Posted on 11/30/2021 6:50:48 PM PST by Fractal Trader
You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” As the message from the Food and Drug Administration (fda) implies, ivermectin—a drug used to treat parasites, including in horses and cows—has never become part of the standard of care for covid-19.
Many think it should be. At last count doctors in America prescribed more than 100,000 tablets of the drug a week, a 30-fold increase since 2019. Ivermectin’s advocates insist that there is solid science showing its efficacy. One website lists 67 papers on the subject. Could they all be wrong? Recent analysis suggests ivermectin probably does help one subset of covid patients: those also infected by the worms it was designed to fight.
Wading through the papers whose methodologies seemed sound (many were not), Avi Bitterman, a dermatologist, noticed that the studies that looked best for ivermectin clustered in regions with high rates of infections by strongyloides, parasitic worms. Common in Africa, Asia and Latin America, strongyloides can cause diarrhoea, fatigue and weight loss. They pose a graver threat only if their numbers grow out of control. Such “hyper-infection”, often fatal, becomes far more likely if a patient is receiving corticosteroids, which suppress the immune system and may make female worms more fertile. Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, is now a standard treatment for severe covid-19.
Building on observations by David Boulware, a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, Dr Bitterman concluded that strongyloides may account for the conflicting results of studies about the effectiveness of ivermectin as a covid treatment. In trials conducted where the parasites are common, many people could have both covid and worm infections. Covid-19 might have weakened their defences against the worms; treating the coronavirus with corticosteroids would let the parasites run wild.
“Ivermectin doesn’t treat covid,” Dr Bitterman wrote. “It treats parasites (shocker) that kill people when they get steroids that treat covid.”
In July 2020 a group of doctors argued in the Journal of the American Medical Association that it was “reasonable to consider presumptive treatment with ivermectin for moderate- to high-risk patients not previously tested or treated for strongyloides”, and said that the risk of infection by the worms should be “based on factors such as country of origin and long-term residence”. The World Health Organisation also recommends ivermectin in this context.
But most people in rich Western countries like America do not fit this description. For treating covid-19 patients who have never been to places with widespread strongyloides, this evidence suggests that doctors, and the fda, should not recommend ivermectin.
Maybe, just maybe, the COVID is a parasite. Would explain Ivermectin, an anti-parasiic drug, being so effective.
IVR PING
The Economist = used toilet paper.
“Doctor” Bitter Man.
He’s another clueless “MD.” I’ve met so many of them.
Total Lies.
Ivermectin Works.
Period.
I’ve seen it 1st hand.
No mistake, They are paid to LIE!
Recovering from covid, which included 4 days hospitalization and an air ambulance. Ivermectin treatment start to discharge - as far as I am concerned, it saved my sorry ass.
Just grow up! You are not horses or cows, you are sheep to the slaughter...start acting like it and comply.
I have Ivermectin pills.
And my HCL pills arrived today.
It saved my 95 years old father in December 2020. The doctor prescribed him 3mg of Ivermectin 4x per day for 3 days. By the 4th day he was symptom free. Also gave him fresh squeezed orange juice, with juice of 1/2 a lemon and fresh ground ginger; heavy D-3, Zinc, Vitamin C and Mucinex.
He had lots of comorbidities. Quad heart bypass 15+ year earlier, pace maker 6 years earlier, and Pick’s disease for a long time.
He did not die of Covid and did not die with Covid. He died in his own bed in his own home cared for by the best home care to be found. I was the relief valve and took care of his affairs for many years. The last 2 years he had 24/7 care. 4 ladies and myself.
When he got sick I got them all bags of oranges, D-3, Zinc, Vitamin C and Mucinex. None of them got Covid, I was constantly with him and I did not either.
Someone has made it more difficult to get Ivermectin now, but the local drugstore kept it then.
Ivermectin is a miracle drug. Not just horse medicine.
The Leftists’ calling ivermectin horse medicine is classic gaslighting.
It’s EXACTLY the same as telling people they’re eating dog food when they have a filet mignon because beef is also used in dog food.
This article is from the Economist magazine which is the official journal of the globalist party of Davos. This nonsensical propaganda completely neglects the positive evidence of the efficacy of Ivermectin to treat SARS (see https://ivmmeta.com/ for this information). They are clearly trying to kill us. When will war be declared so that we can start fighting back in kind?
https://rumble.com/vlpecw-the-story-of-ivermectin.html
FReepers, stop with the “horse paste crap.” Ivermectin is available in tablet form in 3, 6, and 12mg doses for human consumption.
India and their SUCCESSFUL switch to Ivermectin as a PRIMARY approach to treating covid in their largest State with 240 million people.
The Media is Silent But the Data Speaks: How Ivermectin, Not Vaccines, Saved India’s Largest State from Covid-19
https://rescue.substack.com/p/the-media-is-silent-but-the-data
A ranch hand got injured in a recent episode of Yellowstone. The boss sent him to their veterinarian.
“I cannot get Ivermectin, my dr. won’t prescribe it.”
Current, very current, personnel story. My 26 year-old son was visiting, arrived late on Thanksgiving night, for PA deer hunting. We did our normal preparations on Friday for Saturday’s opener. He had a successful hunt and we took care of the deer in the evening.
He joined me late Sunday morning in the woods and mentioned he didn’t feel all that great. Got winded climbing a small hill and said he needed to sit down. I continued hunting and he called me and said he was going back to the house.
By Sunday evening we suspected covid. I reached out to Dr. Wheeler by email late Sunday https://www.compcompcare.net. He responded within a few hours.
I went to Walmart at 0600 and picked up a home test kit and an oxygen meter. The test was positive. I then took all his vitals and submitted the form to Dr. Wheeler and set up a call for 0830. By 0930 the doctor sent a prescription for Ivermectin to an independent pharmacy.
I had to drive 160 miles round trip to pick the medicine up. This part really pisses me off. This no reason the big chains should be able to refuse dispensing Ivermectin. Whatever, I would have driven 1000 miles if needed, also, the pharmacy would have shipped it but IMO the sooner the better.
He took his first dose at 2:30 PM on Monday, 1-2 days after the first symptoms. He complained of sore back on Saturday which I later read others with covid reported as a symptom.
He felt well enough to drive 4 hours to his home yesterday afternoon.
He was prescribed a 5 day dose, 1 a day, with instructions to continue if the symptoms persisted after 5 days. There were ample doses in the bottle. Enough that I was able to keep half for myself if needed, plus refills are available.
Fingers crossed that this resolves quickly.
The telemed visit was $150 and prescription was $75, a small price as far as I am concerned given the situation.
I’ve heard zinc supplements are needed with the IVM.
I can vouch that IVM + zinc is highly effective at dealing with long Covid. Best of luck for a full recovery for your son.
Second I’ve read on this. On the face without looking too deep this does make sense.
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