It’s a parasite medication for humans too. The reason it’s said that people take horse dewormer is because people literally take things labeled horse dewormer.

It’s a parasite medication for humans too. The reason it’s said that people take horse dewormer is because people literally take things labeled horse dewormer. The reason of course being that it’s easy to get and doctors won’t prescribe it so you get it over the counter. At the pet store… Large peer reviewed studies or meta analysis doesn’t show a strong effect. Some small positive effect might be there - but it’s definitely tiny compared to vaccines. Self administering a drug is rarely a good idea. But it’s perhaps understandable. However, skipping the vaccine and taking ivermectin instead is probably what’s being questioned (and rightly so).