undefined | Better HN

0 pointsLoughla4y ago0 comments

I think its less that MSM called the human, prescribed version "horse medicine" and more that people were actually taking horse medicine as a "preventative".

In my part of flyover country, you had to provide evidence, from a veterinarian or a sale bill from an auction house, that you owned livestock to be able to buy livestock ivermectin. Because people were buying it to use on themselves.

That's where the 'horse medicine' thing comes from. It's real.

0 comments

_ea1k4y ago

Those rules have been common in a lot of places in the US for a long time now. They were made to prevent people from using them on dogs, as livestock ivermectin is much less expensive than the various forms that are marketed for dogs.

mikeyouse4y ago

I know it’s comforting to think that, but it’s really not the reason they were locking it up. The guy who lives next door to me got ivermectin from his vet (ostensibly for his dog) in case he got Covid. People were absolutely taking horse / dog medicine. Talk to any doctor in more rural areas (I have a few in my immediate family), tons of people were literally eating horse medicine and the reason Tractor Supply put it behind the counter was because people were taking it for human use.

LoughlaOP4y ago

Not really.

Because people were eating ivermectin. Like the other poster says, I know it feels nice to be able to say "this was already happening", but it just wasn't. Not in as many places and covering as many businesses.

Veterinarians generally needed proof of livestock (seeing the animal) but also were just as prone to give you the meds based on your description and assessment as a farmer. Not anymore. You could walk into any farm store and walk out with antibiotics and/or wormer. Not anymore.

And it's because people were eating it. Right, wrong, or indifferent, that's the reason.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse