Two questions on ivermectin:
1) I see pour-on ivermectin solutions at stock websites. Can you just pour ivermectin on yourself and have it be absorbed through the skin?
2) Shouldn’t all the livestock sites remove their warnings that ivermectin is not for human consumption?
I see pour-on ivermectin solutions at stock websites. Can you just pour ivermectin on yourself and have it be absorbed through the skin?
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No, the pour on will definitely not work for humans. Get the injectable but obviously do not inject it, drink it.
I wouldn’t get pour on. I bought the injectable for my cats. In all my years of owning cats, none have ever had ear mites. I move to Colorado.. and this year.. boom, all 4 have been struggling. My breeder said buy the injectable and put a drop in all cats’ ears. They are already on Revolution.
Yeah.. they probably should remove the warnings.. but won’t.
Pouring on your skin might get rid of scabies??
I can’t comment on the pour-on ivermectin, other than to say that it is designed for a hair-covered animal. The hair would slow and deflect some absorption, so the volume of ivermectin would not hit the skin directly, but would seep in. Some would be lost. No idea how this formulation would affect humans. I do have a friend who used it to treat their dog for scabies, and accidently way overdosed him because they were guessing the amount needed.
So maybe dosage dangers are the reason these warnings have not been removed. Lowest dose listed for pour-on is 250 pounds.
my husband has used the pour on Ivermecton once a week for two years. He puts one drop on each wrist and rubs it in.
no side effects. The liquid was from a farm supply store in TN. given to us by a friend.
1) no
2) no