Better Data on Ivermectin Is Finally on Its Way

Photo caption: Ivermectin prescriptions spiked to nearly 100,000 in August, 20 times their pre-pandemic level. Photo credit: Dimas Ardian / Bloomberg / Getty Images. Article by Adam Rogers. Wired – September 8, 2021.

Studies have been small and often not great. The best info so far says don’t use it, get vaccinated, and hang in there for the more promising meds being tested.

Edward Mills came to the meeting last month with very good data. A clinical trials expert at McMaster University, Mills was presenting new results from a trial that is looking at how well half a dozen different drugs treat Covid-19—not for the people so sick they’re in the emergency room or the hospital, but in people whose symptoms haven’t gotten that bad yet. […]

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