Works for lice. I’m not sure if that Rx is a pill or topical. Ivermectin is commonly used topically on livestock. There are huge jugs of the topical solution at TSC.
“I’m not sure if that Rx is a pill or topical.”
I had hookworm years ago in my feet. Thankfully my doctor was a Vietnam medic and knew what it was and prescribed medicine to rub on my feet. (He called in the other doctors and staff to look at it as it was so rare for the USA). It got better, but not completely gone so I asked for some more.
Went to the pharmacy and the bottle said “drink 1 tablespoon at bedtime.” I told the lady that was wrong - I’m supposed to rub it on my feet.
“Well - that’s what it says, so the doctor must have figured you needed to do that instead to cure it!”
Bedtime comes around, and I’m looking at this spoonful of crap that I had been rubbing on my feet the previous day. I put it back in the bottle and called my doc the next day.
“Heh - no, just keep rubbing it on your feet. But it wouldn’t have hurt you - it can be taken orally as well. Except it wouldn’t have done any good on the hookworms in your feet!”
I called the pharmacy back and gave them what for, and asked to speak with the pharmacist. “Well - it said to rub on your feet, but I had never heard of that, so I changed it to the typical take orally at bedtime.”
I gave them even more heck after that - changing the doctor’s orders and all.
I worked at Merck in the ‘80’s when (and, I think, where) Ivermectin was developed and I recall that it was described then as a drug that treats both internal (e.g. tapeworms) and external (eg. ticks) in farm animals and pets. Since then, I’ve noticed it being mentioned as a treatment for diseases that attack humans in Africa as well as a treatment for HIV.
What I found interesting in the referenced study, however, is that less than 10% of the placebo group died.
Ivermectin paste is used. Follow recommendations. ( like empty all paste from syringe, mix before using recommended dosage. Two doses, three days apart works)