[ceejayoz]

Ivermectin hasn't been banned in humans, though.

The situation is more akin to a few doctors deciding to prescribe azithromycin to schizophrenia patients without much evidence of efficacy, for which they'd be rightly at risk of trouble with their medical licenses.

[cheaprentalyeti]

I used Azithromycin for a reason, because until Covid Brand Viral Pneumonia came along, Azithromycin was considered a standard part of the treatment protocol for viral pneumonia just in case. And because of this study, which I suggest reading carefully. [0].

(And it's funny, that the surgisphere study that showed that HCQ didn't work was published straight away, even though the data was fraudulent? And a similar one that showed that ACE inhibitors didn't work too? They both got published in the Lancet straight away, and noone has any questions about _why_ that was done.)

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33465426/

[ceejayoz]

"Give antibiotics for pneumonia" and "give antiparisitics for pneumonia" are slightly different scenarios, yes?

[cheaprentalyeti]

Well, as was pointed out elsewhere on this thread, 1) earlier this decade ivermectin was being studied for antiviral properties. 2) Azithromycin's use as a covid treatment seems to be controversial, even though a couple years ago it would have been considered a standard treatment for _viral_ pneumonia to combat the _possibility_ of bacterial infection.

[ceejayoz]

> Azithromycin's use as a covid treatment seems to be controversial...

By itself? Or as part of the supposed protocol from HQC/zinc/zpak pushers?

[cheaprentalyeti]

Both in conjunction with HCQ and zinc, in conjunction with other drugs (like the antihistiamine treatment I linked to earlier), and by itself.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33465426/