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A Monash University-led study has shown a high dose of the common drug Ivermectin could stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in human cells in a dish.
However, results in a test tube are a long way from results in a human. Many compounds show promise at early stages of research only to fail later. The amount used in the initial tests is also much higher than a standard human dose.
But the results are particularly interesting because Ivermectin has been widely studied in humans and is considered reasonably safe. It is on the World Health Organisation's list of essential medicines.
The scientists are now hoping to secure funding for further trials.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/australian-scientists-discover-head-lice-drug-kills-coronavirus-in-lab-20200404-p54h15.html
Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)And idiots drinking shampoo.
msongs
(67,438 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)so don't sneak your dog's Heartgard for yourself.
The dog needs it, and it tastes like liver.
sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)Revolution which is applied topically.
I have five more left for the next months of treatment.
Hmmm...
Patterson
(1,531 posts)JCMach1
(27,572 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)Your scalp remains virus-free!
I guess that will come as a consolation to hair-dressers that work at funeral homes. Otherwise, there is still some work to be done before that becomes a significant breakthrough. After all. sulfuric acid in high concentration kills the virus, too.
"Johnny was a chemist
But Johnny is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4"
James48
(4,438 posts)I bet $20 that we read about some Trump supporter dying from drinking lice shampoo with two weeks.
malaise
(269,157 posts)canetoad
(17,180 posts)May be something, may be nothing. We need to look at all this stuff.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Big difference with putting it on the scalp and injecting it - we'll see - and yes examine everything.