The FDA tells us Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19
First, snapshots.
On the left: no, not for you. On the right: yes, for you.
To be clear: 1: horse. 2: person. Horses take medication designed for horses, persons take medication designed for persons. Don’t swap between, don’t mix & match.
The FDA’s job is to carefully evaluate the scientific data on a drug to be sure that it is both safe and effective for a particular use, and then to decide whether or not to approve it. Using any treatment for COVID-19 that’s not approved or authorized by the FDA, unless part of a clinical trial, can cause serious harm.
The FDA’s job, please note. Not yours (unless you work for the FDA), not Twitter’s, not Tucker Carlson’s, not Trump’s, not your neighbor’s.
There seems to be a growing interest in a drug called ivermectin to treat humans with COVID-19. Ivermectin is often used in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. The FDA has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses.
FDA has not approved ivermectin for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans. Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an anti-viral (a drug for treating viruses).
Ok. Um…how about kerosene? Would that work? Or…floor polish? Polish up your insides so the virus slides right off? Or maybe a garlic poultice with just a little ivermectin sprinkled on top?
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10 responses to “The horse-person interface”
Awww, adorable horsie!!!
Surely that should work for cis-lamps and cis-floors. Maybe if you’re a trans-lamp or a trans-floor you can convince your doctor to prescribe that for you so that he* can validate you.
(*Yes, of course all doctors are he/him. Gender rôles, you know.)
–SNL, 1976
Silly, I know, but I need some silly right now.
I don’t think that horses need ivermectin either, if they take supplements to boost their immune systems. Like acai hay, available at your local Whole Feeds Market.
@2: Or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDXN7T3-Jrg
Ingest/Inject enough of either and you will never have to worry about COVID-19 again.
Or … anything, really. Except how your family might split up your possessions.
Or this:
https://xkcd.com/1217/
ARC, for some reason I read that as how my family might spit on my possessions. I have to say, once I’m dead, I don’t care how they spit on my possessions, since they will not be mine anymore, and will likely belong to them.
I am surprised the overwhelming growth of the cannabis industry has not latched onto Covid. After all, the magic herb cures EVERYTHING else that troubles humankind! Cheech Marin says so, especially if you combine weed with “Nano” technology! I am surprised the weed peddlers have not latched onto “quantum”. Cannabis is Quantum!
(I honestly propagate the idea that the whole weed things is because The Owners know that things are going to get very, very sh%tty for most people. So let’s make sure they are passive and stoned!)
Steven,
If we’re being silly, surely we need to get PZ over here to tell us which of the seven horse sexes the horse is.
On second thoughts, especially having seen his blog post on Marion Millar, let’s not.
latslot: How can the skeptical community (a good portion of it, at least) be so militantly un-skeptical on this ONE topic? I just don’t get it.