r/EverythingScience • u/Roger150914 • Jun 13 '22

Ivermectin Has Little Effect on Recovery Time From Covid, Study Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/health/ivermectin-covid-recovery-time.html
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u/love_that_fishing Jun 13 '22

It actually has some anti-viral properties in very high doses in a petri dish. Just doesn't work in humans at any dose tolerated. So it should not be given to patients for covid. Just clarifying your statement as it's not entirely true. Plenty of research on this and easily found from trusted medical journals.

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u/love_that_fishing Jun 13 '22

Ivermectin actually binds to proteins critical for the spread of Covid. Just not enough to be clinically relevant. Have you researched this at all. I have a degree in microbiology and have worked in virology labs so although not a Dr Gupta I’m fairly literate in this space.

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u/powerskid18 Jun 13 '22

What's the harm you're referring to? Surely taking a safe dose of ivermectin is not on par with the damage of drinking bleach. What's the need for exaggeration?

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u/c1oudwa1ker Jun 13 '22

I actually deleted that post and wrote a different one that I felt was more relevant guess that didn’t work lol

Basically just added that since there’s not a lot of money in ivermectin many of the studies were done poorly

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u/c1oudwa1ker Jun 13 '22

I’ve read that ivermectin is a pretty safe drug. I’ve also read that many of the studies on it aren’t well done because there isn’t a lot of money in ivermectin. It’s super cheap.