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• masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Elon took all the horse tranqs (ketamine).

  The horse paste majic covid cure (trust me bro, my brainworm never lies), was Ivermectin.

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  • notfromhere@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is that what killed the brainworm? Fuck

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      … somewhat ironically, it is at least barely, slightly plausible that ivermectin could have taken out the brain worm…

      it is an actual anti-parasitic, but uh… its only been tested and approved as an anti-parasitic for humans via oral ingestion…

      … but it is intravenously administered to cows and pigs as an anti-parasitic.

      So… IV ivermectin in a human could potentially work, but … good luck figuring out the right dosage, and hopefully human bio chemistry and blood brain barrier just function identically as within pigs and cows.

      I am not a medical expert, but I suspect that latter part just maybe might not be a great assumption.

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      • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Generally if it’s effective orally, it’ll be effective intravenously, so I would expect it to work…the issue with dosage is more likely to be in the opposite direction, with significant side effects due to overdosing.

        One concern is neurotoxicity after large overdoses, which in most mammalian species may manifest as central nervous system depression,[58] ataxia, coma, and death

        I suppose if you overdose hard enough, it would cure COVID in addition to the brain worm

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      • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        its only been tested and approved as an anti-parasitic for humans via oral ingestion

        Ooh, I get to do an ACKSHUALLY here. They do have it for topical treatments too, like for rosacea.

        www.drugs.com/soolantra.html

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• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ivermectin (anti-parasitic) aka horse dewormer.

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    …and human dewormer.

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    • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nobel prize-winning anti-parasitic for humans, yes.

      Several studies show no statistically significant effect on COVID-19 length or severity.

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