Reply To: Please explain Ivermectin

Actually we know pretty well how acetaminophen works. From Tufts University professor of anesthesiology: ” Commonly known by its brand name of Tylenol, acetaminophen belongs to a class of painkillers known as non-opioid analgesics. This class of drugs also includes aspirin, traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen and naproxen, and the newer COX-2 inhibitors like celecoxib—popularly known as Celebrex.

Non-opioid analgesics work by inhibiting an enzyme known as cyclooxygenase (COX). COX is a catalyst for the conversion of a fatty acid contained in cell walls—arachidonic acid—to substances known as prostaglandins.

Prostaglandins serve a number of protective functions in the body, but they can also produce pain, inflammation and fever. They cause pain and inflammation after cell injury by a number of mechanisms, primarily at the site of the injury in the peripheral nervous system, that is, nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, but also in the central nervous system. They elevate body temperature by affecting the heat regulating center of a region of the brain known as the hypothalamus.

By blocking COX and, therefore, the subsequent production of prostaglandins in the central and peripheral nervous systems, non-opioid analgesics reduce both fever and inflammation.”

We know how vaccines work, and that’s how we know they’ll be effective. We know how regeneron works, and we know why it’s effective. So what’s the medical basis for a human-dose of Ivermectin being clinically useful.

Correlation is not causation. As I mentioned in another post, see “Simpsons Tiger Rock.” People have been saying on here that there are scientific studies proving Ivermectin’s effectiveness. The truth, of course, is that there was one study, and it was withdrawn because the author admitted the data was fabricated.

For a drug to be so widely touted in one segment of the media, and to have such a strong following here, there must be SOME scientific basis for it (meaning chemistry, and not “so-and-so took it and got better”). Because for every person that got better, there are dozens that took it and (G-d forbid) died.

So please, show me the science behind it. And I will absolutely keep an open mind.