Horse medicine best restricted to horses???

[bindeweede]

Covid “truthers” might be averse to to getting vaccinated and wearing masks, but they are willing treat their Covid infections by drinking horse-strength tubes of medication meant to deworm horses.

Indeed, as reported by The Daily Beast, anti-vaxxers are now pursuing ivermectin for equine, also known as “horse paste,” an anti-parasitic medication that protects horses and livestock from worms and other parasites. Ivermectin is occasionally prescribed to humans to treat parasites (in its human-dose form) and studies are investigating its effects on treating and preventing coronavirus, though none have been conclusive.

https://www.indy100.com/news/anti-vaxxe ... d-b1898245

[chaggle]

What about this though???

Dr Tess Laurie of The Evidence Based Medicine Consultancy on the use of Ivermectin for treatment and prevention of Covid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2EEDJu ... acleFilms3

[Ketchup]

Worth checking this out too:

Use of the Anti-Parasitic Drug Ivermectin to Treat Breast Cancer

Lee, Peter P. MD
Oncology Times: May 5, 2021 - Volume 43 - Issue 9 - p 10

Our findings on this novel therapeutic combination published recently in npj Breast Cancer journal (2021; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00229-5). This is the first time a research team has demonstrated that checkpoint inhibitors can be used to successfully treat breast cancer—when combined with ivermectin, an inexpensive, existing safe drug.

Interestingly, in the last year, ivermectin has also demonstrated efficacy against COVID-19, and it is being tested in dozens of clinical trials to both prevent and treat the virus.

[chaggle]

I think that second quote hits the nail on the head - "...is being tested...".

So it's a) not yet been properly trialled and b) there is no conspiracy against it.

[chaggle]

Not quite sure what to make of this...

[Matt]

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[chaggle]

Amusing article in The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... 1630450639

It has got to the point where the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had to tweet PSAs announcing: “You are not a horse.”

[Matt]

saw some crank evidence for ivermectin this morning.

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I wonder if there's any more confounding variables than the existence of the tropics.

[Matt]

source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101 ... 21254377v1