The spread of the disease throughout the planet and its conversion into a pandemic has mobilized the scientific world to obtain a vaccine or a medicine that combats and neutralizes the disease. The fronts of study are still very diverse, but one of the possible solutions could be an antiparasitic drug, ivermectin. .
A group of Australian researchers from Monash University has discovered that ivermectin, an antiparasitic that is used especially in cattle, could be an inhibitor of the coronavirus, which it begins to reduce just two hours after the start of treatment and eliminates effectively in two days. The fact, , has yet to be tested in humans, but it represents an advance in the fight against the disease.
According to the , the most probable operation of ivermectin is the following: helping the host cells, those that harbor the virus, to eliminate it with just one dose. That is the key at this time, the search for the correct dose to be able to eliminate the coronavirus. Thus, the university asks for more funds to be able to continue with the investigation and find the exact amount for a treatment that is still far away.
The report insists that ivermectin (which has also worked against Zika or dengue) is approved by the US federal food and drug agency, one of the world references in this matter, and included in the Organization’s catalog World Health. Its application for parasitic infections would make its reuse relatively easy and would imply the existence of a certain stock immediately.
In Spain, a group of researchers from the University of Alicante has spent a decade studying the possible properties of ivermectin, which, although it stands out in the veterinary field, has also been used in infections that affect humans.
The organization, , has recalled the trajectory of its group, has endorsed the Australian thesis on the availability, in case it is tested positively, of ivermectin worldwide and has also warned of a problem with the substance: its high toxicity causes damage in water discharges and for the diversity of arthropods. In addition, its “indiscriminate use” generates greenhouse gases.
What medications is ivermectin found in?
-As antiparasitic in the veterinary
-Treatments against intestinal infections such as strongyloidiasis
-Treatments to palliate the infection known as ‘river blindness’, onchocerciasis
-In medicines against scabies
-In treatments against head and pubic lice
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