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A comment on Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infection. Parent comment

Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by darwingr on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:36PM (#27566876)
It's an approved drug. Fully licensed and considered to have a wide safety profile.

Doctors don't need permission for off-label use. It's just not a thing. We're in strange territory where doctors (professionals) have been demoted to nurses and they can't profess.

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Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by raarts on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:22PM (#27573089)
In the Netherlands doctors can be fined up to €150.000 if they prescribe Ivermectine or HCQ. Even though they can normally prescribe things off-label.
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Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by gls2ro on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:10AM (#27567003)
In my country, ivermectin it is an approve drug but not for COVID. Like a lot of other drugs which are approved as being safe but that does not mean they are good for COVID.

So I don't see how your argument contradicts the one you are replying which says there is no an overwhelming amount of evidence for ivermectin as a good treatment for COVID.

I am also not against being used by doctors who have the time for trying it and seeing if works. As we don't have a wide available treatment which we know for sure (with a high probability) that will cure COVID then maybe trying various scenarios could be a way to cure more people. But we have to take into consideration that giving one treatment means not giving other treatments so it is not an easy choice.

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