So you are suggesting a horse dewormer will work? Any thoughts on dosage?
A fairly standard dose used in the studies is 12-15 mg, sometimes on day 1 & 3, sometimes for 5 days running. A horse tube contains about 115 mg/tube, so about 1/10th - 1/8th of a tube.
It works. 12 mg but exact dose not critical. Don’t give to certain dog breeds.
I can’t suggest it, i can only say that if someone were to get it, the plungers on the paste are marked at 50 lb intervals, so a 150 lb person would move the settable stopper 3 notches, a 200 lb person woudl do 4 notches. A person doesn’t have to be precise as it’s pretty forgiving apparently- some folks having to take doses daily for worms, so they get a ton more that a prophylaxis does would be in the end- Say a person is about 185 lbs- they could round up to 200 lb dose, and be fine, but if they wanted to be more precise, they could do the 200 lb dose, then cut a small slice off and just throw it away, then take the remainder
If one were to buy the ‘Horse Health Ivermectin brand’ it has a more precise way to measure- here’s a video on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexpeCn08n0&list=PL_d4SiHDiKsRAEFyI905xBtzlLpJZM61k&index=1
You should be able to obtain a prescription for the human version with little trouble. My personal doc refused, but I was able to get one in 24 hours through one of the links at the FLCCC’s web site. $59.00 consult fee and $12.00 at my local Rite-aide.
At this point, if I was unable to obtain a prescription, yeah, I’d go with the Durvet, but that’s just me. The tube I have for the horses is 1.87% ivermectin by weight. It’s water soluble, so it might be easier to dilute it to make weighing-out easier, and the docs at FLCCC suggest that .2mg/kg of bodyweight should work.
But why mess with that if you can get the stuff made for humans?
One syringe contains sufficient paste to treat one 1250 lb horse at the recommended dose rate of 91 mcg ivermectin per lb (200 mcg/kg) body weight. Each weight marking on the syringe plunger delivers enough paste to treat 250 lb body weight.