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or another antiparasitic drug. If visceral Leishmaniasis is present, a slightly less toxic form of amphotericin B is the treatment of choice. At that point, liver damage is typically extensive, and quite obviously amphotericin B is not an easy drug on the liver and kidneys--actually quite toxic, albeit this newer formulation a bit less so.

And no, Ivermectin is not given in a low "throw-away" dose--even for early infection with Leishmaniasis parasites. Despite the COVID-related idiocy, Ivermectin is actually quite a useful drug--just not for viral infections. What even the typical physician with little infectious disease-- much less virology-- background misses, is that invitro, nearly any drug, and one hell of a lot of ubiquitous substances can deter viral replication for many enveloped viruses. Of course that does not play out in the body--something that seems to be possible to differentiate for some.