Stock up on it now, as they'll soon move to remove it from the marketplace, as they do with every low-risk, higly effective medication (see phenylpropanolamine & pseudoephedrine for examples).
Ivermectin is routinely given to immigrants from hot countries just in case they might have a parasitic infection. Not even with a diagnosis but just in case. This is by official gov't policy.
The good news is, if they can scare people enough about it, then maybe even if they do decide to take it, they will freak out at the smallest side effect and call poison control or go to the ER. And by ensuring MDs can't prescribe it and pharmacies can't fill it, they can try to make dosing more confusing and dangerous-- leading, again, in more calls to poison control.
The main thing is to create fear. Anybody who has been ill (or for that matter given birth) knows that fear greatly influences the amount of pain one suffers. Conversely, if we repeat that something is "safe and effective" often enough, people won't report or link their symptoms to it.
"extremely large dose of ivermectin intended for animals"- I keep reading about the alleged substantial dangers of taking veterinary Ivermectin, but the largest tube of "horse paste" I've ever seen contains 6 grams at 1.87%. Unless I'm mistaken, that amounts to 112 milligrams per tube. Early treatment studies used multiple 12-96mg doses. I think it's safe to say the danger of taking veterinary formulations is being overstated as well.
I recall once seeing a warning about the possibility of other drugs beside IVM being included in these formulations, but the alarm seems always about the IVM.
Obviously one's first choice should always be a physicians prescription, but when you're backed into a corner and a life is on the line, I don't believe there's anything wrong with resorting to the much maligned "horse de-wormer."
Any toxic effects are likely due to wrong dosage or the fillers used in animal versions (which are potentially not safe for humans). I have this brilliant idea - let human doctors prescribe ivermectin to patients and these problems will likely STOP! Naah. Too easy. Better to suppress the drug and force people to get it via black market methods.
"And that’s the way it seems to go with ivermectin. Big, bold, unsubstantiated and frightening statements are made, some found to be blatantly untrue, yet the band marches on, generating volumes of frantic media reports in the process."
One of the Golden Rules of Beltway Bandits holds true in policy ~ "An ounce of facade is worth a pound of substance." *sigh*
Stock up on it now, as they'll soon move to remove it from the marketplace, as they do with every low-risk, higly effective medication (see phenylpropanolamine & pseudoephedrine for examples).
So disturbing… anything that goes against receiving these injections is vilified. How can people be so blind!
Ivermectin is routinely given to immigrants from hot countries just in case they might have a parasitic infection. Not even with a diagnosis but just in case. This is by official gov't policy.
The good news is, if they can scare people enough about it, then maybe even if they do decide to take it, they will freak out at the smallest side effect and call poison control or go to the ER. And by ensuring MDs can't prescribe it and pharmacies can't fill it, they can try to make dosing more confusing and dangerous-- leading, again, in more calls to poison control.
The main thing is to create fear. Anybody who has been ill (or for that matter given birth) knows that fear greatly influences the amount of pain one suffers. Conversely, if we repeat that something is "safe and effective" often enough, people won't report or link their symptoms to it.
"extremely large dose of ivermectin intended for animals"- I keep reading about the alleged substantial dangers of taking veterinary Ivermectin, but the largest tube of "horse paste" I've ever seen contains 6 grams at 1.87%. Unless I'm mistaken, that amounts to 112 milligrams per tube. Early treatment studies used multiple 12-96mg doses. I think it's safe to say the danger of taking veterinary formulations is being overstated as well.
I recall once seeing a warning about the possibility of other drugs beside IVM being included in these formulations, but the alarm seems always about the IVM.
Obviously one's first choice should always be a physicians prescription, but when you're backed into a corner and a life is on the line, I don't believe there's anything wrong with resorting to the much maligned "horse de-wormer."
Any toxic effects are likely due to wrong dosage or the fillers used in animal versions (which are potentially not safe for humans). I have this brilliant idea - let human doctors prescribe ivermectin to patients and these problems will likely STOP! Naah. Too easy. Better to suppress the drug and force people to get it via black market methods.
"And that’s the way it seems to go with ivermectin. Big, bold, unsubstantiated and frightening statements are made, some found to be blatantly untrue, yet the band marches on, generating volumes of frantic media reports in the process."
One of the Golden Rules of Beltway Bandits holds true in policy ~ "An ounce of facade is worth a pound of substance." *sigh*
Jews created the opiod crisis.