Health Ministry excludes anti parasitic drug ivermectin from Covid protocol
Ivermectin medicine is an inexpensive and safe drug that is used for the treatment of international parasites and scabies.;
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has decided not to include ivermectin medicine (anti-parasitic drug) in the National Clinical Management Protocol for Covid-19 for the treatment of virus-infected patients.
The move comes after the Central government's National Task Force for Covid-19 and the health ministry's Joint Monitoring Group (JGM) chaired a meeting on Thursday to discuss if the anti-parasitic drug should be included in the national treatment guidelines or not.
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A government official said, "Many states, for example--Uttar Pradesh, are utilizing the drug as off label for treatment purpose and also for prophylaxis use against Covid-19. Now, it has been decided not to recommend ivermectin medicine in the National Clinical Management Protocol for Covid-19 as there is not enough safety and efficacy evidence as per the randomized trials held across the world."
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