What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz? — Maverick physicians spurn long randomized trials while "people are dying"

Med Page Today ^ | 01/06/2021 | Kristina Fiore

[SeekAndFind]

Ping for your interest

[RummyChick]

So,....

someone who use to work for this guy posts on Texags site.

His post was .....interesting.

He thinks he is trying to go for a Nobel Prize

[RummyChick]

btw, if you get covid and want ivermectin myfreedoctor.com is prescribing it.

[SecAmndmt]

I used Dr David Brownstein MD’s cv19/antiviral protocol to help myself and my son get over a head cold a few weeks ago. Within 24hrs, we were both symptom-free.

[Equine1952]

Well I’ve got mine. You figure your own dose. If I get this crap I’ll use that crap. I’m gonna die anyway, so what’s to lose. A disclaimer “never stayed at a Holiday Inn, ain’t a doctor, didn’t sleep with Raquel Welch”. Don’t get me wrong I still have a good time. When I die, I plan on going out standing, not sucking leftist or a mask.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I used Dr David Brownstein MD’s cv19/antiviral protocol to help myself and my son get over a head cold a few weeks ago

So, that protocol is not only good for Covid-19 but also for any type of cold ( or maybe flu )?

[RummyChick]

one of the Drs at myfreedoctor.com got covid. he had a video of what he was taking. Iodine was part of it. maybe with kelp. dont remember.

[RummyChick]

btw, i am doing the pvp-iodine thing to kill germs when I Have been out..not sure I would do it every day. no idea if it works but ent drs and dentists have recommended it

still dont put it in my mouth, though

[absalom01]

One thing that might help with these discussions of different potential therapies for the CCP virus would be a pointer to the well-established “strength of recommendation” and “Level of Evidence” schema that have been used for many years.

What one would want in a perfect world would be a “Systematic review of (homogeneous) randomized controlled trials” for every treatment and condition. (I’ll give a link at the end of this for my source)

But, this isn’t a perfect world, and amazingly, the medical profession appears to have recognized this. There are other levels of evidence that we have to work with in life, and the best we can do is try to think clearly about risks vs. benefits when time is a critical factor in making the evaluation of whether or not to try something.

You can find a freshman level summary of this idea here: https://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/evidence-based-medicine/levels_of_evidence

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“ But we disagree with how most practice evidence-based medicine. We think they are way too biased toward randomized controlled trials and completely dismiss evidence from anything but RCTs. We think that’s harmful and loses a lot of valuable data.”

DITTO!

[Devils_Tower]

From evms.edu/covidcare

Download summary and detailed info from Dr Marik

Also, look at the recovery India is making

[TigersEye]

Regarding ivermectin for prophylaxis, they cite four randomized controlled trials and three observational studies. Two of the RCTs were done in Egypt, one in Argentina, and one in Bangladesh, ranging in size from 100 to 300 patients. Marik and colleagues also cite "natural experiments" in Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay where ivermectin was distributed widely, with "large decreases in case counts ... soon after distribution began."

I'm not waiting to get infected.

[Glad2bnuts]

We are stratified just like the USSR was in the days following Stalin. Everything is about dotting i’s and crossing T’s. You have to bribe the right people, go to the right school, know the correct passwords, and be of the correct politics.

America is seriously jacked, and on the down slide. It only gets worse before it gets better.

[Organic Panic]

Why would the swamp allow a drug you can buy for $10 at the farm and ranch store when they could spend trillions and keep nations in perpetual lock down grovelling at their feet?

[FamiliarFace]

Thanks for the info.

[trebb]

Same here - did my initial 2 doses over the weekend and have the 4 week periods on my calendar for “boosters”.

[TigersEye]

An ounce of prevention! :)

[trebb]

More like 20mg of protection - but the adage fits.

Sorry, I use a sarcastic humor to keep from going nuts - especially as I watch my country succumb to the vermin.

Time to start taking some of my funds out to enjoy them before they become overtaxed.

[TigersEye]

I hear you. If it weren’t for sarcasm I might jump into a chasm.

I also am thinking of liquidating assets so I can protect them and enjoy them. The leeches can find another victim.