COVID-19：Argentina Study Supports Ivermectin ：by Alejandro Krolewiecki
Argentina’s largest newspaper, Clarin,：
reported on September 23 about positive results in an ivermectin study,
including reduced viral loads, in a study conducted in that nation.Clarin posits that this,
“is the first scientific evidence available in the world, which manages to verify the effect of this drug on the coronavirus under in vivo conditions in infected patients.”The results ：
were reported Wednesday from the Ministry of Science and Technology, and followed a four-month effort;
the work was conducted by a public-private consortium being led by Alejandro Krolewiecki of the Tropical Diseases Research Institute.by Alejandro Krolewiecki：
Scientists explained that the 0.6 mg/kg dose was three times the amount “usually used.
” They said this dose,
“produces the fastest and most profound elimination of the virus when treatment is started in the early stages of infection (up to 5 days from the onset of symptoms).”Awaited Verification Arrives Studies started in May, after the consortium was chosen for funding. About 6 million pesos was awarded.
Testing :
was done with 45 patients with moderate or mild COVID-19.
30 got the high-dose ivermectin.and the remainder were controls.
“Those who received the drug presented an antiviral response significantly different from those not treated, the effect was evidenced in the deeper decrease of virus in secretions”, Krolewieky explicated.
He went on, “the most relevant thing is that it is the first study that demonstrates the effect of ivermectin in patients.
All over the world a verification:
was being awaited to establish whether this drug has the potential to treat coronavirus patients.
Experts note:
that this is a first step, and that we will have to carry out other investigations to establish methods of clinical application and the eventual possibility of being used as a prevention tool.”
High Dose, Rapid Virus Elimination:
Adrián Lifchitz, professor of Pharmacology at Unicen, was the lead for the study of ivermectin concentrations in plasma samples of the trial subjects.
“We found that the medication produced a rapid viral elimination from the body and this helps to reduce the probability of infection.The effect that ivermectin causes on the rate of disappearance of the virus
depends on the amount of the drug that is absorbed (amount that enters the organism), after taking it orally.
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