Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are unreliable

Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by mpalczewski on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:56PM (#28622462)

Calling it horse dewormer is either propaganda, or just a plain bad faith argument. The inventors of this drug won a Nobel prize for the discovery and it’s use in humans. It’s recognized as an essential drug.

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by wombatpm on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:01PM (#28622522)

But people are purchasing the horse version. What is the conversion between a 50 mg tables and a tube of paste for a 1200 lb animal? By using the wrong formulation you run the risk of liver damage due to an overdose of ivermectin.

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by hackerNoose on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:29PM (#28622843)

That's a straw man. These people are of course doing something dangerous but mainstream newspapers are routinely calling doctor prescribed Ivermectin 'horse dewormer'. Both 'camps' treatment of this subject has been a real low water mark and it looks like the science might be as well.

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by jxramos on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:43PM (#28623944)

There's a good balanced article I recently read on this subject over at https://www.city-journal.org/ivermectin-sparks-yet-another-c...

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by mcguire on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @07:34PM (#28623415)

...as a dewormer.

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