Is it true that Ivermectin treats COVID-19?

Ivermectin may refer to Ivermectin tablets and Ivermectin capsules, while COVID-19 usually refers to novel coronavirus infection. In clinical practice, ivermectins have no indication to treat novel coronavirus infection. If novel coronavirus infection exists and the symptoms are serious, it is usually possible to choose appropriate drug treatment under the guidance of professional doctors.
In clinical practice, ivermectins are mainly used for parasitic infections. For people with parasitic infections such as roundworm and pinworm, such drugs can be used to treat parasites. However, since novel coronavirus infection is not a parasitic infection disease, it is mainly caused by virus invasion, so ivermectins cannot be used to treat COVID-19 infection at present. In addition, due to certain toxic and side effects of such drugs, if the human body is blindly used, it may also lead to a variety of abnormal symptoms such as allergy, liver and kidney dysfunction, and seriously affect the health of the body. However, foreign scholars recently found that ivermectin has a killing effect on COVID-19, which is under research and has not yet been used for clinical treatment.
When the human body is infected with novel coronavirus, if there are no serious abnormal symptoms, there is generally no need for special treatment. You can improve the discomfort by increasing the amount of drinking water, physical cooling and other methods. However, if the patient has symptoms of severe pharyngalgia and cough, and the temperature rises to above 38.5 ℃, he can choose Lianhua Qingwen capsule, ibuprofen sustained-release capsule and other drugs for treatment under the advice of a professional doctor to avoid blind self-medication.