Cheap hair lice drug may
cut risk of COVID-19 death
by 80 percent: study
by
Hannah Sparks
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
1/4/2021 3:54:38 PM
A simple treatment for COVID-19 could be cheaper than 20 bucks — and familiar to most grade school nurses.
Head lice drug ivermectin is being explored as a potential treatment for the coronavirus following a promising new study that showed an 80% reduction in hospitalized COVID-19 patient deaths.
Just 8 out of 573 patients who received ivermectin passed away, compared to the 44 individuals out of 510 who died after being given a placebo.
An earlier study of the antiparasitic prescription drug, which costs between $17 and $43 for a course of treatment, according to GoodRx, revealed promising results in April — by removing all viral RNA within 48 hours of a single
Reply 1 - Posted by:
justavoter 1/4/2021 3:59:33 PM (No. 648951)
I hope President Trump does not mention this. Maybe Bejing Biden can make the suggestion.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
OhioNick 1/4/2021 4:00:25 PM (No. 648953)
This is very old news and I'm angry that our media is ignoring stories like this. Parts of the world are using this as a Covid preventative.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/4/2021 4:01:53 PM (No. 648955)
Well off to Rural King I go!...Not really. Spousal Unit Prime was once again admitted to Hospital over the weekend.She again tested positive and they have her stable but she is losing muscle mass at an alarming rate (for Drs out there her CK is 1480 ! Your cohorts will get it sorted out) She's more upset that once again we will be dumping all our 'disposable' income into the Heath care system. Please, if you lean that way, say a prayer for her. God knows who Spousal Unit Prime is. :)
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jimincalif 1/4/2021 4:07:08 PM (No. 648961)
In the leftists' world view, the only metric that matters is the amount of input. Schools - more spending good, don't bother testing for results. Homeless - must spend over $500K per unit (Los Angeles), even though the problem just continues to grow. War on Poverty? Same thing, measure the inputs, not the results. So a $20 drug that effectively treats Covid? Clearly this must be suppressed, there's not enough money involved to generate sufficient kickbacks, and with this knowledge, people would no longer submit to tyrannical controls. In the words of Gavin Newsom - "'There is opportunity for reimagining a [more] progressive era as it [relates] to capitalism,' Gov. Newsom said. ‘So yes, absolutely we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.’” They won't stop.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/4/2021 4:11:49 PM (No. 648966)
I can believe that.
I've been taking MouseNots all year long - - and I feel great!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DARling 1/4/2021 4:18:10 PM (No. 648972)
The article has this dig:
"However, critics have called Hill’s study conclusion premature, urging further research before declaring ivermectin an effective treatment — citing other buzzed-about methods that ultimately failed to deliver, such as hydroxychloroquine and tocilizumab."
I guess only new treatments that will enrich the test labs and universities are worthy of praise.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Hermoine 1/4/2021 4:29:25 PM (No. 648983)
I thought ivermectin was discussed early on as a possible treatment...though I remember it being described as a treatment that was often used on animals, like horses, not as a head lice medication, but I could be misremembering that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 1/4/2021 4:43:20 PM (No. 648990)
I believe, #7, that ivermectin is the active ingredient in heartworm preventative medication for dogs.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
wildcat1 1/4/2021 4:56:51 PM (No. 649002)
We have used Ivermectin for years to control lice and worms in cattle. One reason Africa has such a low Covid infection and death rate is that most Africans have been treated with a form of Ivermectin for may years, mainly for worms and such. Pretty sure I got enough Ivermectin on me when treating the cattle that I absorbed some through my skin. We used the pour-on method, there is also an injectable product that works well.
I was at the farm store just last week and there is a good supply of Ivermectin and similar products there for sale.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
pensom2 1/4/2021 4:57:07 PM (No. 649003)
Ivermectin, commonly sold as "Ivomec," is a wormer for farm animals (horses, cattle, sheep) and, in lower doses, for small animals (dogs, cats). In even lower doses, it will worm and remove external lice and fleas from birds.It's relatively safe and can be purchased without a prescription from some feed stores, farmers' co-ops, etc. The tricky part is calculating the dose. It's relatively safe, but comes in a variety of applications for different animals, such as liquid, wormer paste, etc. I have some on hand in the event I should come down with Wuhan virus. The dose would require some calculation because the liquid I have on hand is a few years old; the effectiveness dissipates over shelf time, so I may have to take a larger dose, like a quarter of a cup. I'd have to research it. I have the sheep drench on hand.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 1/4/2021 5:06:27 PM (No. 649012)
If I start to feel like I have the flu, I'll have to remember to tell the doctor that I have lice and worms.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Right Time 1/4/2021 5:11:29 PM (No. 649015)
It sounds like a worthwhile therapeutic. Maybe better than that bleach I've been taking
;-)
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
smcchk 1/4/2021 5:30:42 PM (No. 649031)
It is insanity that 2 cheap and safe drugs are ignored, during a pandemic, because why??? There is no good answer. Doctors are like sheep on this. The FDA and CDC should be criminally charged and the media - do they have a death wish? We could be in control of this cursed virus but we lose lives and livelihoods for no apparent reason! It is chilling.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
mizzmac 1/4/2021 5:48:40 PM (No. 649047)
Waiting for Dr. Fauci to call this ordinary, cheap drug "deadly" and make it impossible to source and prescribe. Because the machine NEEDS the pandemic, and won't be denied. Americans must be frightened and mask-shamed into submission!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 1/4/2021 5:52:29 PM (No. 649055)
Learning about head lice is another 'gift' from the illegals from their 3rd world hellholes.
In my life, born early 50s.....lice was not something that we ever even heard about, let alone ever knew anyone who had them. We read about concentration camps and such with lice.....but not in middle class America.
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Mushroom 1/4/2021 6:12:46 PM (No. 649076)
#13 Drs aren't like sheep, they are required to follow the dictates of the State to even be allowed to do what they were trained for. It's actually pretty sad. When you see someone that is a 'Doctor' adverting some off the wall remedy, ask yourself where they are licensed to practice. One of my favs is the 'Doctor' that is espousing bunches of info and then in the small print at the end 'Actor portraying Doctor'
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DVC 1/4/2021 6:22:46 PM (No. 649080)
#3, is this the same as CPK count? Creatine kinase is a breakdown of muscle, frequently used as an indicator of heart attack, or maybe a stroke. I once had a high reading, doc got all upset....I discussed it with my cardiologist who shrugged when I said I had been doing some really hard work outdoors in 103F heat the day before the test.
Best wishes, and a prayer sent to help her recover.
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smcchk 1/4/2021 6:27:05 PM (No. 649085)
#16, husband is a retired physician after 41 years. Doctors can prescribe “off-label.” They should be storming the gates if there is any available treatment for folks during a pandemic. There are good studies called matched cohort or meta analyses that can provide data of effectiveness more quickly than the RCT’s the FDA hides behind. There is always the risk:benefit to consider. Trying a old, generic drug beats going to the hospital. Some brave doctors are speaking up but I think Fauci et al are keeping us locked down solely for the vaccine and alternate treatments be d#$*ned.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
leonardo 1/4/2021 7:11:06 PM (No. 649114)
Here's yet another example of CENSORSHIP by Big Tech following the NIH lead.
Ivermectin is being used in many parts of the world now with good results. But NOT in America. Looks like We the People are at the mercy of government and Big Tech (the combination of these is called BIG BROTHER). They DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. Don't expect politicians to preserve your rights when most enter politics to increase their wealth. AND it looks like we are about to experience the "Stupid Voters"-Elect-Commies effect in Georgia ... soon you'll see what real socialism looks like comrade.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
padiva 1/4/2021 7:46:12 PM (No. 649143)
Prayers for Lady Mushroom....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/4/2021 10:19:24 PM (No. 649220)
#17 Same reading, but there are three different sources, it isn't broken down. It could be as you state, or an infection, or skeletal muscle loss She *is* being looked at from a cardio stand point as well. All I have is CK.
#18 You are correct, but what the State is doing is forbidding specific drugs off label or not. I was in a profession that I exited at just the right time, God Bless Your hubby, but he might have left at the right time as well. The Quinine based treatment (not arguing it's effectiveness) was banned in Indiana was to prevent a shortage for Lupus patients. Do a search for :indiana bans hydroxychloroquine and look at the statement (pdf) from Indiana. It flat out states it is for the prevention of a shortage.
#20 Thank you dearly. I will pass that on, because I can. I now can feel for the guys sent overseas as I was , a few moments on the phone in a year's tour. Now there is EMAIL and just can just go buy a sim card, or simply video chat. Not to take anything away from the work, or to sound like THAT old guy, but wow these younger kids (tm) have it a lot nicer.
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Prayers for Mrs. Mushroom. We are a social experiment these days.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mathman 1/5/2021 6:56:04 PM (No. 649892)
Takes me back to my childhood. We used to fold up paper to make "cootie catchers."
I remember drawing bugs on the thing, and plucking away and someone's head.
I was in a family which practiced cleanness, and I was warned never to put on someone else's hat (I had no idea why). So I never saw a louse.
And when I worked in a Jewish, school, the lost phylacteries were ALWAYS discarded.
But then the pictures after WW II came out, with all the shaved heads, and the explanation given that they had been de-loused.
Then I read Mark Twain and his travels in Europe, and he goes into this extensively.
I think he called the lice chamois. I did not get the joke right away.
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