2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is sounding the alarm bells about a drug used to deworm cats and dogs to alert the population that under no circumstances consume it believing it to be a remedy for COVID-19.
The medicine in question is sold on the market under the name Ivermectin and is commonly prescribed by veterinarians and clinics to combat parasites in pets. It is specifically used to combat heartworm disease in cats and dogs. This substance is also often used in the treatment of lice and nits and mites that live on the skin.
The notice was issued after the FDA identified reports and posts on social networks claiming that said medicine could combat the effects of the coronavirus in humans after being cited in clinical studies, according to the USA Today newspaper.
"We cannot emphasize it enough: this study was not tested on humans or animals," said Nora Wineland, Michigan State Veterinarian, in Detroit - one of the cities hardest hit by the virus in the country. "As curious as these results are, at the moment they mean almost nothing in the current prevention of COVID-19 in animals or people"
Ivermectin is used to deworm cats and dogs and prevent heartworm disease. Its use is not proven as a tool to fight the coronavirus in animals or humans:
"We understand the concerns of Michigan [residents] about COVID-19 and their desire to quickly find a cure," said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state's deputy director of health and the entity's highest medical authority. "There are no approved drugs for COVID-19 in humans, and we don't want anyone to be hurt by taking drugs inappropriately."
The report comes after the attention that has been focused on chloroquine to treat this condition. News of its alleged use against COVID-19 killed a man in Arizona who died in March after consuming chloroquine hydroxide, a chemical used to clean aquariums. His wife was also seriously ill and in hospital.
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