Posted on 09/02/2021 4:18:19 PM PDT by billorites
At first, it seemed odd when an unfamiliar customer bought ivermectin, an animal dewormer.
At Nashua Farmers’ Exchange – surrounded for several miles by concrete and cityscape – the drug meant for treating large animals wasn’t in high demand, but the store regularly kept it in stock. Judy Rata-Harrington, an assistant at the shop, couldn’t imagine another use for the product.
When a couple more customers came in asking for the same animal dewormer, Rata-Harrington knew something was awry. She and her husband, the manager at the store, decided to stop selling ivermectin.
“I just don’t want to get involved with this anymore,” she said.
Across the country, demand for ivermectin has peaked as some believe the drug will cure COVID-19, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support that claim. Though the drug is FDA-approved in humans to treat certain parasitic worms and lice, some have turned to local farm supply stores to purchase animal-grade ivermectin, where the drug is available without a prescription, frustrating store owners and irritating farmers.
Veterinary formulas of ivermectin are often highly concentrated and dangerous for human consumption. Ivermectin overdoses can cause vomiting, diarrhea, hallucinations, seizures, coma, and in extreme situations, death.
Thankfully, it seems purchasers of ivermectin either haven’t taken the medication yet or haven’t ingested enough to become severely ill. Ivermectin-related calls to the Northern New England Poison Center has remained constant from 2018 through 2021, according to a spokesperson from the center.
“There’s a lot of misinformation around, and you may have heard that it’s okay to take large doses of ivermectin,” a press release from the U.S Food and Drug Administration read. “That is wrong.”
Despite the agency’s attempts to debunk the myth, increased demand for the animal dewormers have forced farm supply stores to change the way they sell the product. At the Chichester Tractor Supply Co., yellow containers of ivermection are kept behind a locked cabinet with a large warning label, “Ivermectin HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED by the FDA for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 ... These products are only suitable for animals and are clearly labeled as such.”
An employee at another local animal feed store, who asked not to be named because she did not want to attract more ivermectin purchasers, said after one woman came in and bought 44 boxes of the dewormer, they decided to only sell the drug to regular customers who they know own farm animals.
The run on ivermectin has made it difficult for farmers who rely on the drug to keep their animals worm-free.
Katie Anthony, who uses the drug to periodically deworm her two horses in Sutton, said in March, after her Amazon subscription was backordered and her local farm stores were sold out, she decided to use some expired ivermectin she found in her barn.
Then, her pony, Bella starting showing symptoms of worms, which Anthony attributes to the long period between their dewormings.
“I have goats, dogs, and kids, so making sure we keep a handle on communicable parasites is really important,” she said.
Beth Glasmann, who owns a hobby farm in Goshen, said she is down to her last tube of ivermectin and hasn’t been able to find a refill at her local farm stores or online.
“It makes no sense to me,” she said. “If you use it on goats, you have to withdraw from drinking the milk for seven days and from eating the meat for 14 days. So, why people think it’s a good idea to put that into their body I have no idea.”
“ Across the country, demand for ivermectin has peaked as some believe the drug will cure COVID-19, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support that claim. ”
There is plenty of evidence. https://ivmmeta.com/
Was at the feed store on Monday. They were stocked up normal. The shop owner even said they were expecting folks from the local suburban areas to start filing in but have yet to see it. Lots of cattle in this area though, so the stock is normally higher than you’d find in some transitional agricultural areas south of us.
Is the author lying, misinformed or gaslighting?
Someone should deworm the Concord Monitor.
The media can’t understand why people would want to use a medication used in horses, but has no problem with the whole world sticking themselves with a trial vaccine.
I got 2 tubes from Amazon. I say I will buy a horse SOME DAY.
“Horse dewormer for...”
^— I stopped reading there.
Haven’t used Ivermectin ever. I have a natural immunity to Covid by my body getting over it on its own. But they sure don’t want people to have the option to try it. I’m certainly not an expert, but from what I have read and heard over the last several months, it seems like there is some evidence that it can work. They poo-pood HCQ, too. It’s all ventilator, vaccine, and/or death with these people.
Is it a cream of those giant Horse pills ?
Best to stock up for your future horses. Be prepared. ;) You are a smart future horse owner 🐴 🐎.
Because it is approved for human use, just not for COVID.
Lucky horses! Ivermectin kills worms AND prevents equine Covid!
” believe the drug will cure COVID-19, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support that claim.”
This is a lie. The proof is here:
“Is the author lying, misinformed or gaslighting?”
*****
I think a Concord Monitor writer just watches which way the wind is blowing and then comports themselves appropriately.
Conform and follow the leader. When a narrative shift is needed, it will come out of a government agency, the NY Times, etc.
The 2020 election fraud is also baseless. I read it on the internet from an Lamestream media source.
And the Afghan deal went peachy 🍑. Just a couple of minor glitches.
Well, if it does not work for Covid it still works for worms!
I’ve seen a few wormy people who could use a dose of it!
““It makes no sense to me,” she said. “If you use it on goats, you have to withdraw from drinking the milk for seven days and from eating the meat for 14 days. So, why people think it’s a good idea to put that into their body I have no idea.””
Seems like FUD to me. Same thing happens with most medications.
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