Ivermectin Probably Doesn’t Work As A Treatment For Covid-19
Another well-conducted, large trial has failed to find a benefit for ivermectin in treating coronavirus infections
Note: I have never been funded or paid by a pharmaceutical company, and all of my funding comes from the Australian state and federal governments. On a personal level, I truly hope ivermectin does work for Covid-19, because it’s a cheap, low-risk, easily available medication, but we have to base our beliefs on data rather than hope. You can read more about the story of ivermectin for Covid-19 and my work here.
Note 2: Since originally publishing this story, another two large randomized trials have been published also failing to find a benefit for ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19. While these were not as strong as ACTIV-6 methodologically, they strengthen the argument that there is unlikely to be a meaningful clinical benefit from ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
Ivermectin truly is the subject that never dies. Depending on which corner of the internet you reside in, the medication is either a useful anti-parasitic drug that sadly has not shown much benefit for treating Covid-19, or the subject of a bizarre worldwide cover-up by eeeevil pharmaceutical companies for inexplicable and confusing reasons.
