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Head lice drug ivermectin being studied as possible coronavirus treatment
New York Post ^ | April 14, 2020 | 8:27am | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 04/15/2020 7:57:27 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

Another study conducted by researchers at the University of Utah found that “critically ill patients with lung injury requiring mechanical ventilation may benefit from administration of ivermectin,” ABC News reported.

“We noted a lower mortality and reduced health care resource use in those treated with ivermectin,” wrote lead author Dr. Amit Patel.

And at Broward Health Medical Center in Florida, Dr. Jean-Jacques Rajter has already been using ivermectin in addition to hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate to treat his COVID-19 patients, according to NBC Miami.

“If we get to these people early, and what I mean by that is if their oxygen requirements are less than 50 percent, I’ve had nearly a 100 percent response rate, they all improve, if they’re on more oxygen than that, then it becomes a little more varied, some people, they don’t respond anymore because they are too far advanced,” Rajter told the outlet.

The doctor is in the process of publishing a scientific paper, but it could take weeks for the findings to be publicized.

“But if I wait, every day that goes by is another day when lots and lots of people get very sick, go to ICU, many of them die and that could theoretically even be preventable and that’s why I thought it was so critically important to get this information out there,” he said.

His wife, Dr. Juliana Cepelowicz-Rajter, also a pulmonologist, said: “More studies need to be conducted. We haven’t had any ill effects from it and it’s readily available, we have some patients who are pretty advanced, not yet intubated, and even those, in 12 hours, they showed a significant improvement.”

On Monday, Rajter received approval from Broward Health to use his protocol in all of their hospitals.

One of the patients who was treated with the cocktail

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinavirusdrugs; chinavirustreatment; coronavirus; covid19; ivermectin; kag; lice; maga; pandemic; sarscov2; trump
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Ivermectin is also an active ingredient in some heartworm meds used for dogs, as well as dewormers for horses. Anecdotally, it appears that the common theme is that some anti-parasite drugs (the malaria pathogen is a parasite against which quinine & various derivatives work pretty well) may be effective against the coronavirus, provided they are administered before a ventilator is needed.
1 posted on 04/15/2020 7:57:27 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: Zhang Fei

Question: do bald men get lice?


2 posted on 04/15/2020 8:00:17 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Zhang Fei

The key here is getting it early for all of these it seems.


3 posted on 04/15/2020 8:00:27 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Zhang Fei

Any effective treatment should be referred to as ‘Trump Pills’.


4 posted on 04/15/2020 8:01:46 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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To: Zhang Fei

The President should immediately come out and say that this drug does not work.

It will be touted as the miracle cure by the end of the week.


5 posted on 04/15/2020 8:08:35 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Zhang Fei

anyone have tips on how to use this from the feed store without prescripton on a dog I dont want to take in for a heart worm test because they are requiring you stay in your car while they remove the dog and traumatize it.


6 posted on 04/15/2020 8:13:57 AM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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To: FlipWilson

He should say it is promising.

The Dhims are rightly casting themselves as the party of China, Big Pharma, and tyranny.


7 posted on 04/15/2020 8:15:36 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: RummyChick

I just looked there are a lot of you tubes on the subject.


8 posted on 04/15/2020 8:17:00 AM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

thanks..will search around to see what i can find


9 posted on 04/15/2020 8:17:55 AM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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To: cloudmountain

Since head lice and the other one attach nits to hair. I think that being hairless would help.


10 posted on 04/15/2020 8:20:01 AM PDT by bugman
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To: RummyChick

Buy it quickly, I talked to a man who works in a feed store and he said they were going to take all the Ivermectin off the shelf.


11 posted on 04/15/2020 8:20:07 AM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

did he say why?


12 posted on 04/15/2020 8:20:34 AM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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To: Zhang Fei

I didn’t know that head lice had corona virus. It’s encouraging that they would share the treatment.


13 posted on 04/15/2020 8:22:46 AM PDT by bwest
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To: cloudmountain

Hairlessness is a first line defense against lice and therefore typhus, which is why the nazis shaved their prisoners.


14 posted on 04/15/2020 8:27:08 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: cloudmountain

Yes, only they call them crabs.


15 posted on 04/15/2020 8:28:40 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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I don't follow any of them anymore, but you can get really good info from searching any of the hunting dog message boards.

It has been used since its inception by hound owners.

However some breeds are sensitive to Ivermectin. Not familiar with every single one, but collies are an absolute no no and some Shepard breeds also have bad reactions and others do not.

So if you have a purebred of whatever, it would be a good idea to search one of the message boards devoted to the breed.

Do be aware that when you get away from the hunting breeds, many messages will show up from hysterical nut cases who will rant on the “dangers”.

16 posted on 04/15/2020 8:29:56 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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Question: do bald men get lice?

Yes, just not on their heads...

17 posted on 04/15/2020 8:30:31 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: IncPen

Hydroxychloroquine has already been defined by the media as Trump pills. They will regret it. My nephew’s life might very well have been saved by Trump’s advocacy. In my extended family there are probably 30 voters who are aware of this. Regardless of the narrative the dems/media is selling those 30 voters aren’t going to be swayed in their opinion of Trump’s handling of the Wuhan plague.


18 posted on 04/15/2020 8:33:42 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: Zhang Fei

I believe the common thing between these drugs is they suppress the immune system. Perhaps they prevent a cytokine storm from killing the patient? Once that is controlled, the body can clear the virus naturally?


19 posted on 04/15/2020 8:34:49 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: null and void

“Yes, just not on their heads...”

Big heads anyway.


20 posted on 04/15/2020 8:37:28 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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