TrumpLyftAlles | 8 points
Head lice medication shows promising results in local COVID-19 patients at Glenwood Medical Mall (Louisiana US 2020-08-12)I wish they'd quit with the one-time dose, that's the parasite treatment method, not the anti-viral method
are they doing that because they only give the patient the treatment when at their office and don't want to send them home with pills?
only way a one-time dose might work is if it is very early on in the infection, virus is going to lurk far longer than the 18-hour half-life
it also might be why they are starting to use those 600mcg/kg megadoses, so it sticks around longer but given the vision problems I had at that dose, I don't think it's wise, just do 200mcg/kg over multiple days
[-] fyodor32768 | 1 points
Hopefully we'll start getting results from some of the RCTs soon.
[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 1 points
foggynotion posted this article after I did. I deleted his post as redundant. Here is his comment from his now-deleted post.
Seems like new info:
Across the country, COVID-19 trials have started for Ivermectin. Dr. Mickey says these trials are using a bigger dosage than what she is using. The FDA has not approved Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. In a letter to stakeholders, the FDA says ” “People should not take any form of Ivermectin unless it has been prescribed to them by a licensed health care provider and is obtained through a legitimate source,”
Maybe the FDA is gaining some confidence from what they are seeing in some of these new trails before data is published? This bit mentioned here about the letter to stakeholders also seems to imply by omission that it actually might work as a treatment for covid-19. would be curous if they have a published version of that letter somewhere with more complete info..
[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 1 points
People should not take any form of Ivermectin unless it has been prescribed to them by a licensed health care provider and is obtained through a legitimate source
Here is the FDA statement. It came out a week after the Monash 48 hours study that drew a lot of attention to ivermectin. From the statement:
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has recently become aware of increased public visibility of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin after the announcement of a research article that described the effect of ivermectin on SARS-CoV-2 in a laboratory setting. The Antiviral Research pre-publication paper, “The FDA-approved drug ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitroExternal Link Disclaimer,” documents how SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) responded to ivermectin when exposed in a petri dish. This type of study is commonly used in the early stages of drug development. Ivermectin was not given to people or animals in this study. Additional testing is needed to determine whether ivermectin might be safe or effective to prevent or treat coronavirus or COVID-19.
So, unfortunately, it is not as sign of the FDA seeing the light about ivermetin.
[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 2 points | Aug 13 2020 19:08:16
I wish this reporter had asked the MD how many patients she has treated with ivermectin. The "couple" she mentions is not an impressive number.
WEST MONROE, LA (KTVE/KARD)– A cheap and widely available medication could help save lives during this pandemic as it shows promising results against COVID-19.
It’s a type of medicine that’s used on animals and cures head lice in humans, but now, it’s being used a little differently. Dr. Lauren Mickey, an ears, nose, throat specialist at Glenwood Medical Mall, says Ivermectin is an old medication, but it’s been successful in treating local COVID-19 patients.
“We’ve seen a couple of them [patients] that had very bad appearance when we got them, that turned around fairly quickly. Now you can say that they would have done that anyway but I really think this medicine is helpful,” said Dr. Lauren Mickey, Otolaryngology Specialist.
Dr. Mickey says Hydroxychloroquine is a common medication for COVID-19 patients. It affects the body so the virus is not able to attack the lung tissue. However, this new medicine is actually fighting the virus.
“The other treatments, which are helpful, are not medications that actually kill the virus. This drug has been counted as being affective and eliminating the virus by killing it,” said Dr. Mickey.
Since Ivermectin removes the virus from the body, officials say it could help those who have the virus lingering and can’t get a negative test. However, the medication works best before symptoms worsen.
“It’s not been shown to be effective if the people get so sick that they are in the hospital on oxygen or on a ventilator. By then it’s not going to be effective,” Dr. Mickey.
Au contrare: ICON found ivermectin reduced fatalities 52% among those needed 02 ventilation. I wonder if I can find her email address.
Patients that are testing positive for COVID-19 can take the medication by mouth at a small dosage. So far, Dr. Mickey says she hasn’t seen major side effects in her patients.
“A one time dose followed by a similar dose a week later. It’s had very good results on the people we used it for,” said Dr. Mickey.
Across the country, COVID-19 trials have started for Ivermectin. Dr. Mickey says these trials are using a bigger dosage than what she is using. The FDA has not approved Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. In a letter to stakeholders, the FDA says ” “People should not take any form of Ivermectin unless it has been prescribed to them by a licensed health care provider and is obtained through a legitimate source,”
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