[adevx]

Clearly there are a lot of doctors that have good experiences with ivermectin. On an FDA approved dosage, it is one of the safest drugs available. Yet there seems to be a crusade against it. It is beyond me why such cheap and safe drug that has helped many, especially in the early stages of a covid19 infection, is being so strongly censored. In the Netherlands, we advise those coming down with covid19 to wait until things get so bad one needs to go to the hospital. Why not try ivermectin at this stage.

[epakai]

It has been tried. There are still ongoing trials. The evidence so far points to ivermectin being beneficial for people with parasites suppressing their immune systems. Studies in areas without common parasitic infections tend to show no effect.

Basically we have better treatments both in-hospital (remdesivir), and out (monoclonal antibodies, new Pfizer pill soon). Nevermind prevention of serious symptoms with vaccine is our best tool.

[bsaul]

i thought remdesivir has been proven totally useless a while ago ?

[epakai]

It's the treatment my family member received in November.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34331674/ 2021 July. Seems like a reasonable treatment by these measures.