The uses and abuses of systematic reviews

Abstract

A review of a recent Cochrane Review of ivermectin in Covid-19

Re: “Commentary” by Rothrock et al. “Meta-Analyses Did Not Establish Improved Mortality With Ivermectin Use in COVID-19”

“…We have addressed elsewhere 10 the rationale and need for a pragmatic review in this area, in response to the selective and minimalistic Cochrane review of Popp et al 5 and specifically the effect of potentially active controls. We based our review 2 on the comparison of “ivermectin” versus “no ivermectin” on pragmatic grounds.…”