A surge in Americans drinking livestock ivermectin as a countermeasure against the new corona, officials warn that 'you are neither a horse nor a cow'



'Ivermectin ', which has been pointed out as a therapeutic drug for the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), is sometimes prescribed for humans, but it is originally an antiparasitic drug for livestock. In the United States, where the outbreak of the delta strain of the new coronavirus has caused an outbreak again, the number of Americans taking ivermectin for livestock is increasing rapidly, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has jurisdiction over domestic drug and food safety. Has come to issue an official warning that 'you are neither a horse nor a cow'.

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/you-are-not-a-cow-fda-begs-americans-to-stop-taking-drug-meant-for-livestock-as-covid-19- remedy-1.5556324

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/world/ivermectin-fda-covid-19-treatment.html

Ivermectin is a drug that induces non-spasmodic paralysis in nematodes and arthropods, and is extremely effective against onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis, which are endemic diseases in tropical regions. About 200 million people are saved from infectious diseases every year in Central, South America and Africa, and the discoverer of ivermectin, Satoshi Omura, a special honorary professor at Kitasato University, will be the third Nobel Prize in Physiology in Japan in 2015 for this achievement.・ Received a medical award.

As mentioned above, ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug, but in the devastation of COVID-19, which was prevalent worldwide in 2020, it attracted attention from all over the world as 'it can be a therapeutic drug'. In Japan, there was a movement to administer ivermectin as a therapeutic drug, and in India and South Korea, it was also administered, but the research result that ivermectin 'has no effect' on COVID-19 has been found. The current situation is that the World Health Organization (WHO) has denied the effectiveness of ivermectin.

Studies show that ivermectin 'has no effect' on the treatment of the new corona-GIGAZINE



However, the number of Americans who buy 'livestock' ivermectin and take it as a measure against COVID-19 is increasing rapidly. As mentioned above, ivermectin is also used in humans, but Omoto is a drug that was administered to animals before humans and is used to treat nematodes and scabies in domestic animals such as pigs and horses. increase. In Mississippi, where vaccination rates are low, 70% of inquiries to the Poison Control Center, a public agency for toxic and toxic substances, said that they had taken ivermectin for livestock purchased at the Livestock Center. That is.

Naturally, the dosage and administration of human and veterinary drugs differ greatly, so if you take veterinary Ibermectin, you will experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, allergic reactions, dizziness, attacks, and even coma and death. It may cause serious side effects such as. In the United States, there are already several hospitalized people taking ivermectin for livestock, and the Food and Drug Administration pointed out that ivermectin has not been proven to be effective in the first place, saying, 'If you are not a horse, you are a cow. But don't do it. Please stop seriously. '




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