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Ivermectin 'buyers clubs' want to use the drug to treat covid-19

By Chris Stokel-Walker

6 October 2021

Ivermectin tablets arranged in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned??Americans against taking??ivermectin, a drug usually used on animals, as a treatment or prevention for Covid-19. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Self-medicating with ivermectin for covid-19 could be dangerous

Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

MULTIPLE “buyers clubs” are trying to import the drug ivermectin to the UK to prevent and treat covid-19, even though there is no evidence supporting use of the drug in this way, and it could even be dangerous.

The UK Medicines and ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) has cautioned people not to try to buy ivermectin through third parties to treat covid-19. The drug is used to treat parasite infections in humans and some other animals, but has gained a lot of attention as an unproven drug…

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