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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by tsol on Friday November 05, 2021 @06:46PM (#29125526)
The antiviral mechanism of Ivermectin involves the inhibition of nuclear transport by importin α/β1 in the host. It can and has lead to death when improperly dosed.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by swader999 on Friday November 05, 2021 @07:34PM (#29125860)
The size of dose you are talking about would be only possible to take if you were contemplating suicide.

You left a lot out in regards to the mechanisms of action: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203399/

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by atleta on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:10PM (#29126913)
This article has been retracted 5 months ago. So basically right after publication [1] .

[1] https://pubpeer.com/publications/EDF9109EE29DF2340379B562365...

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by swader999 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @01:41AM (#29127817)
Yeah it does appear to be a crap article.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by loudlambda on Friday November 05, 2021 @07:01PM (#29125656)
Anything can lead to death when improperly dosed.
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