Review suggesting that ivermectin may be useful for late stage COVID-19. Authors note that ivermectin, in doses at or modestly above the standard clinical dose, may have important clinical potential for managing disorders associated with life-threatening respiratory distress and cytokine storm, such as advanced COVID-19.
DiNicolantonio et al., 6 Sep 2020, peer-reviewed, 3 authors.
Ivermectin may be a clinically useful anti-inflammatory agent for late-stage COVID-19
Dr James J Dinicolantonio, Jorge Barroso, Mark Mccarty
Open Heart, doi:10.1136/openhrt-2020-001350
Author name Jorge Barroso has been corrected to Jorge Barroso-Aranda.
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