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bonIvermectin··on Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
"if you add antibiotics the result might be better"

Your study says that 183 people in Bangladesh saw their median recovery period reduced from 9 to 7 days when on both drugs, and downplays Ivermectin's influence.

"The effective dose of ivermectin required to reach IC50 at a pulmonary level is considerably higher than that used in this study. However, evaluation at higher doses requires detailed safety analysis"

bonIvermectin··on Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
> it has potential anti-viral properties as well

doses much higher than the maximum approved or safely achievable for use in humans would be required for an antiviral effect while treating COVID-19

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7172803/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934083/