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[–]infocom6502 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, it's useful for far more than deworming and de-SARS'ing

Neurological disease

Many neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease, arise due to cell death initiated by excessive levels of excitation in central nervous system neurons. A proposed novel therapy for these disorders involves silencing excessive neuronal activity using ivermectin. Because of its action on P2X4 receptors, ivermectin has potential with respect to preventing alcohol use disorders as well as for motor neurone disease. Indeed, in 2007, Belgian scientists applied for a patent, ‘Use of ivermectin and derivates thereof for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis’, to cover ‘the use of ivermectin and analogs, to prevent, retard and ameliorate a motor neuron disease such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the associated motor neuron degeneration’.

Antiviral (e.g. HIV, dengue, encephalitis)

[.... Ivermectin ] demonstrates antiviral activity against several RNA viruses by blocking the nuclear trafficking of viral proteins

Antibacterial (tuberculosis and Buruli ulcer)

Anti-cancer

There is a continuously accumulating body of evidence that ivermectin may have substantial value in the treatment of a variety of cancers. [....]

Asthma [....]

Epilepsy

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