The real deal about Ivermectin.

[Ralph Sir Edward]

"follow the money"

https://theintercept.com/2021/09/28/covid-telehealth-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-hacked/

How many Billions did Pfizer and Moderna make on the vaccines? Make that article look like pikers. . .

 

[easyrider]

"follow the money"

https://theintercept.com/2021/09/28/covid-telehealth-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-hacked/

Geez Brett, what a load of fl bs. The doctor on the Critical Care website are for the most part established older doctors that don't need the money. The charge is $90 for a script. The script is free if you ask. At $90 a script that means they would need to write 1111 scripts to get 1 million dollars. There are discounts on Ivermectin like the good rx site that bring the cost down to about $50.

Bill

https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/how-to-get-ivermectin/

 

[Brett]

Geez Brett, what a load of fl bs. The doctor on the Critical Care website are for the most part established older doctors that don't need the money. The charge is $90 for a script. The script is free if you ask. At $90 a script that means they would need to write 1111 scripts to get 1 million dollars. There are discounts on Ivermectin like the good rx site that bring the cost down to about $50.

Bill

LOL

Fringe Doctors’ Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...rmectin-for-covid-despite-a-lack-of-evidence/

Virginia hospitals step up fight against ivermectin, COVID-19 misinformation
https://wset.com/news/coronavirus/v...on-coronavirus-delta-variant-central-virginia

https://theintercept.com/2021/09/28/covid-telehealth-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-hacked/

 

[geekette]

If Merck had the data to back up Ivermectin as a valid treatment for covid 19, they would have published it and would have asked for approval to use for treatment of Covid or at least would have said that they are working on preliminary studies and intend to seek approval in the future. Even if it wouldn't be a huge money maker for them, they already put in the research to develop it and already know the side effects and safe levels for humans so they are more than half way there and the name recognition for having a cheap covid treatment would be worth a lot of money if it actually worked. The fact that they aren't working toward getting approval makes me think it's a dead end.

Exactly!!! Why would they leave it on the shelf if it could Help Right Now???

 

[geekette]

Ivermectin has been around long enough that there are many studies and observations with its use in humans for other than Covid type diseases including viruses such as encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus and flaviviruses. This drug is currently used in other countries and in the USA with reported success regarding covid. Ivermectin does work to stop viral replication and the study published in NIH demonstrates how.

I kind of agree that it may have hit a dead end with the availability of molnupiravir if it gets approval. Why would Mercks want to sell anything else ?

Bill

Again, because it has been shown to not kill off people, if it worked AGAINST COVID, it would be marketed that way right now.

I'm not sure why you think it is covid treatment because It Isn't.

 

[Ralph Sir Edward]

Again, because it has been shown to not kill off people, if it worked AGAINST COVID, it would be marketed that way right now.

I'm not sure why you think it is covid treatment because It Isn't.

geekette, Big Pharma is a BUSINESS, not a charity.

Question, if Merck spent $100 million to test Ivermectin, which is out of patent and produced world-wide, they probably would not make that money back in sales.
On The Other Hand, if Merck developed a new drug, (or repurposed a drug in their pipeline) to treat COVID, the US government offers them $1.7 billion, for 1.2 million pills. (This is open record.) That's $1400 a pill, plus anything they can get for this PATENTED drug (which nobody else can make legally) over the next 20 years or so. (Both in domestic sales, and international sales)

As AOC said: "Follow the Benjamins. . . "

(Pfizer is also working on a treatment drug. Status currently unknown.)

 

[Brett]

geekette, Big Pharma is a BUSINESS, not a charity.

Question, if Merck spent $100 million to test Ivermectin, which is out of patent and produced world-wide, they probably would not make that money back in sales.
On The Other Hand, if Merck developed a new drug, (or repurposed a drug in their pipeline) to treat COVID, the US government offers them $1.7 billion, for 1.2 million pills. (This is open record.) That's $1400 a pill, plus anything they can get for this PATENTED drug (which nobody else can make legally) over the next 20 years or so. (Both in domestic sales, and international sales)

As AOC said: "Follow the Benjamins. . . "

(Pfizer is also working on a treatment drug. Status currently unknown.)

right-wing health care network made millions off ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...illions-off-ivermectin-and-hydroxychloroquine

"Instead of getting vaccinated and following the very simple social distancing and mask requirements public health officials at every level are suggesting, millions of (mostly) conservative Americans continue to put their faith in unproven drugs to free them from the anxieties produced by our global coronavirus pandemic. The tortured lengths to which some people will go to get access to ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug most frequently used as a horse de-wormer, would be laughable if the results weren’t so tragic. But ivermectin—and its predecessor in this area, hydroxychloroquine—have both been proven to not do much of anything for people suffering from COVID-19."

 

[geekette]

geekette, Big Pharma is a BUSINESS, not a charity.

Question, if Merck spent $100 million to test Ivermectin, which is out of patent and produced world-wide, they probably would not make that money back in sales.
On The Other Hand, if Merck developed a new drug, (or repurposed a drug in their pipeline) to treat COVID, the US government offers them $1.7 billion, for 1.2 million pills. (This is open record.) That's $1400 a pill, plus anything they can get for this PATENTED drug (which nobody else can make legally) over the next 20 years or so. (Both in domestic sales, and international sales)

As AOC said: "Follow the Benjamins. . . "

(Pfizer is also working on a treatment drug. Status currently unknown.)

Well aware. I've owned MRK since mid90s, also had PFE stock some years back. People are buying Ivermectin now, so $ are flowing even if they aren't the largest $ possible.

Few CEOs are more humanitarian than capitalist.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy is a warning to the
US, experts say.

Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy is a warning to the US, experts say

One ICU doctor said the US should take note: "We Brazilians had to learn in the hardest way that ivermectin didn't work."

www.businessinsider.com

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Richard

 

[Brett]

Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy is a warning to the
US, experts say.

Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy is a warning to the US, experts say

One ICU doctor said the US should take note: "We Brazilians had to learn in the hardest way that ivermectin didn't work."

www.businessinsider.com

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Richard

• Early on in the pandemic, Brazilians thought that ivermectin might also help treat and prevent COVID-19.

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• But, as one ICU doctor put it: "We Brazilians had to learn in the hardest way that ivermectin didn't work."

 

[MULTIZ321]

lvermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug but not for COVID-19.

Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19

Ivermectin has been a lifesaving drug for people with parasitic infections like river blindness and strongyloidiasis. But taking it for COVID-19 may result in the opposite effect.

theconversation.com

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Richard