This deworming drug won’t treat COVID-19, but it might kill you, CDC warns

Photo caption: Image of ivermectin tablets. In the U.S., prescriptions for ivermectin have increased 24-fold in recent weeks, compared with pre-pandemic levels, according to the CDC. Photo credit: Soumyabrata Roy / NurPhoto via Getty Images. Article by Rachael Rettner. Live Science – August 26, 2021.

Thousands of Americans may be taking potentially dangerous doses of an anti-parasitic drug because of misinformation that it will prevent or treat COVID-19, according to a new warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On Thursday (Aug. 26), the CDC alerted doctors that there’s been a […]

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