Ivermectin appears to be fairly effective as both an early treatment and as a safe prophylactic for Covid-19.
1. Very Little Downside
It appears the medication is very safe, well-tolerated with few side effects, and is difficult to overdose. It's even approved for 6-month-old babies.
There is a lot of experience with it. There are 25 years of billions of doses of experience with it. The discoverers of Ivermectin even won a Nobel prize for it. It's even in my non-medical spell checker. LOL
2. It Looks Credible
The research supporting its use for Covid, appears to my eyes to be highly credible. As are the Drs. doing and supporting the Ivermectin Covid research.
From the Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics:
280 patient trial:
▪ Ivermectin associated with lower all-cause mortality compared to usual care (15.0% vs 25.2%; p=0.03)
▪ In the propensity-matched cohort, mortality remained lower with ivermectin (13.3% vs 24.5%; OR 0.47, CI 0.22-0.99; p<0.05)
▪ In 75 patients with severe pulmonary disease, mortality was lower with ivermectin (38.8% vs 80.7%, p=0.001)
These are pretty serious hard numbers, from a clinical trial that made into the conservative Medical Letter.
3. These two Docs seem to be two of its more prominent advocates. They are both pulmonologists on the front lines at very credible institutions. But they are not the only ones.
Paul E. Marik, MD, FCCP, FCCM
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. 400 peer reviewed journal articles, 50 book chapters and authored four critical care books.
evms.edu/directory/profiles...
Dr. Joseph Varon, MD
Houston, Texas (KTRK) - "After leading the COVID-19 unit at United Memorial Medical Center and working for 277 straight days, Dr. Joseph Varon got his first shipment of the Moderna vaccine and was one of the first to take it."
Specialty / Subspecialties: Pulmonology / General Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology
health.usnews.com/doctors/j...
4. Here is a video by Dr. Marik with lots of hard data
youtube.com/watch?v=2X6kczn...
(most of the content is in the first half-hour, which is then followed by Q&A)
5. Here are the two most prominent Ivermectin Protocols
I-MASK Protocol
covid19criticalcare.com/wp-...
MATH+ Protocol
covid19criticalcare.com/wp-...
There is a third called the ICON protocol. While they were independently developed I guess, there is little difference between the three protocols.
6. More online Information about Ivermectin
Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
Prophylaxis & Treatment Protocols for COVID-19
Covexit.com
covexit.com/webinar-with-pr...
6. This is the Most Definitive Meta Study on the Subject
"Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19"
Pierre Kory, MD1*, G. Umberto Meduri, MD2†, Jose Iglesias, DO3, Joseph Varon, MD4 , Keith Berkowitz, MD5 , Howard Kornfeld, MD6 , Eivind Vinjevoll, MD7 , Scott Mitchell, MBChB8 , Fred Wagshul, MD9, Paul E. Marik, MD10
Corresponding Author: Pierre Kory, MD, MPA pkory@flccc.net
covid19criticalcare.com/wp-...
7. Current Bias Against Ivermectin
The NIH is currently recommending the use of Ivermectin be limited to clinical trials. So it is exceeding difficult to get a US doctor to prescribe it off label.
My conjecture is that they have been stung by the hydroxychloroquine debacle and that is generating a bias against the much safer and reasonably proven Ivermectin.
8. Availability From Online Pharmacies
Ivermectin is generally available overseas without a prescription. It is primarily used to treat parasite infections.
I know a lot of us are experts at purchasing expensive prostate cancer drugs online/overseas.
So..... does anyone have any recommendations about the best and safest way to buy high-quality, non-counterfeit Ivermectin?
