Long Acting Ivermectin Could Offer Protection for Weeks Against Malaria
Highlights
- Ultralong-acting pill delivers malaria drug for 14 days
- Non-adherence to medication is a long standing worry for the medical community in controlling spread of infectious diseases and in psychiatric illnesses
- Long acting ivermectin pill will remove the need for daily medication and provide the right dosage for weeks, months or more.
Researchers from Brigham and Women's hospital along with collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a long acting drug that will deliver the required amount of medication for weeks, month or more. This wonder drug promises to provide a better method of medication, greatly reducing the need for daily medication.
The team of researchers tested the efficacy of the drug and its ability to deliver medication using both mathematical models as well as large animal models. For the purpose of the study, ivermectin, a drug used in the treatment of parasitic infections including river blindness was used. The drug also helped in keeping mosquitoes that carried malaria at bay.
‘New long-acting capsule helps deliver ivermectin - an anti-parasitic drug to fight against malaria.’
Gastroenterologist and biomedical engineer in the Division of Gastroenterology at BWH and an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Giovanni Traverso said "We want to make it as easy as possible for people to take their medications over a sustained period of time. When patients have to remember to take a drug everyday or multiple times a day, we start to see less and less adherence to the regimen. Being able to swallow a capsule once a week or once a month could change the way we think about delivering medications."
(https:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3711878/)Source: Medindia
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Amrita Surendranath. "Long Acting Ivermectin Could Offer Protection for Weeks Against Malaria". Medindia. Jan 09, 2025. <https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/long-acting-ivermectin-could-offer-protection-for-weeks-against-malaria-165348-1.htm>.
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Amrita Surendranath. "Long Acting Ivermectin Could Offer Protection for Weeks Against Malaria". Medindia. https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/long-acting-ivermectin-could-offer-protection-for-weeks-against-malaria-165348-1.htm. (accessed Jan 09, 2025).
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Amrita Surendranath. 2016. Long Acting Ivermectin Could Offer Protection for Weeks Against Malaria. Medindia, viewed Jan 09, 2025, https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/long-acting-ivermectin-could-offer-protection-for-weeks-against-malaria-165348-1.htm.