How it went
Did it last?
- 1 of 5 said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 5 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 1 | 20% |
| Substantial | 1 | 20% |
| Partial | 3 | 60% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 5 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | 2 | 50% | |
| Very severe | 1 | 0% |
2 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Ivermectin, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 704 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1,491 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,708 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2,352 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2,158 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1,431 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3,110 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2,201 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1,075 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,867 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,166 | 14.6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1,000 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,237 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1,019 | 0.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | 840 | 2.4 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 5 accounts
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Severe ME/CFS 2013, Remission 2017, Relapse, Remission Dec 2022
Treating what she frames as underlying candida/parasite causes with a long, MD/PhD-supervised rotation of antifungals, antiparasitics and herbs, GlacierBloom reached remission by December 2022 after being severe/bedridden from 2013-2017 and again after a…
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Ivermectin for Fibro.
Ivermectin, taken in an initial course of five doses, was tried by someone with a chronic multi-symptom illness (brain fog, muscle aches, fatigue, chemical sensitivities) dating to 1981, based on a hypothesis of ongoing parasitic infection. After the initial…
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Ivermectin for Fibro.
Ivermectin, taken orally starting in July as a COVID preventive with no dose specified, was continued by an ME/CFS patient for a couple of months. After about two months they began feeling better in general, reporting more energy and less post-exertional…
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what has worked for you
Over several years of self-experimentation starting from very severe illness (Bell's disability score about 10, housebound 3+ years), he found graded exercise, the Myhill protocol, the Martin Pall protocol and various detox regimens made him worse, but…
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Ivermectin Lifts a Woman to the Summit
Ivermectin as a 1% topical cream, applied in increasing amounts up to three times daily, was used after about four years of severe long COVID following a 2022 Delta infection. Baseline symptoms included crushing fatigue, exertional breathlessness, chest pain…