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• HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ahh, had heard it was an anti parasite thing but wasn’t aware it was specifically for horses.

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  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not specifically for horses, it’s just commonly used enough that it’s easy to source horse formulations. When the nutjobs couldn’t get the regular stuff from doctors, they sometimes bought horse paste.

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    • trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s the main ingredient in your dog’s heartworm prevention medication as well. I’m no doctor, I’m sure there’s some human application of the drug, but I’ve always seen it in a veterinary context.

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      • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s used for parasite treatment. You know…if you’re infected with parasites, not COVID/flu/have a headache.

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• wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s a bunch of bull. It’s not just horse (or bull) medicine.

  Ivermectin is generally used as a anti-parasitic medication for all animals including humans. In some parts of the world it’s regularly taken to help protect against parasites. As such it’s one of the most important drugs out there, and is on the WHO list of essential medicines.

  This guy sounds like he took drugs he bought from a scammer. Maybe it was an overdose, or maybe he took something else.

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  • homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And to use it for treating Covid “alternative medicine”, so stop defending it as a valid treatment. That’s simply ridiculous.

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    • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …but you repeating the “It’s horse medicine” trope is just as much disinformation as the “it’s a COVID treatment” people. You don’t know. You’re just repeating shit you heard because it aligned with your politics.

      If somebody has been prescribed it, they should be taking it. Not worrying about why their doctor has given them “horse medicine” and refusing it. …and it’s an extremely common prescription.

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      • homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        …but you repeating the “It’s horse medicine” trope is just as much disinformation as the “it’s a COVID treatment”

        lol, to anyone with even a cursory understanding of the subject (not to mention even a single brain cell), this “both sides are the same” argument is as preposterous as your defending your position in the first place.

        I have better things to do than to validate your argument by entertaining it further.

        I’m just gonna block you now. Scream into the void if it makes you feel better. I’m out.

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      • finley@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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