Going back to the Ivermectin discussion which I was too busy to address at the time, any Ivermectin discussion should be prefaced with a statement that unless benefit and appropriate dosing is established Ivermectin should only taken in relation to SARS-CoV-2 as part of formal clinical studies and only in forms prescribed for human use at safe doses.
For perspective, I support repurposing of medication. So much so that I have participated in the planning, conduct and funding of studies to repurpose medication.
Nationally reports of Ivermectin overdoses were 992% higher in August of 2021 than in August of 2019.
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This created sufficient concern that the CDC issued an alert on August 26th.
Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
emergency.cdc.gov
On September 3rd the FDA released this.
Using the Drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 can be dangerous and even lethal. The FDA has not approved the drug for that purpose.
www.fda.gov
The American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) strongly oppose the ordering, prescribing, or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial.
Physician and pharmacist groups oppose the prescribing or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial.
www.ama-assn.org
Mississippi was among the first states to report hospitalization and issue a warning about Ivermectin overdose.
Last Friday, the MSDH warned against the use of ivermectin in preventing or treating COVID-19.
www.wtva.com
Overdoses have more recently been reported in Missouri, lots of good info in this article.
News 4 is learning Missourians are being hospitalized for taking a livestock drug to prevent, and in some cases cure, COVID-19.
www.kmov.com
Kansas has issued a similar warning.
Arkansas issued an advisery in August
State health officials discuss uses, dangers of anti-parasitic animal drug Ivermectin
There even are warnings out of Texas
An increasing number of people are taking the drug commonly used to treat parasites in animals. Veterinary and infectious disease expert Dr. Gerald Parker says vaccines remain a safe and effective way to protect against the virus.
today.tamu.edu
And Florida
www.fdacs.gov
Additional concerns that may not be covered above are the excretion of intestinal lining which is sometimes incorrectly described as rope worms and the potential for serious neurological adverse effects.
Serious neurological adverse events have been reported from large scale community-based ivermectin treatment campaigns against Onchocerciasis volvulus in Africa. The mechanism of these events has been debated in the literature, largely focusing on ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Finally dosing per pound ratios do not apply across species. The dosage per pound for a horse, cow or sheep is unlikely to be correct for a human.
