Poison Calls Skyrocket as Texans Treat COVID-19 with Ivermectin, a Livestock Dewormer
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You. Do not take any veterinary drugs.
Listen, sheep: stop using animal dewormers.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. But while the FDA specifically warns against it, some people believe they found a better solution in ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug used to de-worm cows and horses.
You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, all of you. Stop it. https://t.co/TWb75xYEY4
– US FDA (@US_FDA) Aug 21, 2021 It may sound absurd, but ivermectin use becomes a minor issue. Texas has seen poison calls up 552%, according to WFAA, and The Dallas Morning News reports it is flying off the shelves of feed stores.
When in doubt, Texans should look to science for answers to COVID-19, said Dr. Erin Carlson, Associate Clinical Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at the University of Texas at Arlington.
“I don’t understand how many people must be poisoned before people simply decide that it is best to act like a normal person and take human medicine, like the FDA-approved human medicine for a human virus,” said she. “I’m just at a loss. I don’t even have words. ”
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Carlson said she was shocked to learn that ivermectin sales have skyrocketed. She attributes the phenomenon to a large amount of misinformation circulating on social media.
Usually when information travels off the Internet, the effects are not as immediate, she said. For example, when anti-vaccine rumors surfaced, it took a while for that to translate into America’s low vaccination rate. However, this is a case where there is a direct link between bad data and poison-related illnesses.
The problem isn’t even that people are taking equine medicine, Carlson added. Rather, anti-parasites are used to treat parasites, just as antiviral drugs are used for viruses.
“Why would you take an antiparasitic drug for a virus?” She said. “That is just incomprehensible.”
Instead of taking ivermectin, people are better off getting a coronavirus vaccine, said Dr. Philip Huang, director of the county’s Department of Health. Many unvaccinated people who have been hospitalized for the disease regret not having received the vaccination because it is already too late.
“I don’t know where the madness ends.” – Dr. Erin Carlson
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In addition, people should wear masks, wash their hands, avoid large crowds, and keep a safe distance from each other, he said. There is also a doctor-administered treatment called monoclonal antibodies that studies have shown to be effective.
“These are the things that we know work,” said Huang. “Something like ivermectin is not being studied. It’s not approved. It doesn’t work. ”
Similar trends have come and gone before. In the past year, accidental disinfectant poisoning increased after then-President Donald Trump suggested injecting bleach to fight the coronavirus, according to Time.
Carlson said the surge in poison calls scared her. When it comes to COVID-19, it seems pretty obvious that it is better to listen to health professionals than to unexperienced social media friends.
And if people keep buying dewormers for farm animals, there won’t be any for the sick animals that actually need it, Carlson said. Between anti-Vaxxers and bleach drinkers, she doesn’t know “how often we have to go this way”.
“You always think we’ve seen everything … all kinds of crazy things that could only have been seen, and now this,” she said. “I don’t know where the madness ends.”
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