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April 04, 2020 15: 19:18
Health authorities are alerting individuals versus self-medicating with a drug which is typically utilized to treat head lice and scabies however is now revealing promise as a coronavirus treatment, stating it could be fatal.
Bottom line:
- Ivermectin stops the infection growing in lab tests but the researchers require to learn if it works in human beings and at what dosage it is safe
- It is uncertain how the drug acts to stop coronavirus
- It could be months prior to human clinical trials start
A collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and the Doherty Institute found the drug Ivermectin stops coronavirus growing in cell culture.
The next step is to figure out whether it can effectively deal with coronavirus in human beings, and discover what a safe dose would be.
Ivermectin has actually been used around the globe for years as a treatment for a variety of conditions including head