Despite the massive use of Ivermectin in the country both in prevention and in the management of patients with Covid-19, being one of the first countries to begin its application, this antiparasitic drug known for decades, continues to generate controversy. the Dominican Republic.
Doctors who maintain its use as prophylactic treatment and early management of patients with the virus, claim to have relevant data with very positive results, while officially the Ministry of Public Health has never formally included it in the management protocol of patients affected by SARS-CoV-2 producing Covid-19 disease.
Although it was not possible to obtain data on the amount of product that pharmacies have sold nationwide, since the beginning of the pandemic this medicine has become very popular in the country, the indication is not only seen in the doctors’ prescriptions, but it is often part of the “self-medication” used by a large part of the population, especially in the face of the difficulties of quickly accessing a diagnostic test.