Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The...
by eynsham on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:30AM
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This seems needlessly conspiratorial. Dexamethasone’s utility in treating Covid-19 was found by a top-notch RCT (Recovery). It is also quite cheap. ‘Pharm’ (presumably you mean scientists sceptical of ivermectin) made no noise about that.
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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The...
by yehosef on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:51AM
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Doctors are refusing to use Ivermectin because they can get in trouble with the medical boards for prescribing an unapproved covid treatment.
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/06/16...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/9241...
Who's running the disinformation campaign?
Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The...
by shaicoleman on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:40PM
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Before that RCT, any doctor that recommended using steroids was ridiculed and labelled as spreading medical disinformation.
It's a miracle that the Recovery RCT showed any statistical significant benefit, due to the low doses and the short durations that were used there.
After that RCT, and even a year later, health authorities are still recommending the same anaemic doses, despite evidence showing that pulsing higher doses of methylprednisolone saves lives in severe cases.