For some years ivermectin has been a vital anti-parasitic medicine used to treat humans and animals. But during the pandemic there has been a clamour from some proponents for using the drug for ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Though it was first used in the 1970s as an antiparasitic primarily for animals, Ivermectin's use in humans had become ...

The drug has become controversial after being promoted for use across Latin America and in South Africa, despite being so far unproven. Previous studies of Ivermectin have generally been small or ...

That same month, a group of Australian medical researchers published the results of a study they concluded showed ivermectin — a drug used to treat and prevent parasites in horses and cows and ...

The FDA also sent letters to the Federation of State Medical Boards and National Association of Boards of Pharmacy warning against the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19 with a link to an agency ...

There have been calls to use hospital grade Ivermectin as treatment for COVID-19. Ivermectin is not FDA approved and is still undergoing clinical trials Source: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images ...