might have dangerous side effects in people. The FDA immediately issued a warning against taking pet medications to treat or prevent Covid-19. “These animal drugs can cause serious harm in people,” the agency warned.

Since then a number of clinical trials have been launched to see if a safe dose of ivermectin can fight Covid-19. In Singapore, for example, the National University Hospital is running a 5,000-person trial to see if it can prevent people from getting infected. As of now, there’s no firm evidence that it works. Nevertheless ivermectin is being prescribed increasingly often in Latin America, much to the distress of disease experts.

They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, right?! ;)

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wow! they finally actually added it, only took them months

direct link with anchor

• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-drugs-treatments.html#ivermectin

screenshot to see if they edit it later

• https://i.imgur.com/90QjA9T.png

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