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Kinda like ivermectin with the same mechanism

• kibwen 5y ago
  'There is no relationship at all between the two drugs, said Dr. William A Petri, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Virginia. “The only way they are alike is that they are both pills,” Petri said. Dr. Kevin J. Downes, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, agreed, “They are dramatically different molecules. The drugs are different in their structure and their molecular size.” [...] Ivermectin binds to glutamate-gated chloride channels and is used to treat parasite infections, said Joseph Glajch, a consultant in pharmaceutical and analytical chemistry. “These two are so far apart,” he said. “If you look at how they interact with the body..., they don’t even go to the same pathways or receptors.”' https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-067310377629 https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-067310377629
  • colordrops 5y ago
    Dr. Kevin J. Downes receives money from Pfizer: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/art.41772 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/art.41772
  • thedorkknight 5y ago
    To the user who keeps getting comments deleted for bringing up this guy's funding: please look up "ad hominem fallacy". Attacking someone making a statement says nothing about the truth of their statement
    • vibrato2 5y ago
      What attack? He stated a fact about this mans funding relationship to Pfizer. He didn’t say anything about his trustworthiness, you assumed such. It’s not an ad hominem if it’s something the reader assumes. It is a relevant detail to consider whether to trust the person’s statement. He didn’t say the guy was a shill or to never trust a funded scientist.
• xioren00 5y ago
  Correct, they both work as protease inhibitors.