Why People Think Ivermectin Can Treat COVID, and How the Medication Really Works
Ivermectin continues to make headlines in the U.S. after COVID-19 patients and their loved ones insist on being treated with the anti-parasitic drug. QAnon supporter Veronica Wolski, who once filmed herself confronting Staples employees over their mask policy, died on Monday of COVID-19 after her supporters demanded that she be treated with ivermectin.
Ivermectin can also be used to treat heartworm disease, as well as certain parasites in animals, the FDA explains. But this is different than the types of ivermectin that are used in people. “People are taking veterinary doses, which are different in terms of potency and strength,” says infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “People are misusing it and that’s why we’re seeing an increase in ivermectin poisonings.
This particular lab study also used “very high doses [of ivermectin] that are toxic to humans,” explains Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease physician and professor of internal medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. Meaning, you would get very sick or possibly even die if you took that high of a dose of ivermectin. “I suppose a lot of medications would have a similar effect,” Dr. Watkins says.
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