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Sounds promising, right? Here’s where things get misconstrued. “Lots of compounds have in vitro activity against COVID-19,” Dr. Adalja says. (In vitro, in case you’re not familiar with the term, means in a lab setting.) “Just because it works in a lab setting doesn’t mean it works in humans,” Dr. Adalja adds.
This particular lab study also used “very high doses [of ivermectin] that are toxic to humans,” explains Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease physician and professor of internal medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. Meaning, you would get very sick or possibly even die if you took that high of a dose of ivermectin. “I suppose a lot of medications would have a similar effect,” Dr. Watkins says.
Why would you use such high doses that are toxic to humans when you can just use normal doses that have virtually no side effects? Are they trying to purposefully give them side effects?Originally Posted by sailingfun
Sounds promising, right? Here’s where things get misconstrued. “Lots of compounds have in vitro activity against COVID-19,” Dr. Adalja says. (In vitro, in case you’re not familiar with the term, means in a lab setting.) “Just because it works in a lab setting doesn’t mean it works in humans,” Dr. Adalja adds.
This particular lab study also used “very high doses [of ivermectin] that are toxic to humans,” explains Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease physician and professor of internal medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. Meaning, you would get very sick or possibly even die if you took that high of a dose of ivermectin. “I suppose a lot of medications would have a similar effect,” Dr. Watkins says.