ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GET VACCINAT.ED STEPHON: DESPITE WARNINGFRS THE CDC, KENTUCKY’S POONIS CONTROL CENTER SAID CALLS ABOUT AN ANTI-PARASITE DRUG BEING USED TO TREAT COVID ARE INCREASIN PEOPLE ARE TINAKG THE VERSION OF IVERMECTIN MEANT FOR HORSES. THE POISON CONTROL CENTER DIRECTOR SAID THEY’VE RECEIVED CALLS FOR 11 CASES THIS YEAR, BUT THERE ARE LIKELY MORE. IVERMECTIN IS USED TO TREAT PARASITES IN HUMANS, BUT IT REQUIRES A PRESCRIPTION. THERE IS A VERSIONOR F LIVESTOCK, BUT THE FORMULA IS VASTLY DIFFERENT. >> I MEAN, REMEMRBE, HORSES, I MEAN, WEIGH OVER 1,000 POUNDS. THE AVERAGHUE MAN WEIGHS 170 POUNDS. SO THE DOSAGE FORMS ARE DIFFERENT. THE PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE OF THE PRODUCT IS DIFFERENT. IT IS JUST NUTS. STEP
Kentucky poison control center issues warning against using Ivermectin to treat COVID-19
Despite several warnings, Kentucky’s poison control center is still receiving calls about people using an anti-parasite drug to treat COVID-19.
Following reports of misuse of an anti-parasite drug meant for livestock, the Kentucky Poison Control Center is issuing another warning. Kentucky’s Poison Control Center is urging people not to use the drug Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Officials say the center has received calls for 11 separate cases this year, but they fear more cases are likely. Ivermectin is used to treat parasites. There are two versions of the drug with vastly different formulas. One for humans and one for livestock, but both require a prescription. Officials say some people are using the version of Ivermectin meant for horses. “Horses, I mean, weigh over 1,000 pounds. The average human weighs 170 pounds. So the dosage forms are different. The pharmaceutical grade of the product is different. It’s just nuts,” said Dr. Frank Romanelli, professor of pharmacy at the University of Kentucky.In 2020, the state’s poison control center received 10 calls connected to Ivermectin. Nine of those calls were for accidental exposure while giving the drug to an animal, and the other call was not related to COVID-19.
Following reports of misuse of an anti-parasite drug meant for livestock, the Kentucky Poison Control Center is issuing another warning.
Kentucky’s Poison Control Center is urging people not to use the drug Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Officials say the center has received calls for 11 separate cases this year, but they fear more cases are likely.
Ivermectin is used to treat parasites. There are two versions of the drug with vastly different formulas. One for humans and one for livestock, but both require a prescription. Officials say some people are using the version of Ivermectin meant for horses.
“Horses, I mean, weigh over 1,000 pounds. The average human weighs 170 pounds. So the dosage forms are different. The pharmaceutical grade of the product is different. It’s just nuts,” said Dr. Frank Romanelli, professor of pharmacy at the University of Kentucky.
In 2020, the state’s poison control center received 10 calls connected to Ivermectin. Nine of those calls were for accidental exposure while giving the drug to an animal, and the other call was not related to COVID-19.
