Prevalence of Ivermectin use to prevent COVID-19 during the pandemic in Mato Grosso: cross-sectional home-based study.

Nathalia Beatriz Lobo da Silva Roseany Patrícia da Silva Rocha Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças Trettel Ana Paula Muraro

Published in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2023)

There was a high prevalence of use of ivermectin as a method to prevent covid-19 by the population of Mato Grosso, indicating the need for strategies to inform the population about the risks of off-label use of drugs and to combat the advertising of drugs that are ineffective against COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
cross sectional
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
healthcare
risk assessment
human health