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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 01:04 PM Sep 2021

Horse dewormer "... my only side effect is I can't see in the morning."

You are not a horse. The drug is called Ivermectin and it's primarily intended to treat parasitic worms in animals. It started gathering human interest after a research article was recently released describing the effect of ivermectin on SARS-CoV-2. But that research was done in a laboratory setting and the FDA strongly recommends against human consumption of ivermectin at this time.

At V & V Tack and Feed, they normally stock and sell Ivermectin for use on horses. But right now, they're completely sold out of the horse dewormer, and store associate Shelly Smith suspects a lot of her customers aren't using it as intended.

"I had a gentleman come in, and he was an older gentleman. He told me that his wife wanted him to be on the Ivermectin plan. I immediately brought him over here, because at that time I had this sign hung up, and I told him this isn't safe for you to take. And he says,
'Well, we've been taking it and my only side effect is
I can't see in the morning.'
That's a big side effect, so you probably shouldn't take it,"
said Smith.

Smith says the demand for the drug has continued to increase in recent weeks, and she's been receiving 4 or 5 customer calls a day inquiring about Ivermectin. That's why
Smith hung up a sign, now requiring customers to
present a picture of their horse before they can buy Ivermectin.


https://www.ktnv.com/news/coronavirus/las-vegas-feed-store-sells-out-of-ivermectin-blames-customers-trying-to-treat-covid-19

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Horse dewormer "... my only side effect is I can't see in the morning." (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
Another side effect. You can sleep while standing. Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #1
Just because something works in a laboratory petri dish FakeNoose Sep 2021 #2
Time to find out where this memo came from. Initech Sep 2021 #3
"Time to find out where this memo came from" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #4
Seems to be... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #5
Ivermectin is cheap Laurelin Sep 2021 #6

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
2. Just because something works in a laboratory petri dish
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 01:10 PM
Sep 2021

... doesn't mean it will work the same way in a human body. Not to mention all the damage it could do, because it wasn't ever tested on humans - until now. Isn't it funny how the ChumpHumpers refused to be vaccinated because it didn't have the full FDA approval yet?

Initech

(100,075 posts)
3. Time to find out where this memo came from.
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 01:18 PM
Sep 2021

Also who on the right owns stock in a company that produces this drug. This seems like a fact worth knowing.

Laurelin

(526 posts)
6. Ivermectin is cheap
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 02:55 AM
Sep 2021

I really can't see a financial motive for pushing it. And Merck recommends against using it for covid.

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