I * V * E * R * M * E * C * T * I * N (I’ll just refer to it as IVM from here on out)
Sure, it’s used in horses and other livestock for treating parasites. But that’s not all she wrote, folks.
Ignore the media trying to tell you it’s poison and the CDC saying don’t you dare take it for that thing circulating…. here are the actual facts
IVM was isolated from soil bacteria in Japan 40 years ago by a man named Dr. Satoshi Omura, a biochemist.
IVM has been prescribed to HUMANS almost 4 billion times since 1987 when it was discovered. Yes, 4 BILLION. No fatalities are known, which is remarkable for even the safest drugs.
IVM has saved millions of lives at risk from severe parasitic and viral infections.
Dr. Omura won the Nobel Prize for discovering IVM in 2015.
IVM is listed as one of the World Health Organization’s most essential medications.
IVM has anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, AND anti-cancer properties.
IVM is safer than aspirin. In fact, it’s one of the safest medicines known to man at this point.
In other countries, it’s super easy to obtain without a prescription. And it is extremely affordable. Not the case here, unfortunately.
IVM is 86% effective for preventing that thing going around – it is also 72% effective at early treatment. This data comes from a real time meta analysis of 63 studies available so far.
The countries supporting its use for prevention and early treatment have seen a markedly lower number of hospitalizations and deaths.
IVM is now off-patent. The former patent holder was MERK, who stated “there is no meaningful evidence” that it works and there is “a lack of safety data” on its usage. ((Major eyeroll)) I won’t even go into their history as it relates to safety data!
In June 2021, Merk secured a 1.2 billion dollar deal with the government to test a new patented drug for “that thing” going around. Hmmm, might have something to do with them saying IVM isn’t effective.
Yes, it is available at feed stores. Yes, some humans have resorted to taking it in that form because it is hard to get a prescription for it in the US. (Wonder why )
Bottom line – it is one of the safest medicines to exist thus far and it is extremely effective for a variety of things. Also … physicians use drugs OFF LABEL all the time, let’s not pretend they don’t!
Now, giddy up! And remember Oats, apples and carrots are for horses and humans too!!!