{"id":19402,"date":"2022-01-23T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=19402"},"modified":"2022-01-23T15:42:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T20:42:55","slug":"lakeland-regional-joins-national-study-to-see-if-ivermectin-works-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/01\/23\/lakeland-regional-joins-national-study-to-see-if-ivermectin-works-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Regional joins national study to see if ivermectin works against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County\u2019s largest hospital system is putting ivermectin to the test \u2014 administering the parasite drug to COVID patients with mild to moderate symptoms as part of a nationwide study to determine its effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ivermectin.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Regional Health has joined a study led by the National Institute of Health, the Duke University Clinical Research Institute and the Vanderbilt University Medical Institute that officially launched in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/356.jpg?resize=183%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19403\" width=\"183\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/356.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/356.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" \/><figcaption> Timothy Regan, the hospital&#8217;s chief medical officer <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timothy Regan, the hospital&#8217;s chief medical officer, said in a statement that in&nbsp;order to be eligible for the study, participants must be 30 years of age or older, have had a positive COVID-19 test within the past 10 days, and have at least two symptoms of the illness for seven days or less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County\u2019s largest hospital system is putting ivermectin to the test \u2014 administering the parasite drug to COVID patients with mild to moderate symptoms as part of a nationwide study&hellip; 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