TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of ivermectin in patients hospitalized with covid-19
T2 - A systematic review of literature
AU - Chaudhry, Muhammad Waleed
AU - Zubair, Syed Muhammad
AU - Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
AU - Irfan, Muhammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Via Medica. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/3
Y1 - 2021/9/3
N2 - The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected almost every country in the world since De-cember 2019. Despite the efforts of the human race to combat the virus, we are still looking for an evidence-based permanent cure for the disease. Ivermectin has recently emerged as one of the therapies having a beneficial effect on COVID-19. Ivermectin, owing to its properties, continues to be a possible treatment against the COVID-19 disease. Already being a mainstream drug with minimal adverse effects, it garners valid consideration. It’s use in hospitalized patients, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies has also supported its implementation. In this article, we have reviewed recent studies and explored the effectiveness of ivermectin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
AB - The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected almost every country in the world since De-cember 2019. Despite the efforts of the human race to combat the virus, we are still looking for an evidence-based permanent cure for the disease. Ivermectin has recently emerged as one of the therapies having a beneficial effect on COVID-19. Ivermectin, owing to its properties, continues to be a possible treatment against the COVID-19 disease. Already being a mainstream drug with minimal adverse effects, it garners valid consideration. It’s use in hospitalized patients, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies has also supported its implementation. In this article, we have reviewed recent studies and explored the effectiveness of ivermectin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Ivermectin
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Therapy
KW - Treatment
KW - Virus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114670233&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5603/ARM.a2021.0088
DO - 10.5603/ARM.a2021.0088
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34494244
AN - SCOPUS:85114670233
SN - 2451-4934
VL - 89
SP - 413
EP - 418
JO - Advances in Respiratory Medicine
JF - Advances in Respiratory Medicine
IS - 4
ER -
