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            <title>Ivermectin on COVID-19: Scientific Plausibility</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5179721</link>
            <description>&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('c51dd576dba7caaaf65f9795dd401297')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;c51dd576dba7caaaf65f9795dd401297&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Ivermectin has proven in vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2 at a level 5 µM (micromole)&lt;br /&gt;that is not possible to be achieved in vivo using current clinical recommended multiple&lt;br /&gt;doses of 3, 6 and 12 mg tablets or a 6 mg/ml oral suspension per day (even at 1.7 mg/kg,&lt;br /&gt;a 8.5 times the FDA-approved dosification, achieved plasma level was only 0.28 µM).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although high doses of ivermectin in adults or children are well tolerated (up to 1.7&lt;br /&gt;mg/kg, 8.5 times the FDA-approved dosification), the clinical effects of effective doses&lt;br /&gt;of ivermectin are unknown and may be associated with severe toxicity such as ataxia and&lt;br /&gt;seizures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The results of clinical trials to date show imprecise and inconsistent effects of Ivermectin&lt;br /&gt;in different studies suggesting irreproducibility of the results in different settings.&lt;br /&gt;The data so far indicated that the clinical effects of ivermectin is likely due to chance&lt;br /&gt;which means the reported effects observed were as good as rolling a dice; it has no real&lt;br /&gt;or true effect on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data situation is more of ‘no evidence of effect’ than ‘evidence of no effect’.&lt;br /&gt;The public use of ivermectin is likely to continue while the scientific research continues to&lt;br /&gt;accumulate its data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The speed of response from the scientific community in providing culturally effective&lt;br /&gt;guidance to the public could be improved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The methodological issues of many clinical trials of Ivermectin on COVID-19 include&lt;br /&gt;inadequate outcome rates for robust statistical analysis which increases the risk of&lt;br /&gt;chance effect on the results, imbalance of the prognostic factors in the comparing&lt;br /&gt;groups and unfair comparator to Ivermectin, co intervention and high risk of bias from&lt;br /&gt;inadequate concealment of allocation during randomization process resulting in potential&lt;br /&gt;selection bias, lack of blinding of participants and investigators resulting in potential&lt;br /&gt;performance bias, lack of outcome assessors blinding resulting in potential detection&lt;br /&gt;bias.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The distribution of clinical effects of ivermectin could be the possible prevalence of bias&lt;br /&gt;of the clinical research enterprise in the world.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://hpupm.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20210730083320Newsletter_Ivermectin_on_COVID-19_Scientific_Plausibility,_Clinical_Evidence,_Clinical_Epidemiological_Issues_of_the_Studies_Full_Summary.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3r8fOdQoT45YxmjdJ1KQlqU6Yu6f_pf3NyIer2aIkL_8qQj-TiNKsAcPY' target='_blank'&gt;SOURCE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;TLDR: Ivermectin is sh&amp;#33;t for covid-19&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:25:38 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>closed</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4952487</link>
            <description>closed</description>
            <author>rainpearpirate</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:53:38 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>closed</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4854242</link>
            <description>closed</description>
            <author>rainpearpirate</author>
            <category>Car Clubs</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:17:53 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>SOLD Sony A6000 body only RM1300</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4845969</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Item(s):&lt;/b&gt; Sony A6000 Body Only &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Package includes:&lt;/b&gt; camera body (black), box, strap, receipt, battery. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Price:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;RM1300&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warranty:&lt;/b&gt; Nil. test kau kau during COD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dealing method:&lt;/b&gt; COD only&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location:&lt;/b&gt; Bandar Puteri Puchong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact method/details:&lt;/b&gt; PM&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s) conditions:&lt;/b&gt; Mint 9.5/10. Shutter count 6807 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reason for sale:&lt;/b&gt; Not using</description>
            <author>rainpearpirate</author>
            <category>Digital SLRs &amp;amp; Lenses Garage Sales</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:49:35 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Any good phone under RM300?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4809509</link>
            <description>Hi i&amp;#39;m looking for a phone to make calls &amp;amp; whatsapp web only. So it will be plugged most of the time into the charger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any recommendations for these phones preferably under RM300? New or used is okay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.</description>
            <author>rainpearpirate</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:55:01 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>WTA Maxis ONEBusiness Fibre in Puchong</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4790458</link>
            <description>Hi guys, I can&amp;#39;t seem to decide to go for Maxis ONEBusiness Fiber, or just suck it up and pay for more UNIFI Biz Lite for my office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location: Bandar Puteri Puchong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usage: Just Three Desktops + CCTV/Alarm system. light upload/download usage. Mostly to retrieve small data from the cloud server. Very important to be running from 9am to 9pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance&amp;#33;</description>
            <author>rainpearpirate</author>
            <category>Maxis Fibre</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:55:28 +0800</pubDate>
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