Ivermectin for covid-19 – the highlights
Ivermectin is an effective antiviral agent with a long record of successful use in human and animal parasite infestations. Its value as part of the early treatment for […]
Ivermectin is an effective antiviral agent with a long record of successful use in human and animal parasite infestations. Its value as part of the early treatment for […]
Professor Colleen Aldous is a research professor at in the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. She recently described the SAIVE trial […]
Colleen Aldous, Professor for Medical Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal explains how the evidence supporting the use of ivermectin for covid-19 came together to tell a compelling story. In […]
When assessing repurposed drugs in a pandemic situation, the totality of evidence should be considered rather than RCTs alone; had this been done the pandemic could have been […]
The TOGETHER trial was widely reported as showing that ivermectin was not effective in covid-19, but a straightforward analysis of the results reveals a 59 per cent reduction […]
The best time to administer ivermectin is at the beginning of a covid-19 infection so that virus is killed and disease progression averted, according to Colleen Aldous, Professor […]
Professor Colleen Aldous is a research professor at the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. She recently described the SAIVE trial of […]
The real world evidence about ivermectin combined with the findings from meta-analyses of clinical trials provide compelling evidence for the safety and effectiveness of ivermectin, according to Dr […]
The results of the recent controlled trial of ivermectin for covid-19 in Colombia suggest that both ivermectin and control groups received ivermectin, according to Dr David Scheim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T67szXgTqWw&ab_channel=MedicalUpdateOnline […]
Dr David Scheim explains how multiple protocol violations and widespread use of over-the-counter ivermectin could have compromised the results of a recent controlled trial of ivermectin for covid-19 […]
Dr David Scheim explains how the original analysis factored out confounders and showed a 74% reduction in deaths at 30 days as a result of intensive ivermectin distribution. […]
Further analysis of results from Peru has now shown that systematic treatment of the population for covid-19 with ivermectin resulted in a 14-fold reduction in excess deaths. IMI interviewed Dr […]