Ivermectin

Ivermectin is a medication used to treat parasite infestations. They can treat head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, and lymphatic filariasis.^[1][2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has been widely spread saying that ivermectin is beneficial for treating and preventing COVID-19.^[3][4] Though this cannot be proven to be true^[5][6] or false. General confusion, the "infodemic" and the lack of effective treatment seemingly attributed to individuals to repurpose various medications - including ivermectin - on the market without approved indications for COVID-19 as potentially effective treatments and purchase them from unapproved websites.^[7]