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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ivermectin to be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in Oxford's PRINCIPLE trial [View all]
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-06-23-ivermectin-be-investigated-possible-treatment-covid-19-oxford-s-principle-trial23 June 2021
PRINCIPLE is one of UK Governments national priority platform trials of COVID-19 treatments, and the worlds largest currently taking place in community settings looking for treatments at home.
Ivermectin, a widely used antiparasitic drug, has been added to the trial and is being evaluated in participants from today.
For COVID-19, ivermectin has shown promising results as a potential treatment in small studies in humans.
Anyone eligible and with COVID-19 symptoms can join the trial from anywhere in the UK, either online, over the phone or via their health care professional.
From today, ivermectin is being investigated in the UK as part of the Platform Randomised Trial of Treatments in the Community for Epidemic and Pandemic Illnesses (PRINCIPLE), the worlds largest clinical trial of possible COVID-19 treatments for recovery at home and in other non-hospital settings.
Led by the University of Oxford, PRINCIPLE is investigating treatments for people at more risk of serious illness from COVID-19 which can speed up recovery, reduce the severity of symptoms and prevent the need for hospital admission. The study has so far recruited more than 5,000 volunteers from across the UK.
Ivermectin is a safe, broad spectrum antiparasitic drug which is in wide use globally to treat parasitic infections."
It is not safe for use outside of a clinical trial .
related link: https://www.principletrial.org/news/ivermectin-to-be-investigated-as-a-possible-treatment-for-covid-19-in-oxford2019s-principle-trial
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Ivermectin to be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in Oxford's PRINCIPLE trial [View all]
MisterNiceKitty
Aug 2021
OP
Have you researched online how many countries in the world are using Ivermectin?
womanofthehills
Aug 2021
#20
So what? It works on an intestinal parasite. Does it blast viruses out of noses?
pnwmom
Aug 2021
#39
Of course. But they would rather trust a pill or paste approved by the FDA for de-worming,
pnwmom
Aug 2021
#62
It's news, Oxford is well respected, ivermectin needs to be definitively shot down and buried
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2021
#6
But it's also growing in the nose, and no amount of shitting will shit it out the nostrils. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2021
#43
They take it for parasites in the intestines and on the skin, not viruses in the NOSE
pnwmom
Aug 2021
#44
Maybe because in a pandemic with thousands dying, putting money and research scientists on this
viva la
Aug 2021
#65
We've seen this before-- with AIDS-- these "crank" treatments crowd out the effective
viva la
Aug 2021
#55
Don't know about the UK but in the US the standard of care for outpatients is "go home, feel better"
Klaralven
Aug 2021
#32
Because of a severely flawed study and a preprint which didn't stand up to peer review.
herding cats
Aug 2021
#49