It isn’t just horse medicine, but that’s what it’s called out here. Just for entertainment purposes, I will call the local feed and grain stores and ask if they have any horse pills available.
The answer is almost always “Not now, I can put you on our waiting list” Sometimes they will suggest Heartgard if they have some.
Someone should tell the FDA it isn’t horse medicine:
Nah, FDA is using it appropriately. From the linked article:
They are warning folks not to literally take animal formulations of ivermectin, and that there’s no evidence for using ivermectin to treat Covid, and also recognizing that it’s a human medicine that can be prescribed and picked up from a pharmacy.
Sorry, I probably shouldn’t use sarcasm outside the Pit. My point was the OP asked us to stop calling it horse medicine because there is a human version. However, it’s in the news because people are self-administering the horse version. So much that the FDA is tweeting about it. So much that OK emergency rooms are filled with folks sick from taking it.
So when a real emergency comes in, dump the morans in the hall and free up the bed.
Or the barn. Or the veterinary clinic.
If you’re drinking from the horse trough, yeah, horse water.
But look, the broader point is that these people are acting like fucking morons. We don’t have to get the analogy scrupulously, factually correct just to critique idiocy. The situation merits nothing but merciless, unrelenting cheap shots, and I’m happy to supply them.
There’s this:
To add:
Had to fact check that myself, as none of the explanation made any sense.
Which was, of course, the point.
If you’re taking this stuff, then yes, it’s horse medicine.
There might be something to the idea of Tucker Carlson taking ivermectin to treat large-mouth stomach worms.
I won’t ruin breakfast or coffee or life or whatever by linking to it, but Alex Jones took ivermectin LIVE on air and OMG don’t forget to hit mute first if you decide to seek it out.
The man is bonkers and evil.
I hate it here.
From the customer questions in the Amazon site:
One wonders how his horse told him the medication wasn’t apple flavoured?
And what flavour would Ivermectin paste be used for human application, peanut butter & jelly, bubblegum, fruits of the forest?
I’m betting on Natty Light, cheeseburger, and pumpkin spice.
Of course … savoury, not sweet.
Should have thunk it out more.
You know, if Homo sapiens sapiens actually are the most intelligent life form on the planet, there must be some really dumb ones out there.
The doctor’s claim is being disputed by the hospital system in question:
Do you have a more reliable citation than a right-wing publication founded by Tucker Carlson, or a radio station owned by a guy who also owns a gospel radio station? Maybe something from CNN, or a retraction from Rolling Stone?
Rolling Stone has added the hospital statement to the top of the article.
Seems to me that there is a mix of things, on one hand there are other sources confirming a big increase in poisonings.
OTOH, the report from Oklahoma was based on likely third hand assessment from other sources the doctor relied on. Not a very good idea to rely on one source for reporting, and not needed IMHO when there are other angles to report that many guys do deserve ridicule for telling others that they were sheep for getting vaccines, while now they are misusing and failing to use proper medicine when using a medicine that is also intended for sheep.
The original report was from KFOR in Oklahoma. Rolling Stone just repeated it. https://kfor.com/news/local/patients-overdosing-on-ivermectin-backing-up-rural-oklahoma-hospitals-ambulances/
I liked how D_Anconia’s source pointed out that Rolling Stone was wrong once in 2014, too.