A new study shows that ivermectin is ineffective in preventing severe symptoms of COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus; According to a report by the “Jerusalem Post”, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association “JAMA”.
The study included 490 patients, their age is over 50 years, and they suffer from serious symptoms as a result of their disease; This is in regarding 20 general hospitals and quarantine centers in Malaysia.
The researchers gave the participants the drug ivermectin for five days, at a dose of 0.4 mg / kg of body weight.
The study concluded that while some early clinical studies have indicated the potential efficacy of ivermectin in the treatment and prevention of COVID-19; These studies have methodological weaknesses.
The researchers asserted that they found no “evidence” that ivermectin is effective in reducing the risk of serious disease. They are cautioned not to use it without medical supervision.
And media reports had reported, months ago, that an anti-parasitic drug available around the world showed the ability to kill the Corona virus within 48 hours.
But the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), had previously warned once morest taking ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug usually used for animals.
The warning came a day following the Mississippi Department of Health issued a similar statement in response to reports that an increasing number of people in the state were using the drug to prevent infection with Covid.
The National Institutes of Health said last February that most studies related to ivermectin and the virus “contain incomplete information and significant methodological limitations”; Including the results of studies that stimulated its intake, most of which are not clear.
Ivermectin, which is primarily used to treat parasitic worms, has been widely promoted as a potential treatment for coronavirus; Note that it is not licensed.