By Elyse Carmosino
The Advocate
Home remedies for COVID-19 now include the livestock dewormer ivermectin, causing a run at area farm supply stores and leaving doctors shaking their heads at what people will do to avoid a coronavirus vaccine.
“It’s not recommended for people,” said Stephanie Cayson, a vet tech at Garden District Animal Hospital. “It’s something you have to be very careful with. It’s not something to be taken willy-nilly.”
There are human uses for ivermectin, either to treat parasitic worms or, in a topical form, to combat head lice and the skin condition rosacea. Misinformation traced to a Virginia doctor has led to some considering it a miracle drug for COVID-19.