The Light and the Dark Side of Ivermectin

Ivermectin has been the go-to medicine for people who think they suffer from a Covid viral infection though Ivermectin is not an anti-viral medication. They have symptoms like the flu with fatigue, fever, sore throat, cough, headaches and these actually improve with Ivermectin. Since these symptoms aren’t caused by a virus, it could be an explanation why Ivermectin works, but how exactly does it work?

The first notion is that since Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic medication, it must be because parasites are a bigger problem than it is portrayed to be in western civilization. This may very well be, but there is currently no literature that supports this in the western world in regard to flu like symptoms. The parasites Ivermectin is effective against are mostly prevalent in tropical regions. These are Nematodes such as Onchocerciasis which cause River Blindness and skin issues. Other parasites are Whipworms that mainly cause GI issues with painful, watery and mucus rich bowel movements. Filarial worms cause inflammation and edema. Hookworms live in the intestines causing diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and anemia. The first signs of infection are often a skin rash. Therefore, there is no current evidence that flu like symptoms are caused by a parasite Ivermectin would be effective against.

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