Posted on 04/09/2021 12:35:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Plenty of unapproved, dubious, or downright dangerous COVID-19 treatments have come and gone over the past year, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with a refresher warning after a number of people have fallen sick using horse deworming drugs to treat COVID-19.
The drug is ivermectin, a cheap and widely available medication used to treat parasite infestations. In humans, it’s used to treat head lice and scabies, as well as roundworms, and it’s also widely used on animals to treat parasitic worms. However, the products used to treat humans are different from the ones used on animals, which are often highly concentrated because they are used for large animals like horses and cows.
Recent months have seen a growing interest in using ivermectin to treat humans with COVID-19. All of this remains totally unverified for now, but it has already led to a number of people mistakenly taking horse dewormer in a bid to self-medicate against COVID-19.
“The FDA has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses,” the FDA said in a statement.
Much of the hype around ivermectin and COVID-19 comes from a few studies that have suggested ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in a petri dish. A very small clinical trial in January 2021 found that ivermectin did not prevent people from falling sick with COVID-19, but people who took the drug did tend to experience a mild cough and had a lower viral load. Overall, it’s still inconclusive.
The Infectious Disease Society of America advises against using ivermectin for COVID-19 outside of clinical trials. Merck, the pharmaceutical company behind Stromectol, a brand name of ivermectin, also says the medication should be used only for FDA-approved purposes, adding there’s “no meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease.”
The FDA noted that “some initial research” is looking into whether the drug could be used as COVID-19 treatment, but there is currently a lack of evidence to conclude it’s effective."
“People should not take any form of ivermectin unless it has been prescribed by a licensed health care provider and is obtained through a legitimate source,” the agency added. “Taking a drug for an unapproved use can be very dangerous. This is true of ivermectin, too.”
The buzz around ivermectin is reminiscent of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that rose to prominence last year as a possible treatment for COVID-19. The drug was given a rocket boost when then-President Donald Trump revealed at a press conference he was taking hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to ward off COVID-19, despite little evidence either worked.
Hydroxychloroquine became immensely politicized, but much of this hype ultimately fell flat and it never became the “game-changer” its supporters proclaimed it to be. Many clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine failed to show any real benefit in fighting COVID-19, while an influential study that sung its praise was eventually retracted. Sadly, reports of chloroquine poisoning and at least one death were reported after people began taking the drug, or in the death case, a version of it intended for fish, without doctor approval.
For more information about COVID-19, check out the IFLScience COVID-19 hub where you can follow the current state of the pandemic, the progress of vaccine development, and further insights into the disease.
“...or in the death case, a version of it intended for fish”
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These people are sneaky. The writer is playing games with parallelism, implying the horse version of ivermectin and the “fish” version of HCQ are similarly dangerous.
The difference is that the HCQ for fish wasn’t actually for fish but rather for cleaning fish *tanks* and was chemically different from the HCQ intended for humans (it was a phosphate instead of a chloride or something like that). Meanwhile the horse version of ivermectin is chemically identical to the human version. Also, as far as I know, the horse version isn’t even more “concentrated.” It is true that the horse dose is proportionately larger, but that’s just what you’d expect given a horse’s greater weight.
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Math is racist and sexist because it shows differences in IQ distribution between men and women, or the races.
Math is homophobic because it shows that 2% of the population is responsible for ~67% of all new HIV infections, even today.
Math is racist because it shows that some groups commit more violent crimes and end up in prison disproportionate to their overall representation in society.
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***It’s science/math when a progressive/liberal says so.***
Like the “science” behind Covid with 6 or now 3 feet social distancing, closing public beaches and pools, schools, restaurants, and how masks will save us all. LOL
Any other time it’s racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, close minded, bigoted, ethnocentric, irresponsible, reckless , unprofessional or some other label used as a de facto ad hominem attack.
Ms. Abrams will be fine, then.
bkmk
Maybe if the FDA and CDC hadn’t worked overtime to ban, demonize, and bully doctors and pharmacists into not distributing drugs that are widely used, cheap, safe, and effective against COVID in many studies then people wouldn’t be looking for alternative ways to get them.
The buzz around ivermectin is reminiscent of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that rose to prominence last year as a possible treatment for COVID-19. The drug was given a rocket boost when then-President Donald Trump revealed at a press conference he was taking hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to ward off COVID-19, despite little evidence either worked.
Hydroxychloroquine became immensely politicized, but much of this hype ultimately fell flat and it never became the “game-changer” its supporters proclaimed it to be.
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ivermectin must work good for them to come out this strong against it?
(I had to check the date line to be sure it wasn’t from April 2020
Yeah, we can’t have people curing themselves for $10 when there’s an expensive (and potentially very dangerous) “vaccine” (that’s not really a vaccine - it’s sort of a biological program). The dose depends on body weight, and you can adjust it to a very small dose.
Are the people at the drive through injection sites paying as they go? Has anyone had to present their ‘Medicare Cards or other proof of insurance + ID ?
Thanks for the info. I get more reliable health information from doctors like Ken Berry and Berg on YouTube and from viewer comments. I consider anecdotal experience like your’s more important than FDA pronouncements.
Its political science.
Its politcal control of people under the guise/veneer of science.
Benevolent dictators.
Jan_Sobieski wrote: “Absolutely...except the minuscule problem with blood clots. But don’t worry everyone. Trust us...We will have this bug worked out real soon! /s”
Based upon the number of incidents and the number of doses administered, the chances of blood clots are about one in a million. One in a million risks are nothing to get excited about. Your chances of being struck by lightning are about one in 500,000, twice as much. I guess you’ll only go outside with a grounding rod attached.
yup.
The retracted study didn’t “sing the praises” of HCQ, it denied its effectiveness. This article can’t even parrot the warnings correctly.
RE: Yeah, we can’t have people curing themselves for $10 when there’s an expensive (and potentially very dangerous) “vaccine”
But it’s not expensive for anyone. It’s FREE.
This sneaky negation of Ivermectin has one aim: to dimish the reliance upon medications not in the ‘new vaccine’ monry makers for the big pharma devils. A tube for a horse can be dosed in six incrimants and be as safe as apple sauce. Six equal doses from a 12oomg tube works fine and without side effects ... unless you don’t like the flavor of apples.
Notice the AZ vax 2nd jab is being changed to Gates’ and Fauci’s Moderna mRNA-1273 vax. You know, their vax that was presented to the Gates’ Foundation Event 201 in Oct. 2019 before anyone outside the Wuhan lab (and a few extra special folk) ever heard of covid-19.
Which came first, the vax or the virus?
Hartz had to take “kills lice” off their dog shampoo many years ago because people were using it to kill kids’ head lice. It was/is cheaper than RID shampoo. If a 12 year old kid can use it on their 6 month old puppy and not die, then said 12 year old can use it on his head. Same lice on dog as kid. BTW, it’s the same ingredient list from before the label was changed.
1 CC per kilogram is the proper dosage I was told.
Each tube holds 1200 mg (if memory serves). Mark the tube to six portions of equal gel and you have approximately 200 mg per dose, a well within safety zone dose. The 200 mg is treating an approximatelt 200 pound person.
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