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Ivermectin and Dizziness: What Users Say

Brand names: Stromectol

Dizziness: mentioned by 4 users (7.4%)

Based on user experiences from 54 Ivermectin reviews, the following table shows the most commonly mentioned side effects.

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diarrhea 7.4%
dizziness 7.4%
itching 7.4%
nausea 7.4%
tremors 5.6%

Reviews for Ivermectin

Commonly mentioned side effects
  • Bar...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 25, 2021

For COVID-19 "My husband and I did not take the vaccine, but we are not high risk. We got on Ivermectin to hopefully keep us from getting the virus, and we were both very hopeful since my neighbor said it worked and I read a lot about it online too. My daughter and grandkids visited the first week of July, and the day after they got back home, they were diagnosed with Covid. On July 12th, my husband and I also tested positive. But we were still taking the Ivermectin!! Thank God we survived and are finally doing better. I’m still really tired and having issues with my heart racing and dizzy spells, so I’m on leave from my part-time job at my church. My husband got much sicker than I did, but he survived, thank God. He is on oxygen still, but he’s out of the hospital after 25 days! I do think Ivermectin helped us survive this horrible virus! It was easy to take, and while it didn’t keep us from getting it and being very sick, it may have kept us from dying, as we know several that have died, and they didn’t take it."

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  • Mat...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • June 21, 2022

For COVID-19 "I did not use Ivermectin as a treatment when I was COVID-19 positive. Post infection, I have been a disaster with every imaginable lingering symptom. I suffered for months with massive fatigue, pain, dizziness, brain fog, etc. Helpless, I finally did a run of ivermectin at 22mg per day for 3 days. On day 2, my brain fog lifted significantly and I felt more like myself. I improved, but still have lingering symptoms. I did a second run and this time had massive improvements in all my symptoms. It’s not a cure, but without question, it has been very effective in treating the lingering effects from the virus that many are struggling with."

8 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 17, 2019

"I was prescribed to take ivermectin for head lice for 3 consecutive days and 4 times a day at 3 mg each. The first day was very mild dizziness, no problem. The second day was fine. I only started getting side effects the night on Day 2, and they were horrific. Muscle tremors, shaking, rashes, loss of appetite, heart palpitations. I was trying to sleep, and I kept being woken up from dozing because of the palpitations. Well, I tried continuing its usage up until midday Day 3, when I was so beyond the point of shaking that my teeth were chattering, and I had to stop taking them out of fear of something happening to me. Fast forward a few days later off of them, still experiencing side effects. Skin is peeling, skin is red, moderate shaking. I gave a few stars because I do feel like it was helping for my condition, but it did not outweigh the side effects. Contacted my doctor for something else."

3 / 10
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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 27, 2021

For COVID-19 "My husband (48) and I (44) took Ivermectin trying to protect us from Covid. Side effects were awful: stomach pains, nausea, diarrhea, and my husband had really bad blurred vision and dizziness. He stopped taking it after 3 weeks because of side effects. I hoped it would work better than it did, but we both still got Covid 4 weeks after starting Ivermectin. My son, who refused to take Ivermectin since he was vaccinated for his job (mandated), didn’t get Covid, although he is currently staying with us. I think it was all for nothing since we’re both still so sick after 16 days, and my son didn’t have any of these side effects with his vaccine and also didn’t even get sick! Worth noting that the ER doctor said my husband was already weak and dehydrated when he got Covid-19 since he’d been having diarrhea for weeks before, from the Ivermectin. I don’t recommend taking Ivermectin, it didn’t keep us from getting Covid, and we are still really sick with Covid."

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