Posted on 04/04/2020 6:53:21 PM PDT by bitt
Researchers in Australia report that Ivermectin, an FDA-approved drug commonly used to treat parasites, appears to be effective in treating the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19). The drug is widely available and can be “repurposed” for this application, doctors said.
The ScienceDirect journal, Antiviral Research, published an article by a group of Australian researchers from Monash University in Melbourne reporting that Ivermectin appears to be effective at inhibiting the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The article states:
Ivermectin is an inhibitor of the COVID-19 causative virus (SARS-CoV-2) in vitro.
A single treatment able to effect ∼5000-fold reduction in virus at 48h in cell culture. Ivermectin is FDA-approved for parasitic infections, and therefore has a potential for repurposing. Ivermectin is widely available, due to its inclusion on the WHO model list of essential medicines. “We report here that Ivermectin, an FDA-approved anti-parasitic previously shown to have broad-spectrum antiviral activity in vitro, is an inhibitor of the causative virus (SARS-CoV-2),” the researchers write. “Ivermectin, therefore, warrants further investigation for possible benefits in humans.”
The leader of the research team, Dr. Kylie Wagstaff issued a statement, saying, “Ivermectin is very widely used and seen as a safe drug. We need to figure out now whether the dosage you can use it at in humans will be effective—that’s the next step,” Newsweek magazine reported. “We found that even a single dose could essentially remove all viral RNA by 48 hours and that even at 24 hours there was a really significant reduction in it.”
“Ivermectin’s status as a drug that has already been studied and approved to treat other conditions offers a decided advantage over the development of new drugs, a long
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That’s a monthly anti-heartworm pill for dogs if memory serves correct.
WOw.
You don't have to wait for people to suffer and die in a blind study.
Good!
I have plenty on hand :)
The moment Trump mentions this it will disappear. Make sure Trump stays mum, and there may be hope for critical patients.
Ping
The records that have come in so far today show 36,208 new cases and 1,431 new deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic#cite_note-44
United States
Cases 310,016
Deaths 8,438
Recoveries 14,607
yep I have some injectable form in my kitchen cabinet. Used it for intestinal worms in livestock and ear mites in pets. (diluted in mineral oil)
Bow Wow!
Okay, how much will you take and at what timing?
A car could back over you while you're lying in the driveway; licking your; uh; you know.
It will now be removed open public sale at feed stores/farm supply stores. Price will sky rocket and Cuomo will hoard million gallons of it.
I’ll check my goat medical supplies tomorrow when I let them out of the barn.
We need to know the human dosage...lol.
yeah I used it for my goats but my last elderly goat has passed on. Miss that silly critter.
Wow, my husband and I were joking about this today, saying wouldn't it be weird if that was the cure, as our dog is due for his heartworm tomorrow. Those pills are NOT cheap for dogs.
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