when I search "ivermectin approved by NIH" with duckduckgo, only links that stated it wasn't approved by NIH or FDA showed up. Thanks for this link! I want to post to FB and say, "for all you people who thought ivermectin was just some right-wing conspiracy theory" :)
I reviewed the one completed study that you can link to. It was a pretty small sample size, with only a marginally better mortality result than the "control" group. I don't know if it was intended to mask the effectiveness of the ivermectin, but they included hydroxychloroquine as part of the treatment of the "control" group! "Hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and azithromycin (HFA) standard treatment protocol were given to the control group as recommended in the "COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 Infection) Guide" prepared by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health." Since when is hydroxychloroquine considered standard treatment? To be a true test of ivermectin, they should have compared it to the standard treatment in U.S. hospitals, or at least a treatment that doesn't include another drug that is controversial, as far as U.S. medical professionals go.
Is this official?
YES: https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/tables/table-2e/
Why does it say updated July 8th?
Presumably they edited something on the page on that date. It may be waybacked to see what the change was, but I kind of doubt it.
So they approved this and didn’t tell anyone? Why couldn’t doctors prescribe or pharmacies fill it?
At the very bottom of the page it says last updated Sept 15th.
Hmmm
holy shit...
archived
https://archive.is/92Jhz
when I search "ivermectin approved by NIH" with duckduckgo, only links that stated it wasn't approved by NIH or FDA showed up. Thanks for this link! I want to post to FB and say, "for all you people who thought ivermectin was just some right-wing conspiracy theory" :)
I reviewed the one completed study that you can link to. It was a pretty small sample size, with only a marginally better mortality result than the "control" group. I don't know if it was intended to mask the effectiveness of the ivermectin, but they included hydroxychloroquine as part of the treatment of the "control" group! "Hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and azithromycin (HFA) standard treatment protocol were given to the control group as recommended in the "COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 Infection) Guide" prepared by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health." Since when is hydroxychloroquine considered standard treatment? To be a true test of ivermectin, they should have compared it to the standard treatment in U.S. hospitals, or at least a treatment that doesn't include another drug that is controversial, as far as U.S. medical professionals go.
I saw that too, and I came to the same conclusion - comparing HCQ to Ivermectin, saying niether does better than the other, and denying both.
But there are lot other studies at c19ivermectin.com
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278625/