Demand Surges for Deworming Drug for Covid, Despite Scant Evidence It Works. Prescriptions for ivermectin have jumped to more than 88,000 per week

[Mary Wilson]

Aug. 30, 2021
By Emma Goldberg

... Prescriptions for ivermectin have seen a sharp rise in recent weeks, jumping to more than 88,000 per week in mid-August from a prepandemic baseline average of 3,600 per week, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Some pharmacists are even reporting shortages of the drug. Travis Walthall, a pharmacist in Kuna, Idaho, a town of about 20,000 people, said that this summer alone he had filled more than 20 ivermectin prescriptions, up from two or three in a typical year.

... While sometimes given to humans in small doses for head lice, scabies and other parasites, ivermectin is more commonly used in animals. Physicians are raising alarms about a growing number of people getting the drug from livestock supply centers, where it can come in highly concentrated paste or liquid forms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/...-prescriptions.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

 

[Mary Wilson]

Australian imports of ivermectin increase tenfold, prompting warning from TGA

Mon 30 Aug 2021 13.38 EDT
Josh Taylor

A national shortage and tenfold increase in Australians importing ivermectin in August has sparked a warning from the Therapeutic Goods Administration against the use of the medicine, which is typically used to deworm livestock, as a treatment for Covid-19.

... a spokesperson for the TGA told Guardian Australia there had been a massive increase in people bringing the drug into Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...n-increase-10-fold-prompting-warning-from-tga

 

[Mary Wilson]

Coronavirus: Ohio judge orders hospital to administer ivermectin to COVID-19 patient

August 30, 2021 at 12:37 pm EDT
By Jared Leone

CINCINNATI — An Ohio judge has ordered hospital doctors to administer a prescribed dose of ivermectin, typically used to treat livestock for parasites, to a patient infected with COVID-19.

Butler County Judge Gregory Howard ordered doctors at West Chester Hospital to “immediately administer ivermectin” to Jeffrey Smith, WCPO reported.

Smith’s wife sued after he was placed on a ventilator for 19 days. During that time, Julie Smith asked a doctor about using ivermectin. The doctor supported the treatment and prescribed a 30mg dose for 21 days but hospital staff refused to administer it, WLWT reported.

https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/...-covid-19-patient/JPUHJDKUBJHY5J7OSIQL6GU3EU/

 

[Mary Wilson]

Ivermectin poison control calls increase in Minnesota amid COVID-19 misinformation

Published 3 hours ago
By Rose Semenov

(FOX 9) - The Minnesota Poison Control System saw an uptick in August for exposure calls for ivermectin, a drug falsely claimed to treat COVID-19.

... According to the Minnesota Poison Control System, Minnesota also saw a recent increase with only one ivermectin exposure call in July, jumping to nine in August.

High doses of ivermectin can lead to an overdose. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and can lead to decreased consciousness, hallucinations, seizures, coma, and death. The drug could also impact the effect of other medications.

https://www.fox9.com/news/ivermecti...nesota-in-august-amid-covid-19-misinformation

 

[Emily]

This could be why Dr. Fauci finally educated about antibody treatement on the evening news a couple of days ago.

 

[sharon sanders]

bump this

 

[Mary Wilson]

(Merck is the manufacturer of Vermectin.)

Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. ...

... Indications and Usage for STROMECTOL® (ivermectin)

Ivermectin is approved in the United States under the brand name STROMECTOL. STROMECTOL is indicated for the treatment of intestinal (i.e., nondisseminated) strongyloidiasis due to the nematode parasite Strongyloides stercoralis and for the treatment of onchocerciasis due to the nematode parasite Onchocerca volvulus.

It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified:

• No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies;
• No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and;
• A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies. ...

STROMECTOL has no activity against adult Onchocerca volvulus parasites. ...

https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

 

[Mary Wilson]

So sad. People taking this drug instead of the Covid-19 vaccine.
My dog takes Heartgard brand which ingredient contains Ivermectin , a preventative for worms.