Updates
September 23, 2021: summary of evidence here.
September 7, 2021: the Indian experience.
September 6, 2021: a gedankenexperiment.
September 1, 2021: a very, very interesting, but very, very long article on ivermectin. Published May 1, 2021, this year in Mountain Home: Pennsylvania and the New York Finger Lakes.
Original Post
Ivermectin.
Ivermectin.
Ivermectin.
Yesterday I posted a long note -- thank you to a reader for sending me a note regarding the issue -- regarding Ivermectin.
One reader said he/she forwarded the link to that post "everywhere."
The reader must have sent one to a judge in Ohio.
Today, from ZeroHedge, an Ohio judge orders hospital to treat ventilated Covid-19 patients with Ivermectin.
With regard to Ivermectin, let's take a look:
On a whim, a reader checked his/her formulary .... Silver Script/Aetna - I'm 65+, so it's an addon to Medicare.Anyway, lo and behold, under "Anti-Infectives, Miscellaneous", Ivermectin is listed as a Tier 3 medication and a generic equivalent of "Stromectrol".The Tier 3 level is truly middle of the road. It isn't subject to prior authorization, step therapy, limited access, quantity limits. It's available mail order. It's not classified as high risk.So, it'd be under $50 bucks, but it's still a fixed cost to the patient. The cheapest, Tier 1, are $8. When you get into Tier 4 and Tier 5, the patient has to pay either 33% or 50% - no limit to the total dollar.
Is this why the government is so concerned about Ivermectin / Stromectrol? Apparently it's essentially an over-the-counter medication if I'm reading that correctly.
Google it; easily available. $16.95 for 200 tablets.
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Looks like it's a 3mg tab
A recent review of 14 studies involving ivermectin produced zero evidence that the drug is an effective means of treating Covid-19. As the study's authors wrote:
ReplyDelete"Based on the current very low‐ to low‐certainty evidence, we are uncertain about the efficacy and safety of ivermectin used to treat or prevent COVID‐19. The completed studies are small and few are considered high quality. Several studies are underway that may produce clearer answers in review updates. Overall, the reliable evidence available does not support the use of ivermectin for treatment or prevention of COVID‐19 outside of well‐designed randomized trials."
One can find any study one wants to find.
DeleteBut any problem with just letting folks decide for themselves, at $16.95 for a bottle of 200 tabs? It's used across Africa and is as safe as medications come.
I guess the judge did not get the memo: Today, from ZeroHedge, an Ohio judge orders hospital to treat ventilated Covid-19 patients with Ivermectin.
DeleteFor the record, if I'm hospitalized, ventilated, and diagnosed with any variant of Covid-19, my physician has permission to treat me with ivermectin. Even the NIH / USA in 2020 published mechanism of action why ivermectin could have anti-viral properties.