Health in Pennsylvania Doctors try stronger dose of ivermectin on COVID-19 patients, still find no benefit Updated: Feb. 24, 2023, 11:48 a.m. | Published: Feb. 24 ...

Naggie S, et al "Effect of higher-dose ivermectin for 6 days vs placebo on time to sustained recovery in outpatients with COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial" JAMA 2023; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.1650.

The governor has called for Texas lawmakers to consider allowing a person to purchase ivermectin at a pharmacy.

Ivermectin is a drug typically used to treat parasitic infections primarily in livestock -- but it is also prescribed to treat lice and other skin conditions.

Gov. Greg Abbott added State Rep. Joanne Shofner’s (R-Nacogdoches) proposed law to allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin ...

For the curious: a typical 7.3 gram tube of veterinary equine-grade 1.87% ivermectin is about 135mg of ivermectin, or ten times a normal dose; as someone who has had to calculate mg/kg doses at ...

Such high doses have not been approved for human use. Finally, efficacy testing of ivermectin in humans must be based on a dose-response trial with a placebo control group.

Ivermectin is the most recent example of a medication touted as a miracle drug for COVID-19 without solid medical evidence supporting its use.

DETROIT – The U.S. Food and Drug administration and Michigan state agencies have recently issued warnings against taking ivermectin – a pill to treat parasites – as a coronavirus cure or ...

Despite this, lung ivermectin concentrations are “unlikely to reach the IC50 after oral administration of the approved dose in humans,” say the researchers.