Ivermectin: Horse deworming tablets dangerous for humans and not approved COVID-19 treatment | KFOR.com Oklahoma City
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Russell Falcon 21 hours ago
(KXAN) — After a recent resurgence in several states, health officials are warning residents to be aware of a dangerous of an unauthorized "treatment" for COVID-19 — often being taken with dangerous consequences.
It's called ivermectin and it's used to treat and prevent parasites in animals, the Food and Drug Administration explains. The tablets are not FDA approved for treatment of COVID-19 in humans and isn't even an anti-viral drug — meaning it has no impact on the coronavirus. And because the large-concentration tablets are intended for large animals, these can be treacherous for humans.
In addition to not being authorized for treatment, there's no evidence ivermectin treats COVID-19.
"There's a lot of misinformation around, and you may have heard that it's okay to take large doses of ivermectin. That is wrong."
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The FDA and several state officials say they've seen an uptick in calamitous use of the drugs, particularly tablets used to treat parasitic worms in horses. While ivermectin is approved for humans to treat certain skin conditions (rosacea) and certain external parasites like head lice, the FDA warns this ivermectin is different than the one used in animals.
On Friday, the Mississippi Department of Health was forced to send out a warning to residents about the dangers of the drug after several poisonings.
The Mississippi Poison Control Center said at least 70% of recent ivermectin-related calls are tied to people taking livestock or animal formulations they bought a livestock supply stores or through online markets.
Eighty-five percent of callers had mild symptoms — these include rash, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain — but one person needed evaluation because of how much they'd taken.
More severe dangers of ivermectin ingestion include neurologic disorders, seizures, coma and death.
Use of ivermectin should only be taken if prescribed by a doctor for an FDA-approved use. Regardless of the usage and prescription, the FDA warns ivermectin overdose is still possible. Possible interaction with other medications is also a possibility.
Despite these warnings, false claims of the drug's effectiveness have proliferated on Facebook, with one such post showing a box of the drug clearly labeled "for oral use in horses only."
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Do not take the horse wormer Ivermectin for Covid...
WTF!!!!
Evening Kavika..I am sitting here and killing myself laughing..
Who thinks up this crap, but worse people believe it and do it...
Now where did I put the cats worm tablets..
Why not just take the vaccine that was developed for this?
Evening charger..hell no that is to easy and practical..my cat has more brains than these people...
Because people are stupid.
Evening...No no...You mob have got it wrong again..Flea collars are the go... it kills everything...It's not April fools Day over there is it?? I know people can be dumb, but...🤪🤪🤪🤪
With all the censorshit on FB why are they allowing these kinds of posts?
Considering the over saturation of this bs on FB, their team to weed this crap out and suspend the accounts has to be completely overwhelmed.
This reminds me of the couple at the beginning of the pandemic who took a medication meant for treating fish ick because one of the ingredients was touted by Trump to treat covid. They both died.
You mean this one? The woman didn't die; and is under investigation for killing her husband.
I give her an A for creativity; even bringing Trump into it and hoping that would override everything else. And an F for the execution of her plan (sorry for the pun); since it was easily found out she is a staunch Democrat; and her husband wasn't nearly that stupid.
New poll - do you believe Ivermectin will cure covid? Yea or Neigh.
Hay !