PETALING JAYA: A clinical study conducted by the Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) shows that the anti-viral drug Ivermectin does not prevent severe cases of Covid-19, says the Health Ministry.
In a statement on Wednesday , Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the study was conducted on 500 patients hospitalised for Covid-19 in Stage 2 or 3 and were given a five-day course of Ivermectin .
"The I-Tech study was to see if Ivermectin administered during the first week of illness prevented deterioration to severe Covid-19 stage 4 or 5 among hospitalised patients aged 50 years and above with at least one comorbidity," he said. According to the Principal Investigator of the I-Tech study, Dr Steven Lim Chee Loon, Infectious Disease Specialist at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, there were no significant differences found in terms of ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, symptom recovery, blood parameters and chest x-ray resolution for those who were administered Ivermectin.
The study also showed that there were three times more adverse effects, most commonly diarrhoea, in those who were given Ivermectin.
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