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Alleged corona drug: US pet store wants to sell wormers only to horse owners

2021-08-31T12:15:08.519Z


A pet shop in Las Vegas sees great demand for a horse drug that is touted on the Internet as a remedy for corona. An employee warns her customers.


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Equine medicines for horses only: "Never use medicines that are intended for animals on yourself"

Photo: A3542 Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa

A pet store in the US city of Las Vegas is apparently running out of a de-wormer for horses because customers think it is a drug that helps against the coronavirus.

A pet store employee, Shelly Smith, told KTNV-Las Vegas television that the demand for ivermectin had grown over the past few months.

Most recently, she got several calls a day from customers who asked about the agent.

Smith suspects that many customers do not use ivermectin to deworm their horses.

The AP news agency reports that vaccination skeptics will advertise the drug as a corona drug in Internet forums.

This is one of the reasons why the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) felt compelled to issue a drastic notification.

The authority recently announced via tweet: “You are not a horse.

You are not a cow.

Now seriously, everyone: Stop it. "

The drug is mainly used in veterinary medicine, but it can also be used in humans.

According to the FDA, it is not only of little help in the fight against corona, on the contrary, it can have dangerous side effects.

"Never use drugs that are intended for animals on yourself," the FDA said: "Ivermectin supplements for animals are very different from those that are approved for humans."

The employee at the pet shop said she had hung a warning sign next to the drug months ago.

But because the demand has grown, she has now put up a second sign.

"Ivermectin is only sold to horse owners," it says: "You have to show a picture of yourself and your horse."

She doesn't want people to take the horse medication, says Smith: “You have to prove to me that you have a horse so that I can sell them this product because you shouldn't be taking this product.

It is not intended for humans.

It's used to treat parasites in horses, ”Smith told KTNV.

Most recently, Rand Paul, a Republican senator and supporter of former President Donald Trump, had spread myths about the horse drug and suggested that he was already taking the drug himself.

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Source: spiegel

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