Slightly more of the ivermectin recipients died, although doctors found no significant difference in the outcomes of the two study groups.
According to Medpage Today, one of the researchers, Dr. Susanna Naggie of the Duke University School of Medicine, said: “These findings do not support the use of ivermectin in outpatients with COVID-19.”
The study involved about 1,200 people being treated as outpatients for COVID-19. More than 80% were vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Medpage Today. The researchers considered that a positive, saying past ivermectin trials excluded vaccinated people. Participants had to have at least two COVID-19 symptoms for no more than seven days. Their levels of illness ranged from mild to moderate.
The study took place at 93 U.S. locations between February and July, 2022. About half received six days of ivermectin and the others received a placebo. There was one death and four hospitalizations in the ivermectin group and no deaths and two hospitalizations in the placebo group. In each group, the median recovery time was the same — 11 days.
Still, some of the researchers said treating COVID-19 with ivermectin could be harmful if it caused delays in receiving proven treatments.
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