Well it could. Ivermectin is a macrolide antibiotic (produced from spreptomyces, macrolide endectocide to be very specific). It is likely this that gives anti-inflammatory effects. I worry about using an antibiotic as it may breed downstream resistance. For example, a lot of CoVID PNA sets up to a secondary infection. One of the late treatments that is authorized is tocilizumab. This is a heavy hitting immunosuppressant — the reason I worry about early abs use is that if a patient develops horrendous PNA after immunospression to quell shock, then you are kind of screwed in terms of treating the superinfection.
There are always risks to any medication. I think it could hurt by delaying better and more appropriate care.
Were I to get sick with CoVID I would without delay do the following:
—Start decardon 6 mg a day for 5 - 10 days
—Immediately procure Regeneron infusion (Casirivimab + Imdevimab)
As of right now these are the options that promote the greatest safety to prevent progress to severe disease.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I always appreciate hearing your perspective.