How to Use ivermectin in a Sentence

ivermectin

noun
  • After a two-day course of ivermectin, the teen's rash cleared up.
    — Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
  • And ivermectin does not treat hantavirus.
    — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 8 May 2026
  • The fluoride bill failed, but the ivermectin bill passed.
    — Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Earlier this year, ivermectin was made available over-the-counter in Texas.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Some judges have refused to order hospitals to give ivermectin.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Doctors at the time warned that this did not justify using ivermectin for covid-19.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Some were from people who had already been told by family members that ivermectin was the answer.
    — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 8 May 2026
  • And that, Chaccour says, set the stage for ivermectin to take center stage as a symbol of politicized medicine.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Now they are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • But the reasons why people currently take ivermectin are due to internet lore.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 4 Mar. 2026
  • In addition, the bill would allow the sale of the drug ivermectin without prescriptions.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Stephens said in a Facebook post that the couple were prescribed ivermectin, which is used to treat parasites.
    — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Allowing over-the-counter access to ivermectin, which can be used to treat head lice, rosacea and certain infections.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • People claiming that ivermectin could be effective against the hantavirus.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 May 2026
  • The agency has also warned against taking ivermectin without a prescription.
    — Lex Treinen, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Karas is the current provider and a defendant in a lawsuit over its use of ivermectin to combat covid-19 among inmates.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The bill would let Texans access ivermectin without a prescription.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The bill would also allow Iowans to buy ivermectin over the counter without a prescription and ban certain food dyes from school meals and drinks.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Those include the new bait, insecticides, and new feed for livestock and deer laced with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin.
    — ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
  • One was from the account of a Texas doctor who became well known during Covid for promoting ivermectin.
    — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 8 May 2026
  • The other thing that’s not clear from the episode is why exactly Jones was supposedly taking ivermectin.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Kennedy is hoping Texas can do more to advance his policy goals, specifically on ivermectin.
    — Ryan Chandler, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Arguably and no one has been more successful at promoting ivermectin than Rogan himself.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Rogan then asked if Gibson's friends had taken ivermectin to which Gibson nodded in agreement.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Bowden says the complaint is related to her prescribing patients ivermectin.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Doctors prescribed the man the anti-parasitic ivermectin, and the rash and diarrhea improved.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2022
  • However, there is no evidence that ivermectin is safe and effective in treating cancer in humans.
    — Rachana Pradhan, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That means half the country could be following Tennessee down an unlit path, because no one knows the full scope of its ivermectin market.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • The new method solves the drug-residue problem because moxidectin, the newer version of ivermectin, has a zero-day withdrawal, at least when used in cattle.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • The study compared about 1,300 people in Brazil who received either ivermectin or a placebo.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2022

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