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ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended against using generic anti-parasite drug ivermectin in patients with COVID-19 except for clinical trials, because of a lack of data demonstrating its benefits.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Manuel Negrete holds the anti-parasite drug ivermectin after buying it with a medical prescription at a local pharmacy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia May 19, 2020. REUTERS\/Rodrigo Urzagasti<\/figcaption>

The recommendation follows the European Medicines Agency\u2019s warning last week against the drug. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also recommended it not be used for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Officials in the Bolivian city of Trinidad launched a campaign in May last year to give out free doses of ivermectin to combat the coronavirus, although the South American country\u2019s health ministry noted the lack of evidence for it as a treatment.<\/p>\n

Ivermectin tablets have been approved for treating some worm infestations and for veterinary use in animals for parasites. Merck, an ivermectin manufacturer, has also said its analysis did not support the drug\u2019s safety and efficacy for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis applies to patients with COVID-19 of any disease severity,\u201d Janet Diaz, a top WHO official for clinical care response, told reporters of the WHO recommendation, saying it was \u201cbased on very low certainty of evidence\u201d that ivermectin helps.<\/p>\n

The WHO\u2019s review was based on a survey of 16 trials of ivermectin involving 2,400 people, including those comparing it with hydroxychloroquine, an older malaria medicine that has been discredited as a COVID-19 treatment. There were very few placebo-controlled studies of ivermectin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly need more data in order to make informed decisions,\u201d said Bram Rochwerg, an associate professor at Canada\u2019s McMaster University and a co-chair of the WHO panel that reviewed ivermectin.<\/p>\n

He said the data available was sparse and likely based on chance, though he said \u201chigh quality, trustworthy trials\u201d were still merited.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did see an increase in adverse effects in patients that were randomised to ivermectin,\u201d he said, citing gastrointestinal upsets and headaches.<\/p>\n

Worldwide, he said, there are 66 trials of ivermectin registered, with 60,000 participants, so more data on its impact on the pandemic could be coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fighting this overuse of unproven therapies – especially some of these repurposed drugs – in various parts of world without evidence of efficacy,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cThere can be more harm than any good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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