Posted on 08/18/2022 8:49:39 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
A long-awaited study at the University of Minnesota has found that the controversial drug ivermectin is not effective at treating COVID-19.
The findings, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, add to a growing body of scientific evidence pushing back against the use of the antiparasitic drug that has been promoted by some prominent voices on social media.
The U of M’s study focused on three common drugs: ivermectin, metformin, and fluvoxamine. Researchers determined that none of the drugs proved effective at preventing low oxygen levels, ER visits, hospitalization or death.
The study showed some promise for the diabetes drug metformin, but the data is not definitive.
“We’re just really grateful to be able to share our work broadly and to have been published in a medical journal,” said Dr. Carolyn Bramante, the lead researcher on the study.
The team’s study is now at least the third large-scale study on ivermectin released this year that found the drug is not effective in treating COVID-19.
5 INVESTIGATES started following the issue months ago, soon after fights to get the drug went from the hospital room to the courtroom.
Some patients filed lawsuits against hospitals and doctors that refused to prescribe the controversial drug.
“I’ve done a lot of research on it,” Kathy Huspek told 5 INVESTIGATES back in January for why she filed a lawsuit against St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood shortly after her husband Gerry was admitted to the ICU.
A judge refused to intervene, saying he cannot force a hospital to use a drug that is “not within the standard of care.”
Researchers at the U of M hope the new results help patients understand what actually works in treating COVID-19.
“The virus is changing. And so we need all the tools in the toolbox that we can get as we combat this virus,” Bramante said.
Worked great on several friends and family. But of course they were treated early, took it with zinc, vitamins and an antibiotic, and were cured within 72 hours. I suspect this study did none of that (like so many other bogus studies). You have to have doctors and nurses who know what they’re doing.
You might want to talk to Bobby Kennedy Jr. He claims almost all of the studies “disproving” ivermectin do not use it in a timely manner or use the wrong doses.
almost 160k in a brazilian study says exactly the opposite
Actually there are some therapeutic vaccines that work after disease onset.
But, yes, you are generally correct.
(sorry for the politi-fact article... tho you can pull out the study results)
Weird how it knocked that old covid right out of both me and the wife almost overnight and then both my daughter and her husband . But always believe the experts , heh .
*** In addition to the new support from the Rainwater Charitable Foundation and Fast Grants, initial funding and support for the multi-site trial came from the Parsemus Foundation and OptumLabs.***
Research Funding from United Health Care via Optum, tech billionaires including Zuckerberg, and Musk via Fast Grants, Parsemus labs whose main focus is contraception, sterilization via non surgical means.
Ivermectin works. That is why they don’t want you to have it.
Looks like that's what they did.
"...nonhospitalized adults who had been enrolled within 3 days after a confirmed diagnosis of infection and less than 7 days after the onset of symptoms."
BKMRK
*** Without information about the funder of the study, its impossible to judge it’s credibility. ***
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4086554/posts?page=27#27
Ivermectin works like hcq, as an ionophore. But it is also a very effective anti inflammatory; which helps mitigate the effects of the immune response.
https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/australia-ivermectin-coronavirus-covid/2020/08/08/id/981220/
https://tv.gab.com/channel/redvoicemedia/view/fake-news-cnn-dr-admits-they-61685f1972b154a1091c7795
https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/national/ivermectin-obliterates-97-percent-of-delhi-cases/article_6a3be6b2-c31f-11eb-836d-2722d2325a08.html
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-patient-left-for-dead-recovers-after-court-forces-hospital-to-allow-ivermectin-treatment/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356962821_Ivermectin_Prophylaxis_Used_for_COVID-19_Reduces_COVID-19_Infection_and_Mortality_Rates_A_City-Wide_Prospective_Observational_Study_of_223128_Subjects_Using_Propensity_Score_Matching
TONS MORE PROOF OUT THERE!!! IMHO
I recall the CEO of Moderna is a Master's in Chem Engineering from Minnesota.
No *possible* way there could be any untoward influence, is there?
Also, look at the requirements for study participants, height, at least 5’6”, weight, at least 155 lbs, BMI, etc...
I don’t have time to delve deeply into it, but just the abstract here alone is HIGHLY suspect.
“Study”. Meaning: Someone paid for an outcome.
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