COVID-19: Ivermectin

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Anyone hear of this med?  It is anti-parasitic and has tremendous ability to knock out COVID 19, too.

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Well-known veterinary med--mites, mange, worms, etc.

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I might also add that it has a very wide margin for safety. I was once treating a foal for worms and had diles the amount on the tube. put it in the foals mouth and pressed the plunger The stop ring broke and the foal got the whole tube. I checked with vet who assured me the foal would be fine and it was.

Hppy

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This is very exciting! The veterinary meds are available otc, aren't they?

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From what I've read it needs to be tested in people though....

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10 minutes ago, Nunya said:

From what I've read it needs to be tested in people though....

This drug is safe for human use.  It is yet to be demonstrated that the in vitro results can be duplicated/documented invivo.

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8 hours ago, Nunya said:

From what I've read it needs to be tested in people though....

Sadley most veterinary pharmeceuticals are made by the same folks who make the human drugs. You can buy things like Bi-Cillin for cows or horses at the feed store and a lot of other remedies like vaccines and but for any of the good stuff Like Doggie Norco you still have to have a prescription. 

Hppy

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On 12/23/2020 at 12:31 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

This drug is safe for human use.  It is yet to be demonstrated that the in vitro results can be duplicated/documented invivo.

Right, that's what I meant.  I'll bet straight bleach kills a lot of things too but that doesn't mean it's good for cancer.  Hopefully enough people will get the vaccine so we can achieve herd immunity.

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58 minutes ago, Nunya said:

Right, that's what I meant.  I'll bet straight bleach kills a lot of things too but that doesn't mean it's good for cancer.  Hopefully enough people will get the vaccine so we can achieve herd immunity.

While its use in treating COVID-19 is a recent discovery, and still under investigation, you do realize that ivermectin is currently used, and has been for some time in treating several conditions?  

Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective

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One if my colleagues said she ordered it online and never received it. I guess a lot of scams going on with promising drugs. 

I hope it works. 

But how does one get their hands on it? 

I bet if it's officially proven to be effective , you won't find any around for purchase

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6 hours ago, NewRN'16 said:

One if my colleagues said she ordered it online and never received it. I guess a lot of scams going on with promising drugs. 

I hope it works. 

But how does one get their hands on it? 

I bet if it's officially proven to be effective , you won't find any around for purchase

Well you can get it through veterinary resources. Still I wouldn't just go buy it and take it remember the Hydroxychloroquine scandal when people were buying the kind used to treat fish? 

Hppy

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