Idaho

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,611 posts) Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:34 PM Aug 2021

More Idahoans are using ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Officials warn it could be dangerous

Treasure Valley pharmacists and officials are seeing more doctors prescribe ivermectin to treat and prevent COVID-19, going against the recommendations of federal and worldwide health officials, who say doing so can be dangerous.

The search for available ivermectin has even driven some to use animal versions of the product and hunt for physicians willing to prescribe it.

Ivermectin was first created in Japan in the 1970s and became known as a highly effective anti-parasitic drug. It’s been used across the world to treat a variety of diseases, including parasitic worms and head lice.

Recently, though, it’s been touted as an effective treatment against COVID-19, reportedly reducing the death and hospitalization rates in sick patients.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-idahoans-using-ivermectin-treat-100000991.html

At least they won't get worms I guess.

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More Idahoans are using ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Officials warn it could be dangerous (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP

I heard it has quite a laxative effect. viva la Aug 2021 #1

"We won't get vaxed....Now if you'll excuse us, we're off to the farm store for animal medicine." LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #6

Doctors are prescribing this? WTF??! NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #2

I was in a Walgreen's in New Orleans yesterday. zuul Aug 2021 #11

People shopping to protect their life, I cannot wrap my head around it. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #13

When the actual protection was right there in the store in the form of a FREE vaccination. zuul Aug 2021 #14

I knew an animal rehabber multigraincracker Aug 2021 #3

they WILL get worms lapfog_1 Aug 2021 #4

Major study of Ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd's latest COVID drug, finds 'no effect whatsoever' LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #5

But is it FDA approved. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #7

For livestock and not for COVID LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #8

I knew someone who took capsules for aquarium fish. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #9

See post #11. zuul Aug 2021 #12

I have no problem with CONservatives and Trumpansies taking Ivermectin concretebluetwo Aug 2021 #10

viva la

(3,805 posts)

1. I heard it has quite a laxative effect.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:43 PM

Aug 2021

To get rid of worms.

It's just amazing they think that vaccines are dangerous, but horse pills are great.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,840 posts)

6. "We won't get vaxed....Now if you'll excuse us, we're off to the farm store for animal medicine."

Reply to viva la (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 11:50 PM

Aug 2021

I have seen this drug promoted on the RWNJ sites.

Link to tweet

NoMoreRepugs

(10,565 posts)

2. Doctors are prescribing this? WTF??!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:54 PM

Aug 2021

zuul

(14,669 posts)

11. I was in a Walgreen's in New Orleans yesterday.

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 07:15 AM

Aug 2021

A woman, who was probably about 30, was talking to the pharmacist (unfortunately you can overhear everything in this store.) She was picking up a prescription for ivermectin. The pharmacist was telling her that ivermectin is the generic version. Apparently the "doctor" prescribed a name brand and the generic was cheaper. I thought to myself, who the hell is prescribing this crap for humans?

Then she asked if she cold get a COVID test in the store.

You know what else she could get in the store? A damn vaccine!

NoMoreRepugs

(10,565 posts)

13. People shopping to protect their life, I cannot wrap my head around it.

Reply to zuul (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 07:32 AM

Aug 2021

zuul

(14,669 posts)

14. When the actual protection was right there in the store in the form of a FREE vaccination.

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #13)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 07:35 AM

Aug 2021

I can't wrap my head around it either.

multigraincracker

(34,126 posts)

3. I knew an animal rehabber

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 09:07 PM

Aug 2021

that handled raccoons and she used it once a month in case of the nasty worms they carry. Just a squirt on her finger and licked it off.

lapfog_1

(30,214 posts)

4. they WILL get worms

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 09:07 PM

Aug 2021

right after they die from Covid and are buried.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,840 posts)

5. Major study of Ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd's latest COVID drug, finds 'no effect whatsoever'

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 11:48 PM

Aug 2021

The RWNJ sites are really pushing this quack cure. This medicine is for horse deworming

Link to tweet

Ivermectin, the latest supposed treatment for COVID-19 being touted by anti-vaccination groups, had “no effect whatsoever” on the disease, according to a large patient study.

That’s the conclusion of the Together Trial, which has subjected several purported nonvaccine treatments for COVID-19 to carefully designed clinical testing. The trial is supervised by McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and conducted in Brazil.....

Among the 1,500 patients in the study, he said, Ivermectin showed “no effect whatsoever” on the trial’s outcome goals — whether patients required extended observation in the emergency room or hospitalization.

“In our specific trial,” he said, “we do not see the treatment benefit that a lot of the advocates believe should have been” seen.....

The findings on Ivermectin are yet another blow for advocates promoting the drug as a magic bullet against COVID-19. Ivermectin was developed as a treatment for parasitical diseases, mostly for veterinarians, though it’s also used against some human parasites.

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)

7. But is it FDA approved.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:11 AM

Aug 2021

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,840 posts)

8. For livestock and not for COVID

Reply to Texaswitchy (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:14 AM

Aug 2021

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)

9. I knew someone who took capsules for aquarium fish.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:27 AM

Aug 2021

They could not afford a Dr.

No lie

Didn't kill them.

I used to have fish and bought the meds.

zuul

(14,669 posts)

12. See post #11.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 07:18 AM

Aug 2021

Apparently some doctors are prescribing it for humans. That doesn't mean it's FDA-approved for treating COVID. Makes me wonder what kind of "doctor" is prescribing it. There are plenty of quacks around.

concretebluetwo

(114 posts)

10. I have no problem with CONservatives and Trumpansies taking Ivermectin

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:59 AM

Aug 2021

"it’s also used against some human parasites."

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