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'You are not a cow!' FDA warns Americans to stop taking livestock de-wormer drug Ivermectin as an unproven treatment for COVID-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The FDA says it has received reports of people self-medicating with Ivermectin, a drug intended for cows and horses
- People took the anti-parasitic drug as they wrongly thought it could work against COVID-19
- One person was hospitalized for ingesting the horse de-wormer medication to treat the virus
- An FDA warning said that ivermectin 'is not an anti-viral' and that 'taking large doses of this drug is dangerous and can cause serious harm.'
- The agency has not approved ivermectin for use of treatment in COVID-19 patients
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-23 |
