FDA Issues Stern Warning On Use Of Ivermectin In Covid-19 Treatment

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>New Delhi:</strong> The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US nodal agency, has issued a strong warning against the use of ivermectin as a drug in the prevention and treatment of covid-19.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the anti-parasite drug was said to reduce the risk of death of hospitalised Covid-19 patients by up to 80 percent. This was claimed by Dr. Andrew Hill, a geologist at Leverbridge University, to treat Covid-19. He also described the drug 'ivermectin as 'transformative' in the fight against the coronavirus.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">However, other scientists suspected the discovery and asked for more data before using it as a potential treatment. Now, the FDA has issued a strong warning against the use of ivermectin.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>FDA Issues Stern Warning Against Ivermectin</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">FDA in a statement said: "Ivermectin is not recommended to treat covid-19 patients. The drug is not approved for the prevention of corona symptoms in humans."</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">FDA also made strong comments against the use of Ivermectin in Mississippi, a state badly affected by the corona pandemic in the US.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">"Many people were found using the drug to treat viral diseases. The drug is recognized as the only anti-parasitic treatment for humans and animals such as cows and horses, but increased demand for the drug has become a concern for Mississippi's Poison Control Center."&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The drug developed for humans is different from the drug made for cattle as animals are given the medicine in high doses.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">According to FDA, excessive use of Ivermectin can also cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure, allergies, dizziness, seizures, coma, and death.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The state's Poison Control Centre reported that at least two people had to be hospitalized for possible poisoning from Ivermectin after swallowing the pill developed for animals.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">People's interest in medicine has increased in recent times as corona's delta variant has caused an increase in covid-19 transmission rate and has also raised concerns about infection among vaccinated people. The agency says that ivermectin is used in the form of a pill against parasitic worms in humans.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The second form of ivermectin is used to treat parasites in horses and cows and as a medicine to treat heartworm in dogs. The drug is used locally for lice and skin problems such as rosacea.</p>

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