What does an ‘effective’ COVID-19 treatment mean?
by Sheldon H. Jacobson, opinion contributor - 04/11/22 5:30 PM ET
A recently published large clinical study affirmed what previous studies already revealed. Ivermectin, the once touted treatment for COVID-19, does not yield statistically significant benefits that warrant its use as an effective COVID-19 therapeutic.
The researchers concluded that “treatment with ivermectin did not result in a lower incidence of medical admission to a hospital due to progression of Covid-19 or of prolonged emergency department observation among outpatients with an early diagnosis of Covid-19.”
In absence of evidence to support its effectiveness, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has gone so far as to post a consumer update entitled “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19,” which is a drug used in various forms to prevent parasites in animals, as well as tablets approved for human use “at very specific doses to treat some parasitic worms.”
Some will still call foul, believing from personal experience that ivermectin works to treat COVID-19 and prevent its worst outcomes.
How can one product garner such variability in clinical responses?
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