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Ivermectin ‘Safe’ and ‘Effective’ for Treating Omicron:
Japanese Company




Ivermectin packaged for human use widely prescribed for decades for a
range of maladies, including for treatment of lice, other parasites and viruses.
(Natasha Holt/The Epoch Times)


By Naveen Athrappully
January 31, 2022
Updated: January 31, 2022



A Japanese conglomerate has found that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is effective
and safe for the treatment of the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to a
phase III clinical trial.

Kowa Co. Ltd., a conglomerate with interests in trading, hospitality, and electronics,
along with health and medical applications, issued a press release (pdf) on Jan. 31 stating
that ivermectin has been found to be effective against Omicron.

Kowa representatives didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.

The company, working with Kitasato University based in Tokyo, said that ivermectin has
the “same antiviral effect” on all “mutant strains,” including Alpha, Delta, and Omicron.
Kowa added that ivermectin suppresses invasion of the virus and inhibits its replication.

“[Ivermectin] is expected to be applied as a therapeutic drug (tablet) for all new
coronavirus infectious diseases,” the report said.

Ivermectin has been used by the World Health Organization for over 30 years to treat
parasitic infections. Volunteers have distributed the drug in African countries where it
has been found to be extremely effective, said the Kowa report.

However, the treatment has been mired in controversy during recent times as the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved the use of ivermectin
as a treatment for COVID-19, even though the drug is used in humans to treat a
variety of conditions.

The FDA has refused to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA)
asking for details about any reports of side effects related to the use of ivermectin
in treating COVID-19 while publicly denouncing its usage.

The federal government pays hospitals across the country to treat COVID-19 patients,
but the payment is tied to approved methods, and ivermectin is not part of the protocol.

However, families desperate to save their loved ones are resorting to secretly
sneaking the drug into hospitals as a last-ditch effort that often ends up helping
the infected person recover.

Around 22 countries around the country have approved 

the use of ivermectin in the
treatment of COVID-19, based on multiple studies. 

Japan has not yet approved
ivermectin’s usage.

A bill has been presented to make New Hampshire the first state in the country to
make ivermectin part of the approved COVID-19 treatments and offer it as an
over-the-counter medication.

“I have absolutely no doubt lives will be saved if human grade ivermectin was
available to COVID patients,” state Rep. Leah Cushman, a Republican and also a
registered nurse, told The Epoch Times about her proposed bill HB3005.

The detractors of using ivermectin have claimed 

that the drug is extremely dangerous.
“I would never want this medication prescribed to 

this to my loved ones,”
Dr. David Levine of Dartmouth-Hitchcock 

Medical Center wrote in his written
testimony on the bill.

Dr. Paul Marik, a supporter of using ivermectin, testified that ivermectin
“is one of the safest drugs on the face of this planet.”

Marik, who is a co-founder of the physician-comprised 

advocacy group Front Line COVID-19
Critical Care Alliance, said ivermectin is approved 

for the treatment of viruses in 79 countries.

“So somehow Japanese people, Indian people, 

You have to be kidding,” Marik said.

Marik was forced to resign from his position at the 

Eastern Virginia Medical School over
legal battles regarding the usage of alternate 

treatments for COVID-19,
including using ivermectin.