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  • ABC NEWS: Ivermectin, a deworming drug, should not be used to treat COVID, health officials say

    08/23/2021 4:12:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 136 replies
    ABC News ^ | Aug 23 | By Dr. Stephanie Widmer
    Ivermectin, a potentially dangerous and unproven medication to help COVID-19 patients, is being widely dispensed despite warnings, as the nation is in the grips of the delta variant surge. Internal data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed by ABC News, estimates a 19-fold increase of the anti-parasite medicine being distributed during the first week of August. That distribution is despite multiple warnings from public health departments given the lack of evidence ivermectin works to treat COVID and the substantial risk of seizures or coma if used incorrectly. Ivermectin is not authorized by the Food and Drug Administration...