Rapid Response to Editor of BMJ Evidence Based Medicine
Re: Popp M, Kranke P, Meybohm P, et al. Evidence on the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-
19: another story of apples and oranges. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online
First: 20 August 2021. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2021-111791
Andrew Bryant MSc
Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University
Theresa A Lawrie MBBCh PhD
Edmund J Fordham PhDFInstP
EbMCsquared CIC
To the Editor
The integrity of our meta-analyses of trial data on Ivermectin for prevention and treatment of Covid-19 is questioned by authors of a recent Cochrane review. We agree that misleading information on Covid-19 treatment abounds in social and mainstream media as well as in journal opinion pieces. However, Bryant et al is a non-commissioned research paper that strictly followed PRISMA systematic review guidelines.