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A disease caused by parasitic worms, also known as river blindness, and the use of ivermectin in its treatment.
Ivermectin has been deployed for decades in coordinated mass‑drug‑administration (MDA) campaigns primarily to control and, in some settings, eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic fi...
Short-term side effects after a standard dose of ivermectin are usually mild and transient—most commonly itch, rash, fever, headache and gastrointestinal upset within the first few days following trea...
Clinical and pharmacovigilance data indicate that ivermectin is rarely linked to clinically meaningful renal injury in humans, but specific risk factors appear to increase the likelihood of transient ...