(This page on Ivermectin is one of the first I put together in 2021, it is not well organised like other pages but the information is here)
Ivermectin is said, by many expert research doctor’s, to be one of the most promising drugs for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 symptoms. There are years of safety data on ivermectin to back up the safety of the dosage being used, yet the authorities continue to put up road blocks to it’s use for COVID-19.
Safety and efficacy of ivermectin has been demonstrated by in depth literature searches, data analysis, and field experience. It works. It stops hospitalisations of COVID-19 cases. The benefits have been shown to greatly outweigh any risk associated with the years old medication.
The main manufacturer of ivermectin, a now off-patent product is Merck, and in February 2021 they released a statement warning of it’s use. What they neglected to disclose was they were applying for emergency use authorisation for a new product, which if ivermectin was “demonstrated” to be successful, then an EUA for a new product couldn’t be justified, and profits will be lost.
On this page we have aggregated some key videos and links to information about Ivermectin for use as a prophylaxis or early treatment for COVID-19. If this product was demonstrated (which it has been) to be successful in preventing hospitalistion for COVID-19 disease, then the vaccines cannot be coerced or mandated and a State of Emergency would no longer exist. Vaccine manufactures would have to take back liability for their product, they will no longer be protected under EUA or Provisional Registration for their brand new technology vaccines.
COVID-19 Critical Care: Totality of Evidence for Ivermectin – 2022 – PDF
Dr Pierre Kory’s Substack for all things ivermectin – HERE & His TIMELINE
Three mini-documentaries on ivermectin
by Tess Lawrie – WATCH
If ivermectin was shown to be an effective treatment for COVID-19 then there could be no emergency use authorisation for the new technology, experimental, gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines.
“Public health was built on an obsessive global vaccination policy, which ivermectin would have threatened“
Dr Pierre Kory
Ivermectin was first brought to the public’s attention in late 2020
Dr Pierre Kory’s testimony at US Senate Committee Hearing for Early Treatments for COVID-19
The public became aware of ivermectin as a potential early treatment for COVID-19 when Dr Pierre Kory gave a presentation to the US senate committee on December 8th, 2020. This US government testimony video was deleted from YouTube within 10 days after 5 million views.
This link is how the mainstream media outlets label this doctor “anti-vaccine”, which in actual fact he does promote vaccination. But in this instance he is promoting early treatment to save lives based on his experience and that of his colleagues at FLCCC and globally.
US Senate Testimony
December 8, 2020
Bitchute video Here
Archive of original vimeo video
Dr Kory is Chief Medical Officer of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), a team of specialist critical care doctors who spend their days treating patients and wading through scientific literature. Their website contains a wealth of information, including more videos and tutorials.
They have been fighting to get this life saving information out, but the authorities refuse to listen.
Timeline of Ivermectin
The Palmer Foundation has put together a timeline of Ivermectin, and keep this up to date with the latest information on Ivermectin.
The science of ivermectin for COVID-19 – meta data
September 2021 – TGA restrict ivermectin in Australia, based on advisory committee’s advice, who looked at international in-hospital use! Not early treatment. Remember it is drug companies that sponsor registration submissions, off-patent drugs are not cost effective for pharma to sponsor.
COVID-19 Patient Management with Dr Paul Marik
Dr Paul Marik leads the team at FLCCC and together they developed a treatment protocol called MATH+ Protocol
July 16, 2020
Webinar on Ivermectin for COVID-19
April 15, 2021
****Lots of gems in this presentation******. Get your notebook ready
Interview of Dr Pierre Kory with Dr John Campbell – Part 1
April 25, 2020 – Steroids and anticoagulants
Interview of Dr Pierre Kory with Dr John Campbell – Part 2
April 25, 2020 – Ivermectin
Part 2 – Archive here and here . YouTube deleted part 2
Interview with Dr James Lyons Weiler
January 16, 2021 [Sorry no archive!]
Independent Meta Analysis of Ivermectin Data
DarkHorse Podcast with Tess Lawrie & Bret Weinstein.
July 17, 2021
Tess Lawrie is an MD and PHD, external analyst for the World Health Organization, and an expert in analysis of medical evidence. Learn about quadruple randomised control trials.
Joe Rogan Experience Podcast with Dr Pierre Kory and Bret Weinstein
Listen to just under 3 hours of discussion of all things ivermectin relevant to COVID-19 response.
June 2021 – LISTEN
The Evidence for Ivermectin
Ivermectin is a globally registered drug which has been prescribed more than 4 BILLION times, and suddenly it is “dangerous”- WATCH
June 2, 2021 – AJT: Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines, Bryant, A & Lawrie, T et al- READ
Open Letter by U.S. Doctors: JAMA Ivermectin Study Is Fatally Flawed – READ
The Global Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin
Dr Pierre Kory is documenting all things Ivermectin on his substack (2022) – Read “The Global Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin, “The Fix” – Chapter 1″ – HERE
A patients story treating Omicron with Ivermectin – HERE
Random links to ivermectin
This above is but a small snap-shot of ivermectin, it’s exhausting trying to keep up with everything. From time to time I may post something new here – in no particular order.
- Ivermectin: enigmatic multifaceted ‘wonder’ drug continues to surprise and exceed expectations
- FLCCC Alliance: Videos & Tutorials on Ivermectin – link
- Swiss Policy Research – Ivermectin summary – link
- South African-born Dr Paul Marik: the pioneer for ivermectin use against Covid-19 – video
- Maria Bartiromo with Pierre Kory & Senator Ron Johnson 9 Jan 2022 – video
- Dr. Pierre Kory of the FLCCC Alliance on the Therapeutic Value of Ivermectin in Treatment of COVID – video
- Lab experiments show anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, eliminates SARS-CoV-2 in cells in 48 hours – Monash University and Tweet and video
- Dr. Pierre Kory Talks Covid-19, Ivermectin and the FLCCC | Podcast E43 -Nov 2020
- Dr Lee Merritt on The Highwire – video
- Ivermectin timeline – on Palmer Foundation website
- What is ivermectin and how does it work? – video
- The First International Ivermectin for Covid Conference – April 2021 – The BIRD group – tweet – video
- Dr Thomas Borody – Australia – video
- NIH claim “insufficient data” to support ivermectin – link
- Full Senate hearing for Early Treatments – December 2020 – link
- Tess Lawrie’s review and meta-analysis: “Ivermectin reduces the risk of death from COVID-19” – link
- Ivermectin has been used to alleviate symptoms post COVID-19 vaccination – watch before & after
- The Case for Ivermectin in Australia – by the Honorable MP Craig Kelly – 22 June 2021 – watch
- The Story Of Ivermectin And COVID-19 – watch
- Joe Rogan takes ivermectin – the real story – not horse dewormer! – watch
- Dr. Robert Malone on Ivermectin – American Though Leaders – Sept 2021 – watch
- Scientist Alleges Deception in NIH’s Non-Recommendation of Ivermectin – UncoverDC Sept 2021
- Doctor defends ‘80 clinical studies’ showing ivermectin ‘89% effective’ at preventing COVID – April 2021 – link
- Dr. Harvey Risch: Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, and Other Therapeutics Highly Effective in Early COVID Treatment – Nov 2021 – American Though Leaders – link
- Jan 2022 – Japan – Ivermectin effective on Omicron – article
Ivermectin data points in reverse chronological order
This is not a complete list, much of the information above needs to be added in when time permits.
For the best information on ivermectin
visit Dr Pierre Kory & Dr Paul Marik pages
C19 Group Ivermectin analysis – HERE
2024
March 6, 2024 – Pierre Kory’s Substack: The Last of The “Big Seven” Fraudulent Ivermectin Trials Has Finally Been Published – READ, C19 group analysis on ivermectin trials – HERE, World Council for Health statement – READ
- re Oxford’s PRINCIPLE trial the same study investigator, Prof Chris Butler who also carried out the Molnupiravir PANORAMIC unprecedented 25,000 participant, randomised, within 2 days of symptoms, clinical trial – REF
- “Oxford’s long delayed PRINCIPLE trial just set a new record for ivermectin research fraud when they silently published it as a negative study despite their data showing profoundly positive impacts.”
- Butler designed the trial to use a low dose of ivermectin with short treatment duration and started late in mild patients yet still achieved a positive 2 day earlier recovery which is not negative and according to Dr Kory “must be viewed as the minimum of what ivermectin can achieve”
February 29, 2024 – Journal of Infection: Ivermectin for COVID-19 in adults in the community (PRINCIPLE): an open, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial of short- and longer-term outcomes by Hayward et al – READ, Dr Kory’s comments – READ
- “Significantly improved recovery and significantly lower risk of long COVID with ivermectin, despite very late treatment, low-risk patients, and poor administration.” …The efficacy seen for ivermectin here is despite the trial being the most clearly designed to fail trial, with major bias in design, operation, analysis, and reporting. This trial is a great example of bias in clinical trials…”- C19 analysis – READ
- This paper quitely appeared in the 7th ranked journal of infectious disease (why not a top ranking journal with more exposure?)
- The editor in Chief of the Journal, Dr. Robert Read, was also the chair of the Steering Committee for the COV-Boost trial which studied the effects of 7 different mRNA boosters (Astra Zeneca, Moderna, Pfizer, Janssen, Novavax etc) – REF, who are sponsored by Oxford – REF, COV-Boost – ARCHIVE
2023
November 30, 2023 – Dr Byram Bridle Substack: Home of Evidence-Based Medicine Says Ivermectin is Effective Against COVID-19 – McMaster Uni – READ
- A doctor forced to be “re-educated” for treating COVID-19 patients with ivermectin finds the McMaster University re-education platforms highlights 2021 ivermectin systematic review supports the use of ivermectin!
…evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally.“
August 17, 2023 – The Highwire Ep 333: INESCAPABLE – FULL, The Jaxen Report: FDA Backtracks on Ivermectin – WATCH
- MONTAGE looking back at the war on ivermectin- WATCH
- August 8, 2023 Hearing – FDA representatives stated doctors DO have the authority to use ivermectin to treat COVID-19, that “the FDA was not regulating the use of off-label drugs”, which is contrary to the persuasive letters the FDA sent to Federation of State Medical Boards and Pharmacist Boards! – LISTEN
August 16, 2023 – Geoff Pain Substack: Pfizer knew Ivermectin protects against its deliberately added Endotoxin Jab Harms- Pfizer acquired Wyeth for $68 billion in 2009 as part of its plan to become the dominant player in Jabbing. What is the connection to Ivermectin? – READ
- Pfizer Trial Subject (C459100112314898) in Argentina contracted pneumonia 17 days after his second (placebo) shot (Sept 16, 2020) and was rescued with drugs that included ivermectin
August 14, 2023 – Kim Iversen: Peer Reviewed and Published, Too Little Too Late, Ivermectin Worked Against Covid-19 – WATCH, Vigilant Fox: “Ivermectin Worked!”: Peer-Reviewed Study Finds 74% Reduction in Excess Deaths – READ
- A now peer reviewed and published study shows Ivermectin reduced Covid deaths by 14 fold in areas of intense usage in Peru. – STUDY
August 8, 2023 – Cureus: COVID-19 Excess Deaths in Peru’s 25 States in 2020: Nationwide Trends, Confounding Factors, and Correlations With the Extent of Ivermectin Treatment by State – by Chamie et al – READ, Dr Kory – it took 2 years for peer review – GETTR, TWEET
- “The natural experiment that was put into motion with the authorization of IVM use for COVID-19 in Peru in May 2020, as analysed using data on excess deaths by locality and by state from Peruvian national health sources, resulted in strong evidence for the drug’s effectiveness….”
- “Coauthors of the 2022 TOGETHER Trial, which reported a negative conclusion for IVM treatment of COVID-19, repeatedly refused to disclose four per-protocol outcomes of paramount interest, two each for deaths and hospitalizations…”
July 30, 2023 – FLCCC Alliance Substack: Reader’s share personal experiences with FLCCC protocols – Testimonials – READ
July 27, 2023 – Meryl Nass Substack: Treating COVID-19 in 2023 and update on HCQ & Ivermectin – READ
May 31, 2023 – FLCCC: Gary Atkins, Who Has Been Quadraplegic for 46 Years, Has Been a Fan of Dr. Kory and the FLCCC Since The Beginning – used ivermectin and not jabbed – WATCH
May 3, 2023 – TGA: Removal of prescribing restrictions on ivermectin – READ, ARCHIVE, TIMELINE
January 5, 2023 – PRESS RELEASE: MedinCell announces positive results for the SAIVE clinical study in prevention of Covid-19 infection in a contact-based population – READ, ClinicalTrials.gov – READ, Trial Site News – READ
- “The undeniably positive trial results for Ivermectin, with no unexpected side effects, should have quickly caught the attention of the FDA, CDC, WHO, and others as significantly as it did Dr. Kory. Especially given the high standards of the trial—it was a parallel-group, double-blinded, randomized, and placebo-controlled trial with little that could be done to improve the rigor of the design.” – UncoverDC – REF
January 3, 2023 – Courageous Discourse Substack | John Leake: Ivermectin’s Mechanism of Action Against SARS-CoV-2 Described – SHAME on the hospital systems that systematically denied patients (and their begging families) this FDA-approved, Nobel prize winning, wonder drug – READ
- “The systematic lying about hydroxychloroquine to suppress its use in the outpatient setting was infuriating. However, for me, the most upsetting stories were about people who died in hospital after being systematically denied ivermectin.”
- “Drs. Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, and Tess Lawrie were on the front line of fighting for ivermectin in the hospital setting.”
- From in vitro and prior studies it was known that ivermectin had demonstrated potent anti-viral activity, but precise mode of action was unknown. Until Dec 7, 2022 – STUDY
2022
December 7, 2022 – International Journal of Molecular Sciences: SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces Hemagglutination: Implications for COVID-19 Morbidities and Therapeutics and for Vaccine Adverse Effects – Boschi et al – READ, CREDIT, TIMELINE
- First understand that “SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces Hemagglutination—i.e., a reaction that causes clumping of red blood cells. A glycoprotein on the viral surface, namely hemagglutinin, interacts with red blood cells, leading to the clumping of red blood cells and the formation of a lattice.” – REF
- “IVERMECTIN blocked HEMAGGLUTINATION when added to RED BLOOD CELLS prior to spike protein and reversed HEMAGGLUTINATION when added afterward.” …”By reversing the clumping of red blood cells, ivermectin enabled the dying patient’s proper respiratory function to return, thereby generating his or her astonishing recovery.” REF
December 8, 2022 – Epoch Times: FDA Says Ivermectin Doesn’t Work Against COVID-19 but Points to Studies That Show It Does – READ
November 21, 2022 – Gateway Pundit: FTX Funded $18 Million Towards Research that Claimed that Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine Didn’t Work Against COVID – READ, The TOGETHER trials – READ
November 21, 2022 – Black Listed News: FDA Says Telling People Not to Take Ivermectin for COVID-19 Was Just a Recommendation – government lawyers argued during a recent hearing – READ, ARCHIVE
- Remember FDA Tweet Aug 21, 2021, Twitter post by the agency: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” – TWEET, FDA web page on “horse dewormer” – HERE
November 21, 2022 – Just The News: FDA social media posts on COVID under legal, medical scrutiny for misleading claims – READ, Sonia Elijah – TWEET
November 10, 2022 – The Highwire Ep 293: CONTROVERSIAL DRUG KEY TO FIGHTING RSV? – Ivermectin shown in vitro to be effective against RSV’s, RSV’s are increasing in children since the C19 vax – WATCH
October 19, 2022 – Epoch Times: Doctors Suing Food and Drug Administration Over Ivermectin – READ
October 6, 2022 – Dr Kory Substack: More Fraud Uncovered In The Lopez-Medina Ivermectin Trial Published In JAMA – Well after 100 doctors wrote an open letter to JAMA asking for a retraction based on the study’s innumerable flaws, Alexandros Marinos uncovered more brazenly corrupt actions by study investigators. – READ, Kory credits “Do Your Own Research” – SUBSTACK, possible SOURCE
October 5, 2022 – Dr John Campbell: Ivermectin clarification (A walk through the terms and conditions of what not to say online!) – WATCH, The PRINCIPLE trial – nothing reported for 16 month on the ivermectin trial! – LINK, Dr Kory “A master class in the exposure of regulatory, academic, and media capture” – GETTR
October 1, 2022 – Global Newswire: The FDA Misled the Public About Ivermectin and Should Be Accountable in Court, Argues the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) – READ
September 17, 2022 – Trial Site News: Civil Karachi Hospital 423-Patient Study: Ivermectin + SOC Cohort Does Significantly Better Treatment for COVID-19 than Standard of Care Alone – READ
September 10, 2022 – America Out Loud with Dr McCullough: Hunting for Dr. Stone – Ivermectin administration started on 8th August, 2020 and hospitals cleared – READ & LISTEN, GETTR, Trial Site News – ARTICLE
September 5, 2022 – OANN: Calif. backs medical tyranny with Bill AB 2098, bans doctors from discussing Ivermectin with their patients – WATCH & READ
September 3, 2022 – Vigilant Fox Substack: Ivermectin Comeback: Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows 92 PERCENT REDUCTION in Mortality – The Highwire – READ, WATCH
September 3, 2022 – Blaze: Ivermectin reduces COVID death risk by 92%, peer-reviewed study finds – A new peer-reviewed study found that regular use of ivermectin reduced the risk of dying from COVID-19 by 92%. – READ
August 31, 2022 – Cureus: Regular Use of Ivermectin as Prophylaxis for COVID-19 Led Up to a 92% Reduction in COVID-19 Mortality Rate in a Dose-Response Manner: Results of a Prospective Observational Study of a Strictly Controlled Population of 88,012 Subjects – Kerr et al – STUDY
August 12, 2022 – Dr Pierre Kory Substack: The Miracle Not-Heard Around The World: The Success of Uttar Pradesh – Part 1 – READ
The north Indian state of 231 million people eradicated COVID with an ivermectin treatment program, representing one of the greatest public health achievements in history. It was kept a global secret.
July 22, 2022 – Steve Kirsch Substack – New study shows ivermectin can reduce chance of death by 92% – But the WHO, NIH, and FDA all recommend that you avoid using it. – READ
STUDY: Regular use of ivermectin as prophylaxis for COVID-19 led up to 92% reduction in COVID-19 mortality rate in a dose-response manner: results of a prospective observational study of a strictly controlled population of 88,012 subjects among 223,128 participants – READ
NIH: “The Panel recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials” & “Ivermectin is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of any viral infection.” – READ, ARCHIVE
July 2, 2022 – Stop the War on Doctors by Dr Pierre Kory – READ
June 20, 2022 – World Council for Health | General Assembly #45: Scientific Misconduct uncovered in the TOGETHER Ivermectin Trial – presentation by Dr Edmund Fordham – WATCH, FULL
May 5, 2022 – The TOGETHER trial aimed at studying the effectiveness of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 – [The trial is set up to fail!] – Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19 – READ
These flawed trials are used by the mainstream media to [falsely] discredit ivermectin. – EXAMPLE
To push their “vaccines-above-all-else strategy” they need treatments to appear to fail – so much for “evidence-based medicine!”
April 29, 2022 – NEJM published Ivermectin paper on a RCT concluding no clinical benefit BUT they neglected: “Patient Attrition Bias Explains The Latest NEJM Ivermectin Study” by Dr James Lyons-Weiler – SUBSTACK, NEJM
April 26, 2022 – Brownstone Institute: Revamping Our Dysfunctional Drug Approval Process – Big Pharma and other well-financed interests sponsor purportedly “impartial” medical trials aimed at discrediting cheaper generic alternatives. (Ivermectin study designed to fail! to support a narrative) – READ
March 14, 2022 – Pierre Kory Substack: The Global Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin, “The Fix” – Chapter 1 – The “narrative” that all positive ivermectin studies were small, low quality, fraudulent & could not be trusted was achieved via capture of the world’s leading ivermectin researcher, Dr. Andrew Hill. – READ
March 6, 2022 – Igor Chudov Substack: Not using Ivermectin killed about 688,000 Americans – new study – READ
2021
October 27, 2021 – Hal Turner Radio Show: Japan drops vax rollout, goes to Ivermectin, ENDS COVID almost overnight – ARCHIVE – Be sure to check-in with the fact checkers!
- “Japan pulls Moderna vax, ends nationwide vax drive after “magnetic” “metals” found to contaminate jabs” – READ
- Associated Press: Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success – Oct 18, 2021 –READ, ARCHIVE
October 18, 2021 – AIER: The FDA’s War Against the Truth on Ivermectin – READ
October 8, 2021 – Blitz: COVID cases in Indian Uttar Pradesh drops by 97.1 percent because of Ivermectin use – READ, CONTEXT
- “The strategy of trace, test & treat yields results.” The health officials went door-to-door in the state of 230 million residents, providing a test and treat program with medicine kits.
September 24, 2021 – The New Daily: Experts hit back at ‘cherrypicking’ of Australian Ivermectin research – READ
September 10, 2021 – Australia TGA: New restrictions on prescribing ivermectin for COVID-19 – READ, TWEET, Guardian: Australian regulator bans drug as Covid treatment after sharp rise in prescriptions – READ
September 10, 2021 – Colleen Huber NMD Substack: Ivermectin is safe and effective: The evidence – Decades of use with nearly four billion doses to humans preceded recent use with COVID patients. From the chapter ‘Ivermectin sends COVID to lockdown,’ in my book The Defeat Of COVID – READ
September 7, 2021 -The JD Rucker Show: Dr Sabine Hazan: How Big Tech is Keeping Ivermectin Researchers From Doing Clinical Trials – WATCH
- Dr Sabine Hazan is founder of Ventura Clinical Trials, and has been Principal Investigator and Sub Investigator in over 150 clinical trials. She is also the creator of ProgenaBiome, a state-of-the-art genetic research sequencing laboratory.
September 5, 2021 – PJ Media: ‘Rolling Stone’ Caught Peddling Fake News About Ivermectin ‘Horse Dewormer’ Overdoses Overwhelming ERs – READ, Rolling Stone Sept 3 article – ARCHIVE
September 3, 2021 – Pharmacy Times: Pharmacy Groups Call for Immediate End to Prescribing, Dispensing Ivermectin for COVID-19 Outside of Clinical Trials – READ
September 2, 2021 – The New Daily: CMO warns Australians not to take Ivermectin after overdose at Westmead – Australia’s chief medical officer has pleaded with citizens not to self-medicate with Ivermectin. FDA & TGA dewormer warning! – READ
September 1, 2021 – The Pulse: Westmead Hospital toxicologist warns: “Don’t rely on online sham cures for COVID-19” – Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic medication mainly used for farm animals that has not been proven to treat COVID-19, and like all medicines, can be dangerous if used incorrectly. – READ, TWEET
September 2021 – New Microbes and New Infections: Ivermectin: a multifaceted drug of Nobel prize-honoured distinction with indicated efficacy against a new global scourge, COVID-19 by Santin, McCullough & Borody et al – READ
August 24, 2021 – Blaze Media: Horowitz: The unmistakable ivermectin miracle in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh – India’s 240m Populated Largest State – READ
August 21, 2021 – FDA: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” – TWEET, ARCHIVE, PIC
FDA press release – READ – Just ahead of US full vaccine authorisation – ARTICLE
August 20, 2021: TGA: COVID-19 treatments: Information for consumers and health professionals – READ
- “Ivermectin has not received regulatory approval in Australia or by other comparable countries for use as an anti-viral treatment. Although there are some studies published either on unreferenced websites or in lower-tier medical journals, the consensus view of major regulators and in top-tier international medical journals [the gatekeepers] is that the evidence for the clinical efficacy and safety of ivermectin for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 is not strong at this stage.
- The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce (NCCET) consisting of a large group of independent Australian clinical experts, is continuously updating treatment recommendations based on the best available evidence. They are not recommending the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment outside of clinical trials with appropriate ethical approval.”
August 23, 2021 – TGA: Risks of importing Ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19 – READ
August 4, 2021 – Senator Malcolm Roberts – Why isn’t Ivermectin available in Australia? – WATCH
July 28, 2021 – Cochrane Systematic Review: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19 – Popp et al (referenced by TGA stating “This review found no evidence to support the use of Ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19 infection, and noted that the evidence base is limited”) – READ
July 28, 2021 – WSJ | Opinion: Why Is the FDA Attacking a Safe, Effective Drug? – Ivermectin is a promising Covid treatment and prophylaxis, but the agency is denigrating it. – READ, ARCHIVE
July 17, 2021 – The Spectator: Hunt goes off script with ivermectin – READ
- In Australia, one of the few doctors brave enough to use the drug to treat patients and save lives, Dr Mark Hobart, was reported AHPRA
- “Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt wrote to one of the doctors in Australia who prescribes ivermectin confirming that he was aware that some physicians are prescribing ivermectin off-label for Covid and that they were quite within their rights as the practice of prescribing registered medicines outside of their approved indications is not regulated or controlled by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), it is at the discretion of the prescribing physician.“
June 23, 2021 – BBC: Covid: Ivermectin to be studied as possible treatment in UK Oxford PRINCIPLE trial to compare those given the drug to patients receiving the usual NHS care – READ, Feb 2024 analysis of the trial – HERE
- Oxford PRINCIPLE Press Release: Ivermectin to be investigated in adults aged 18+ as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the PRINCIPLE trial – READ, ARCHIVE
- Platform Randomised Trial of Treatments in the Community for Epidemic and Pandemic Illnesses (PRINCIPLE)
Ivermectin is readily available globally, has been in wide use for many other infectious conditions so it’s a well-known medicine with a good safety profile, and because of the early promising results in some studies it is already being widely used to treat COVID-19 in several countries.
Prof Chris Butler, from the University Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Joint Chief Investigator of the PRINCIPLE trial
June 21, 2021 – Am J Ther. | Meta Analysis: Ivermectin for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis to inform clinical guidelines. American Journal of Therapeutics – by Bryant , Lawrie et al – READ, McMaster Health Evidence – ARCHIVE, CREDIT
March 10, 2021 – THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS: Global trends in clinical studies of ivermectin in COVID-19 by Satoshi Omura et al – PDF, Dr Kory – WATCH
“Kitasato University, based on the judgment that it is necessary to examine the clinical effect of ivermectin to prevent the spread of uncertain COVID-19, asked Merck & Co., Inc. to conduct clinical trials of ivermectin for COVID-19 in Japan. … However, the company said that it had no intention of conducting clinical trials. As a result, Kitasato University decided to conduct a doctorinitiated clinical trial, the decision of which was published on the 12th of May
Satoshi Omura et al
- “…looking closely at the protocols of the trials in these developing countries, all of them are doctor-initiated. The scales of the trials are small due to a lack of funds. Even if the target patients could be randomized, complete blinding would not be possible due to a shortage of manpower.”
March 5, 2021 – FDA: Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19 – ARCHIVE, LIVE, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” Aug 2021 – TWEET
February 4, 2021 – Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – READ, ARCHIVE, Dr Kory – WATCH
January 12, 2021 – SSRN: Sharp Reductions in COVID-19 Case Fatalities and Excess Deaths in Peru in Close Time Conjunction, State-By-State, with Ivermectin Treatments – Chamie-Quintero et al – Peru – READ, CREDIT
- “On May 8, 2020, Peru’s Ministry of Health approved ivermectin (IVM) for the treatment of COVID-19. A drug of Nobel Prize-honored distinction, IVM has been safely distributed in 3.7 billion doses worldwide since 1987.”
January 29, 2021 – Mectizan Expert Committee Statement on Mectizan Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – READ
- The MEC reminds country partners that Mectizan [Ivermectin] is donated only for the elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis).
2020
October 12, 2020 – CHEST Journal: Use of Ivermectin Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Ivermectin in COVID Nineteen Study (ICON) – Cepelowicz Rajter et al – READ, CREDIT
- “Many patients who were fortunate enough to prevail in court and receive ivermectin enjoyed an astonishing improvement of their condition within 24 hours of receiving their first dose—a recovery that struck family members as miraculous.” – REF
May 12, 2020 – Japan to start clinical trials with ivermectin for COVID-19 – ARCHIVE, REF
- “Kitasato University will soon begin a clinical trial to confirm the efficacy of the antiparasitic drug “stromectol” (generic name ivermectin) against new coronavirus infections.
- “We have confirmed the effectiveness against the new coronavirus in in vitro experiments (in an artificial environment such as in a test tube). I decided to start a doctor-initiated clinical trial because I thought it was necessary to scientifically verify its clinical efficacy.”
- “Computer-based simulations have reported that ivermectin has a binding affinity for the main protease of the new coronavirus. The main protease is an enzyme that cleaves proteins translated from the viral genome and functions. Therefore, it is thought that ivermectin can suppress viral replication by inhibiting the main protease.”
- “It is also known that ivermectin inhibits proteins in host cells called importins. Importins are proteins that have the function of transporting various proteins into the (cell) nucleus. Therefore, it is thought that ivermectin binds to the importin and inactivates it, thereby inhibiting the entry of the virus into the nucleus.” .
- “We are consulting with Maruho (Osaka City), the distributor of the drug, regarding securing the investigational drug. (Merck’s Japanese subsidiary) MSD will apply for approval, so we are in contact with MSD.”
April 3, 2020 – Monash University: Lab experiments show anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, eliminates SARS-CoV-2 in cells in 48 hours – Dr Kylie Wagstaff – READ
- “According to Hanaki, “Ivermectin has been reported to suppress the growth (replication) of various viruses since 2012.” “Based on those reports, an Australian research team confirmed in vitro experiments in April 2020 that ivermectin suppressed the growth of the new coronavirus” – REF (translated)
2015
October 5, 2015 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to 2 scientist for discovery of Ivermectin – READ
- William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura discovered a new drug, Avermectin, which was subsequently chemically modified to a more effective compound called Ivermectin.
2013
October 30, 2013 – TGA: Product information for AusPAR Stromectol Ivermectin Merck Sharp Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd PM-2012-01113-3-2 Final (ivermectin 3 mg) – PDF, ARCHIVE
1999
October 22, 1999 – WHO: WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD, No. 42 – praise for ivermectin! – PDF
1987
October 2987 -The Task Force for Child Survival and Development | Mectizan® Donation Program: Merck donates ivermectin, a “very safe” drug, to help combat river blindness. – READ, TIMELINE
- this act ushered in the era known as “pharmacophilanthropy”
- January 29, 2021 – Mectizan Expert Committee Statement on Mectizan Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – READ
1974
1974 – In 1974, Distinguished Professor Omura discovered that avermectin, a compound produced by actinomycetes living in soil, had antiparasitic properties. Merck later modified it to create ivermectin. – REF (translated using google)
- Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug developed through joint research between Kitasato University Professor Emeritus Satoshi Omura, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015, and pharmaceutical giant Merck”.
- Merck launched ivermectin as a veterinary drug in 1981. Since 1987, it has been provided free of charge as a human drug to regions where river blindness is prevalent. In Japan, it was approved as a drug for “intestinal nematode disease” in 2002, and “scabies” was added in 2006.
