TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Drug use Ivermectin to overcome Covid-19 had become a polemic in early July 2021 ago.
At that time, medicine Ivermectin is said to be effective at preventing the entry of the virus Covid-19 and has been worn by many countries.
In fact, the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir had instructed the state-owned pharmaceutical companies, PT Indofarma (Persero) Tbk and PT Kimia Farma (Persero) Tbk, to immediately distribute Ivermectin as a therapeutic drug Covid-19.
Now, the drug is being discussed again by the public after Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) found allegations of links between members of political parties, public officials, and business people in using Ivermectin to treat Covid-19.
Also read: ICW Calls Putri Moeldoko and Son Ribka Tjiptaning Involved in Ivermectin Drug Business
However, after being discussed again by the public, the POM Agency strictly forbids promoting drugs Ivermectin to overcome Covid-19.
So, what is the origin of medicine? Ivermectin?
Quoted Tribunnews.com from Grid.id, Invermectin is not a new drug, the drug was discovered in 1975 and put into use in 1981.
Drug Ivermectin on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in the health system.
Ivermectin itself is a drug used to treat various types of parasites, such as head lice, scabies, onchocerciasis, strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, and lymphatic filariasis.
Then, this drug went viral since a collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) came to the public.
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