Evidence Still Lacking to Support Ivermectin.
Evidence Still Lacking to Support Ivermectin as Treatment for COVID-19
After more than 80 studies have evaluated the use of ivermectin, an antiparasitic medication, to treat or prevent COVID-19 in humans, there is insufficient evidence to recommend using ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Large clinical trials to determine its safety and effectiveness are ongoing; but so far, randomized controlled trials have shown no evidence of a clinical benefit for ivermectin.
The studies conspiracists often cite are not in the news because they have significant limitations and are not randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials, which are considered the gold standard of clinical research. Such trials randomly assign participants to treatment or control groups, enabling researchers to more confidently evaluate whether a treatment led to different results.
Sources:
• Ivermectin Treatment Guidelines
• Ivermectin Products are Not Approved by FDA to Prevent or Treat COVID-19
• Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19
• Facebook Post Misleads on NIH’s Position on Ivermectin
• Social Media Posts Repeat Inaccurate Reporting on Ivermectin and Omicron
• Ivermectin study in the city of Itajaí is flawed
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