Malaysia’s Health Ministry is allowing Hospitals to use the controversial ivermectin pills “off-label” and patients can ask for COVID-19 treatment.
The government was under pressure from various quarters to allow trials of the drug more commonly on animals.
Now it’s used to treat parasitic infections in humans and it is trending in Indonesia and India.
However, the WHO says evidence on the use of the deworming drug to treat Covid-19 patients is ‘inconclusive’.
Use of the drug in the pre-infection and early stages show it disrupts the virus replication. Ivermectin is said to flush out the viral debris that triggers immune response if the virus has set in.
It also helps to ease air duct congestion and heal some of the tissue damage.
