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Except many of the people being made fun of are calling poison control because they are literally overdosing on horse dewormer. Literally apple flavored deworme

by jjeaff 5y ago

Except many of the people being made fun of are calling poison control because they are literally overdosing on horse dewormer. Literally apple flavored dewormer paste for horses.

programmarchy 5y ago
Are you referring to the Rolling Stone article which then spread through cable news? That story was retracted because it was totally bogus. There’s more to the ivermectin story than having anti-parasitic properties, even though that’s how it became famous. It also appears to have anti-viral properties [1]. And there have been 60+ studies showing its efficacy [2]. Just because it has anti-parasitic properties doesn't mean it couldn't also block biological pathways in viral infections as well. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422... [2] https://ivmmeta.com https://ivmmeta.com
- c0m 5y ago
  > inhibits the replication in vitro https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/ FWIW researching it is good and should be encouraged but most quality clinical trials so far like NCT04429711 and NCT04391127 haven't been very promising. Those which do show a statistically significant result have been flawed in one way or another. Hopefully when the Principle Trial reports people will get over it one way or another, but it's not looking promising. It may help somewhat at best, but it's no miracle cure.
90211 5y ago
You're referring to the fake news a user a few posts above you just mentioned.
smsm42 5y ago
Not many. About a thousand cases this year, compared to about 700 last year. Over 300 million country. Which includes calls like "I took thus medicine and now I feel funny! Also I drunk a bottle of whiskey but that never hurt me before, must be the medicine!". The real overdose cases are in dozens, no more, over all the nation. It's like saying "many people are struck by lightning " or "many people are eaten by the sharks". It happens, but it's not many.

by jjeaff 5y ago

Except many of the people being made fun of are calling poison control because they are literally overdosing on horse dewormer. Literally apple flavored dewormer paste for horses.

programmarchy 5y ago

Are you referring to the Rolling Stone article which then spread through cable news? That story was retracted because it was totally bogus. There’s more to the ivermectin story than having anti-parasitic properties, even though that’s how it became famous. It also appears to have anti-viral properties [1]. And there have been 60+ studies showing its efficacy [2]. Just because it has anti-parasitic properties doesn't mean it couldn't also block biological pathways in viral infections as well. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422... [2] https://ivmmeta.com https://ivmmeta.com

c0m 5y ago
> inhibits the replication in vitro https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/ FWIW researching it is good and should be encouraged but most quality clinical trials so far like NCT04429711 and NCT04391127 haven't been very promising. Those which do show a statistically significant result have been flawed in one way or another. Hopefully when the Principle Trial reports people will get over it one way or another, but it's not looking promising. It may help somewhat at best, but it's no miracle cure.

90211 5y ago

You're referring to the fake news a user a few posts above you just mentioned.

smsm42 5y ago

Not many. About a thousand cases this year, compared to about 700 last year. Over 300 million country. Which includes calls like "I took thus medicine and now I feel funny! Also I drunk a bottle of whiskey but that never hurt me before, must be the medicine!". The real overdose cases are in dozens, no more, over all the nation. It's like saying "many people are struck by lightning " or "many people are eaten by the sharks". It happens, but it's not many.