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In Reply to: Got a whole mini-fridge full of those... posted by dark_dave56 on January 30, 2021 at 11:42:08:
It's also an FDA-approved drug.
Some interesting facts Per Wikipedia:
"Ivermectin is a medication used to treat many types of parasite infestations.[3] In humans, this includes head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, and lymphatic filariasis.[3][4][5][6]
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It can be taken by mouth or applied to the skin for external infestations.[3][7]
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Ivermectin was discovered in 1975 and came into medical use in 1981.[10][11] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[12] Ivermectin is FDA-approved as an antiparasitic agent.[13]
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Ivermectin was introduced in 1981.[57] Half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Campbell and Ōmura for discovering avermectin, "the derivatives of which have radically lowered the incidence of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, as well as showing efficacy against an expanding number of other parasitic diseases".[58]
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The initial price, proposed by Merck in 1987, was US$6.[59] The company donated hundreds of millions of courses of treatments since 1988 in more than 30 countries.[59] Between 1995 and 2010 the program using donated ivermectin to prevent river blindness is estimated to have prevented 7 million years of disability whilst costing US$257 million.[60]
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As of 2019, ivermectin tablets in the United States were the least expensive treatment option for lice in children at about US$10.[63]"
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Follow Ups
- RE: Got a whole mini-fridge full of those... - Krav Maga 01/30/2112:20:41 01/30/21 (14)
- RE: Some more facts from https://c19ivermectin.com/ - tweaker456 17:44:15 01/30/21 (0)
- RE: Got a whole mini-fridge full of those... - rivervalley817 13:11:06 01/30/21 (5)
- "just curious, do you own stock in this drug or are you just a user?" - Krav Maga 15:28:49 01/30/21 (4)
- RE: "just curious, do you own stock in this drug or are you just a user?" - rivervalley817 17:52:19 01/30/21 (3)
- RE: "just curious, do you own stock in this drug or are you just a user?" - Krav Maga 21:57:57 01/30/21 (1)
- RE: "just curious, do you own stock in this drug or are you just a user?" - rivervalley817 22:44:40 01/30/21 (0)
- RE: Wrong again rivervalley - tweaker456 18:09:33 01/30/21 (0)
- Well aware of all of that... - dark_dave56 12:39:15 01/30/21 (6)
- RE: Well aware of all of that... - rivervalley817 13:18:13 01/30/21 (4)
- Aware of that too, I have had many herding dogs... - dark_dave56 13:58:46 01/30/21 (3)
- RE: Aware of that too, I have had many herding dogs... - rivervalley817 14:09:43 01/30/21 (2)
- From a purely scientific perspective... - dark_dave56 14:20:26 01/30/21 (1)
- RE: From a purely scientific perspective... - rivervalley817 14:54:39 01/30/21 (0)
- RE: Well aware of all of that... - Krav Maga 12:51:53 01/30/21 (0)