{"id":141425,"date":"2020-05-08T19:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=141425"},"modified":"2020-05-09T12:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:59:29","slug":"dr-sanchez-cardenas-ivermectin-is-approved-for-experimental-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/05\/08\/dr-sanchez-cardenas-ivermectin-is-approved-for-experimental-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas: Ivermectin is approved for experimental use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Invermectin-Acento-e1587692835485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140920\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Health Minister Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas says ivermectin is not included in the medications recommended by the Dominican government for treatment of Covid-19 patients. Dr. Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas says that the drug that is has been used for years as a parasite has been approved for experimental use. The cost of a dose for a person in the early phase of the disease is under RD$1,000. The drug is available in pharmacies in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry has not issued a resolution authorizing the prescribing of the med for Covid-19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centro Medico Bournigal in Puerto Plata and affiliated clinic Dr. Canelo in La Romana have prescribed the medicine for patients treated for Covid-19 in Puerto Plata and La Romana with much success. In Santo Domingo, Dr. Alberto Santana, a leading gastroenterologist, says that ivermectin has the least risk of meds used for the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government received a donation of hydroxychloroquine from the government of India for use in local patients. This drug is said to have a high risk of side effects and requires close medical supervision. Tocilizumab is on the Dominican government coronavirus protocol. Nevertheless, it is a high-cost medicine that is not readily available at most medical centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/drug-safety-and-availability\/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or\">FDA<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0166354220302011\">Science Direct <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2020\/05\/08\/616629\/uso-de-ivermectina-para-covid-19-esta-en-investigacion-dice-sanchez-cardenas\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/08\/dominican-republic-coronavirus-covid-19-bulletin-50-7-may-2020\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 May 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Health Minister Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas says ivermectin is not included in the medications recommended by the Dominican government for treatment of Covid-19 patients. Dr. Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas says that the drug that is has been used for years as a parasite has been approved for experimental use. The cost of a dose for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/05\/08\/dr-sanchez-cardenas-ivermectin-is-approved-for-experimental-use\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141443,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141425\/revisions\/141443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}