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Ivermectin Rx for COVID-19: Insurance coverage doesn’t match evidence

Nearly 25 Million U.S. Workers Now Have High-Deductible Health Plans

Study shows health plans paid most of the cost of ivermectin, despite the drug’s lack of official approval for use against COVID-19. Doctors continue to prescribe ivermectin – and a new study suggests health insurers are heavily subsidizing the cost of those prescriptions. The study’s authors call for insurers to align their coverage of the …

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Potential Cure For Tropical Parasitic Disease Found In Soil Identified

Potential Cure For Tropical Parasitic Disease Found In Soil Identified

Combining two agents to block a parasitic worm’s life cycle boosted survival from a potentially deadly tropical disease to 85% in animal models, far better than either treatment alone, according to a proof-of-concept study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center pharmacologists. The Strongyloides infestation — brought by tiny worms known as nematodes that can enter …

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Ivermectin Displaying Promising Results

Proposal To Halt The COVID-19 Pandemic With Ivermectin

A recent study conducted from May 2 to June 5, 2020 at the First Affiliated Hospital Xi’an Jiaotong University involving 116 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 has concluded that concerning treatment outcome, adverse effects, and safety, although both treatments regimes were effective in this study, the combination of Ivermectin with Doxycycline was superior to …

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Proposal To Halt The COVID-19 Pandemic With Ivermectin

Proposal To Halt The COVID-19 Pandemic With Ivermectin

Proposal To Halt The Covid-19 Pandemic With Ivermectin Waging War on Covid-19 (Opinion Piece) Article Written by: Karl Hussman, M.D. Background Hydroxychloroquine is less effective and has multiple side effects including the possibility of fatal cardiac arrhythmia especially if used in combination with Azithromycin. The safety and efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 is not confirmed. …

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Bangladesh Medical Team Claims Ivermectin With Doxycycline Clears COVID-19

Bangladesh Medical Team Claims Ivermectin With Doxycycline Clears COVID-19

A Bangladeshi medical team is claiming that their research on the combination of two widely used and common drugs has yielded positive results in clearing COVID-19 patients with acute symptoms of the disease.  “We have got astounding results. Out of 60 COVID-19 patients, all recovered as the combination of the two drugs were applied”, said …

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