White paper on Ivermectin as a potential therapy for COVID-19
Agam Vora, V K Arora, D Behera, Surya Kant Tripathy
Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.07.031
A group of senior doctors with vast clinical experience met on 19th July'20 under the aegis of Academy of Advanced Medical Education. The panel looked at Ivermectin, one of the old molecule and evaluated it's use in COVID 19 (Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019) management. After critical panel discussion, all the attending doctors came to a conclusion that Ivermectin can be a potential molecule for prophylaxis and treatment of people infected with Coronavirus, owing to its anti-viral properties coupled with effective cost, availability and good tolerability and safety.
Author's contributions All authors provided critical feedback and contributed to the final manuscript.
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have none to declare.
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