Ivermectin ‘does not prevent severe COVID-19’: Study The drug’s use on mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients does not stop disease progression, a newly published clinical trial suggests.
Restrictions placed on ivermectin use in general practice GPs can now only prescribe the drug, which has been touted as a potential COVID cure, for TGA-approved indications.
TGA issues fresh warning over ivermectin as COVID treatment The health regulator has detected increased importation and prescribing of the medication, which is not an approved treatment for COVID-19.
What now for ivermectin? Professor Andrew McLachlan reviews the medication and its potential against COVID-19 in the wake of a major study being withdrawn.
Insufficient evidence to support ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment Recent research led to the anti-parasitic being discussed as a potential treatment, but experts say more research is currently needed.