If rat poison and mold can save lives, why not a 'horse de-wormer'? If Ivermectin is in the same company as Penicillin, that's good company.

American Thinker ^ | 09/12/2021 | Bill Hansmann

[SeekAndFind]

Much has been written about ivermectin lately — most of it untrue. People are mocking the use of a "horse-dewormer" in the treatment of COVID. Outlets like Rolling Stone and CNN take great pleasure in ridiculing its use. They have printed and promulgated a false story about overdosed ivermectin users in Oklahoma clogging emergency room admissions. Any sane person not associated with left-wing politics and journalism has to wonder why all this negative passion is directed toward a medication with a high degree of anecdotal success as a treatment for COVID.

Off-label use of prescription medications has been going on for as long as prescriptions have been written. If a drug has been declared safe by the FDA, it may legally be used and prescribed for medical conditions for which it was not originally intended. Testing of drugs has been stringent since the thalidomide disaster of the late '50s and early '60s when a drug administered to prevent nausea in pregnant women was discovered to cause the birth of malformed infants. These unfortunate babies were born with flipper-like appendages instead of normal limbs.

Following this debacle, the FDA and other agencies throughout the world became much more strenuous in testing for undesirable side-effects. Health officials have been rightly obsessed with preventing a similar medical disaster. Testing periods have been, in almost all cases, lengthened before a drug is deemed safe. The rapid development of the COVID vaccines is a notable exception.

The particular objection to the use of ivermectin is that it is widely perceived to be a medication for animals, particularly horses. The fact is that this medication was approved for use in humans in 1996 for various parasitic infections, so in proper dosages, it has been tested for human consumption.

[Roccus]

Hansmann must be reading FR

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3992520/posts?page=39#39

[drSteve78]

Well, you’re no fun.

[jonrick46]

It was good to find out in your link how ivermectin works to treat COVID infections:

Research shows ivermectin impairs the spike protein’s ability to attach to the ACE2 receptor on human cell membranes.18 The drug can also help prevent blood clots by binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. This prevents the spike protein from binding to CD147 on red blood cells and triggering clumping.19

The article did not reveal the references cited by the footnotes. It would be good to see what was being referenced.

I question whether ivermectin is as effective for the Delta Variant. Since ivermectin affects the Spike Protein, I have read that the Delta Variant has a Spike Protein that has been changed by a mutation. I wonder if ivermectin is as effective against this changed Spike Protein.

I also understand the Delta Variant causes one to go into critical illness quicker. Will ivermectin save someone who has reached that level of sickness? Will someone be able to get a doctor who will treat them with ivermectin at a time when quick treatment is essential?

[Maudeen]

All Mercola articles are removed within 48 hours because he and his organization are is being harassed by various entities including our government. Mercola.com is a go to for me for information and I use many of the products.