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Exploring Public Sentiment on the Repurposing of Ivermectin for COVID-19 Treatment: Cross-Sectional Study Using Twitter Data

Exploring Public Sentiment on the Repurposing of Ivermectin for COVID-19 Treatment: Cross-Sectional Study Using Twitter Data

This sentiment analysis focuses on Twitter discussions about ivermectin, showing public opinion that, while not devoid of misinformation risks, these discussions offer an alternative lens to understand the societal pulse on this contentious topic [6]. By examining the sentiments expressed on Twitter, we aim to add nuance to the ongoing discourse, acknowledging the platform's influence on public perception and its implications for health communication strategies.

Angga Prawira Kautsar, Rano Kurnia Sinuraya, Jurjen van der Schans, Maarten Jacobus Postma, Auliya A Suwantika

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e50536

Toward Preparing a Knowledge Base to Explore Potential Drugs and Biomedical Entities Related to COVID-19: Automated Computational Approach

Toward Preparing a Knowledge Base to Explore Potential Drugs and Biomedical Entities Related to COVID-19: Automated Computational Approach

Ivermectin is an effective drug against pneumonia and diarrhea, and has recently been claimed to successfully treat patients with COVID-19 as well [56]. It is a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved drug used for parasitic infections, which has the potential to be repurposed. Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-Co V-2 in vitro [57]. Recently, a team of medical doctors in Bangladesh reported quick recoveries of patients with COVID-19 using this drug [58].

Junaed Younus Khan, Md Tawkat Islam Khondaker, Iram Tazim Hoque, Hamada R H Al-Absi, Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Reto Guler, Tanvir Alam, M Sohel Rahman

JMIR Med Inform 2020;8(11):e21648

Ivermectin Treatment in Patients With Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy: Protocol of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Ivermectin Treatment in Patients With Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy: Protocol of a Randomized Clinical Trial

In 2015, after more than 15 years of administering ivermectin annually, nearly all epilepsy cases were in people over the age of 20 years, also suggesting a protective effect of ivermectin on the incidence of epilepsy (R Colebunders, personal communication). A similar age shift of epilepsy cases to older age groups after the introduction of ivermectin was reported in an onchocerciasis-endemic region in Nigeria [14].

Robert Colebunders, Michel Mandro, Deby Mukendi, Housseini Dolo, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Marieke Van Oijen

JMIR Res Protoc 2017;6(8):e137