Some ray of hope- Ivermectin- Possible coronavirus drug

[Gardenrose22]

Just read that the Australian researchers have identified Ivermectin as a Possible coronavirus drug.

Caution- The study is an In vitro study as this time, and requires human trials to actually know if this will be effective and the dose required.

Lab experiments show anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, eliminates SARS-CoV-2 in cells in 48 hours

A new study has shown that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world can kill the virus within 48 hours in cell culture. Scientists showed that a single dose of the drug, Ivermectin, could stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in cell culture. The next steps are to determine the...

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[MMohammed]

It'll be fascinating to see what the results of this work are!

 

[SHaines]

Bear in mind that the source here, ScienceDaily reprints press releases, so there's going to need to be a lot more work in clinical trials before we know much of anything.