The use of Ivermectin cannot be used as long as it is used, there are rules that it cannot be taken without a doctor's recommendation. Otherwise, there is a danger that cannot be ignored.
The use of Ivermectin itself varies in the world, but it can be said that all agree that Ivermectin cannot be given at random, in other words, use without a doctor's prescription.
Launching Science Alert, Monday (6/9/2021) organizations that are still against the use of Ivermectin as a COVID-19 drug are the World Health Organization (WHO), Australia's National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce and NPS Medicinewise, the FDA, and the Cochrane Library.
Initially, Ivermectin was used by a number of countries to fight the Sars-CoV-2 virus because there were studies that showed Ivermectin could kill the virus. The study was conducted in a laboratory, not on the human body directly.
In Australia, Ivermectin is approved to treat parasitic infections in humans. It is also widely used in veterinary medicine to treat and prevent parasitic infections. To be a human medicine, this can only be with a doctor's prescription.
As with other drugs, it cannot be guaranteed that patients will be 100% free from side effects. A doctor's judgment is needed to decide whether Ivermectin is safe and appropriate.
What are the effects on the body if Ivermectin is used not according to the doctor's recommendations?
Only a few things are known about how the drug works in humans. When taken at recommended doses, this drug is generally well tolerated. But Ivermectin is known to cause mild side effects such as diarrhea, nausea, dizziness and drowsiness. Less common, but serious side effects include severe skin rash and effects on the nervous system (causing tremors, confusion, and drowsiness).
In higher doses, and in cases of overdose, these side effects can be more severe. These include low blood pressure, problems with balance, seizures, liver injury, and can even lead to coma. Therefore, it cannot be used by default.
A number of COVID-19 therapeutic drugs including Ivermectin can help to trigger a decrease in COVID-19 cases.
"And one thing is that this drug is a cheap drug, hopefully this drug can be accessed by the wider community as well but still with the condition that there is a doctor's prescription or doctor's supervision," he said last July.
"This is a new breakthrough that is fast in the condition and situation of the number of COVID-19 sufferers which has increased recently," concluded Arya.
However, it seems that the debate about the use of Ivermectin for the corona drug will still continue. Because more and more countries are banning, evaluation of the use of Ivermectin is still being carried out.
