The use of Ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19: Panacea or enigma?

ABSTRACT: The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has triggered unprecedented social, economic and health challenges. To control and reduce the infection rate, countries employed non-pharmaceutical measures such as social distancing, isolation, quarantine, and the use of masks, hand and surface sanitisation. Since 2021 a global race for COVID-19 vaccination ensued, mainly due to a lack of equitable vaccine production and distribution. To date, no treatments have been demonstrated to cure COVID-19. The scientific World is now considering the potential use of Ivermectin as a prophylactic and treatment for COVID-19. Against this background, the objective of this study is to review the literature to demystify the enigma or panacea in the use of Ivermectin. This paper intends to investigate literature which

SUBMITTER: Onyeaka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9174099 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature