One man’s gouging is another man’s supply and demand. There were good reasons for Ivermectin paste to get really expensive, primarily its perceived usefulness against Covid combined with governmentally imposed scarcity of human pills. Whenever prices for something jump that much, always assume some government interference in the market.
And for the record, Durvet apple-flavored Ivermectin paste was $4 / tube at Amazon in November of 2020, when I bought my little stash. I’ve been loosely tracking it ever since, I wish I had formally done so. It would probably make an interesting graph / timeline. Currently around $12-$13 at Amazon, and $11-$15 at TSC, depending on brand.
I never saw it for $4 and I checked often because tractor supply quit selling the duravet aplle flavor one we had been getti g there , though i was buying during 2021. There were folks selling it for over $50,a tube at one point, but it was stil. Available from tractor supply back then and other places as well at that point. I ended up buying the liquid from Jeffers innthe south east I beleive. I had a few tries getting it from Amazon but I waited and waited on 2 places who didn’t bother informing me thay they were out. I finally had to contact them to see what was up.
Anyways, it’s good stuff to have on hand as it also works for the flu. I was sick around 5 times or so during the whole pandemic time, and each time I used ivermectin, and got over whatever it was within 2-3 days (thoug I was left pretty weak for 2 of them for several days after)
A d yep- the gov really intervened a lot. Most pet supply and tack stores were told they could not sell it online, and cluld,only sell instore. Theynhad notices and warnings all over their zites during thst time. I tried several places- no luck. For some reason tsc stopped selling duravet ivermectin, but they continued with other brands-