— "Infuriating to see misinformation mongers being taken seriously" by Amanda D'Ambrosio Pierre Kory, MD, one of the most vocal proponents of ivermectin for COVID-19, has the support of Simon & Schuster, with the leading publishing house slated to distribute his...
Ivermectin: Still on a Losing Streak as COVID-19 Treatment
— ACTIV-6 trial shows no time-to-recovery benefit with anti-parasitic in mild-to-moderate disease by Ed Susman There were no differences in relief from mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms for patients on ivermectin versus placebo, according to the...
Time to Stop Using Ineffective Covid-19 Drugs
By Salim S. Abdool Karim, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., and Nikita Devnarain, Ph.D. In practicing evidence-based medicine, physicians use the best evidence currently available on safety and efficacy in making decisions on treatment choices for their patients. During the...
Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19
By Carolyn T. Bramante, M.D., M.P.H., et al. Abstract BACKGROUND Early treatment to prevent severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an important component of the comprehensive response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic....
Ivermectin Has Little Effect on Recovery Time From Covid, Study Finds
A new clinical trial is the largest to date testing the antiparasitic drug on people with Covid. By Carl Zimmer The antiparasite drug ivermectin does not meaningfully reduce the time needed to recover from Covid, according to a large study posted online Sunday....
Map of States with Ivermectin Legislation
Many states in the U.S. have been moving forward with legislation making the “controversial” medication ivermectin available over the counter, allowing physicians to prescribe the drug and pharmacists to dispense the medication without suffering a legal penalty....
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
“At some point it will become a waste of resources to continue studying an unpromising approach,” one expert said. By Carl Zimmer The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of...
Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19
By Gilmar Reis, M.D., Ph.D., et al. Abstract BACKGROUND The efficacy of ivermectin in preventing hospitalization or extended observation in an emergency setting among outpatients with acutely symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by...
Tennessee Advancing Ivermectin Bills
Tennessee appears to be the latest state moving forward with two bills to allow people to purchase ivermectin as an alternative treatment for COVID-19. One bill, SB 2746, is being proposed by Republican State Representative Susan Lynn, and...
French Biotech Commercializing ivermectin for COVID-19 Treats First Patients in 400 Participant RCT
The French biotech company MedinCell announced it has treated the first participants in the SAIVE study last week, the 400-participant, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with an independent Data Monitoring Committee, conducted...
Ivermectin and COVID: Is a Microscopic Worm the Key?
By F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine If you took a random sample of 100 people from around the world, eight of them would have these...
New Hampshire state House approves bill that would make Ivermectin available over the counter
Similar bills are working their way through the legislature in Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, Arizona, and Alaska. By Sophie Mann New Hampshire's GOP-led House has passed a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin under a standard order, meaning...
Mary Beth Pfeiffer is Banned From Twitter
By Mary Beth Pfeiffer On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, I received an email from Twitter. It seems I had violated policy “on spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.” Without ceremony or meaningful due process, Twitter suspended my...
Is Ivermectin a Miracle or a Menace vs COVID?
Is Ivermectin a miracle or a menace against COVID-19? It's a miracle vs. onchocerciasis. COVID? A new study suggests ivermectin is not great. By Joe Graedon Let me be perfectly honest. I love ivermectin. Is ivermectin a miracle? Absolutely! It has saved the...
The Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin – JAMA’s “Diversion”
Big Pharma influences high-impact journals to selectively publish (purportedly) negative studies while outright rejecting positive studies from publication. JAMA did it again yesterday. By Pierre Kory, MD, MPA One of the main corporate disinformation tactics used to...