Except for the 88% of the ingredients that are completely unknown, and have all sorts of nasty MSDS safety precautions regarding human contact, let alone human consumption. People have stated they have taken it without problems, so if someone wants to risk it, that's up to them.
It is all a scare tactic to prevent people from taking it and getting it CHEAP compared to the usual jack-the-price-up for human use. It is completely safe as I have taken it myself several times.
The ingredients "completely unknown" is a load of horseshit. Don't fall for the lies.
I called the company that sells the 1.87% (I realize it's 98% unknown, not 88%) IV paste. They don't know what comprises the 98%. They are under no obligation to find out, since they sell it for use on horses. The long list of MSDS precautions is for the 98%, not the IV. I just don't trust consuming something I have no idea what is in it, even if others report they had no problem. I just recovered from over 2 weeks of covid, so I'll wait and obtain some real, human, IV for a next time, if it happens. I bought two tubes of the IV paste before learning more about it, so now I have two tubes, for possible horse use :)
Everyone just needs to use their dam brains. 99% of things that would kill or even make a human seriously ill would kill or make a horse ill as well. Horses are WAY more sensitive in what they can eat than people. The likelihood of anything meant for a horse to eat killing a human is a zillion to one. Now making you sick or upsetting your stomach maybe, but that clearly isn't the case. Hundreds of people have done it already. Maybe thousands.
I understand your reluctance to try it. I am more of an adventurous type and I have also used this stuff on my actual horses for decades. I tried a small amount at first and then a full dose according to my weight. I had no ill or otherwise effects whatsoever from the paste. I also have the pour on for my cattle and have gotten some accidently on my skin to no effect either. I will assure you, there is NO dangerous materials in these products as they would be dangerous for the animals as well. Companies would not risk lawsuits for expensive animals from pissed off owners. The safety of animal drugs is on the same level as "human" use drugs. I know, I worked at a Big Pharma company for 4 years and the purity standards are strict for all drugs, whether for human or animal.
About the "unknown" ingredients, that is absolute horseshit. The companies that make this paste/gel know full well what the ingredients are and their properties. NO drug company is going to put unknown inactive ingredients in their products. That makes no sense at all.
Below are the inactive ingredients in a particular horse dewormer. They are not dangerous nor are they unknown as to what they do. I looked them all up and they are quite safe for human consumption. What you have been told is a lie and you are being discouraged from getting an inexpensive drug that is the same as the "human" labeled one. They want you to pay more $$$, that is all!
AGRI-MECTIN (ivermectin) Paste 1.87% Inactive Ingredients
The MSDS sheet for AGRI-MECTIN (ivermectin) Paste 1.87% are the following:
Corn Oil, Polysorbate 80, Apple Flavor, and Aerosil.
Here is an article about the lies the media have told about the ivermectin horse dewormer.
By "unknown", I meant unknown to people who buy it. The company won't disclose what is in the 98%; they claim it's proprietary. I'm glad you and other have been able to ingest it without any problems. I made it through covid without it, but hope to get "human grade" IV for possible future use if covid morphs into forms my immunity is no longer effective against.
Whatever, read the ingredients before you buy. Don't get the ones with other active antiparasitics. Get the IVM only ones. Also: IVM Drenches are a possibility, if the paste is sold out. Apply these to the skin, not by mouth, just as if you were an animal. Peeps are worried about the isopropanol that is the carrier for drenches. The toxicology warnings for iso are real, but from what I have read it is people presenting to emergency wards because they were drinking hand sanitiser to get drunk: they usually recovered. They have drunk an entire bottle. One teaspoon of standard drench, applied to the skin, as is the case for an IVM drench, is not gonna get you drunk, let alone poison you. It is as toxic as hand sanitiser which people frequently use these days.
Except for the 88% of the ingredients that are completely unknown, and have all sorts of nasty MSDS safety precautions regarding human contact, let alone human consumption. People have stated they have taken it without problems, so if someone wants to risk it, that's up to them.
It is all a scare tactic to prevent people from taking it and getting it CHEAP compared to the usual jack-the-price-up for human use. It is completely safe as I have taken it myself several times.
The ingredients "completely unknown" is a load of horseshit. Don't fall for the lies.
I called the company that sells the 1.87% (I realize it's 98% unknown, not 88%) IV paste. They don't know what comprises the 98%. They are under no obligation to find out, since they sell it for use on horses. The long list of MSDS precautions is for the 98%, not the IV. I just don't trust consuming something I have no idea what is in it, even if others report they had no problem. I just recovered from over 2 weeks of covid, so I'll wait and obtain some real, human, IV for a next time, if it happens. I bought two tubes of the IV paste before learning more about it, so now I have two tubes, for possible horse use :)
Everyone just needs to use their dam brains. 99% of things that would kill or even make a human seriously ill would kill or make a horse ill as well. Horses are WAY more sensitive in what they can eat than people. The likelihood of anything meant for a horse to eat killing a human is a zillion to one. Now making you sick or upsetting your stomach maybe, but that clearly isn't the case. Hundreds of people have done it already. Maybe thousands.
I understand your reluctance to try it. I am more of an adventurous type and I have also used this stuff on my actual horses for decades. I tried a small amount at first and then a full dose according to my weight. I had no ill or otherwise effects whatsoever from the paste. I also have the pour on for my cattle and have gotten some accidently on my skin to no effect either. I will assure you, there is NO dangerous materials in these products as they would be dangerous for the animals as well. Companies would not risk lawsuits for expensive animals from pissed off owners. The safety of animal drugs is on the same level as "human" use drugs. I know, I worked at a Big Pharma company for 4 years and the purity standards are strict for all drugs, whether for human or animal.
About the "unknown" ingredients, that is absolute horseshit. The companies that make this paste/gel know full well what the ingredients are and their properties. NO drug company is going to put unknown inactive ingredients in their products. That makes no sense at all.
Below are the inactive ingredients in a particular horse dewormer. They are not dangerous nor are they unknown as to what they do. I looked them all up and they are quite safe for human consumption. What you have been told is a lie and you are being discouraged from getting an inexpensive drug that is the same as the "human" labeled one. They want you to pay more $$$, that is all!
Here is an article about the lies the media have told about the ivermectin horse dewormer.
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/SenateMedicalAffairsCommittee/Ivermectin.pdf
By "unknown", I meant unknown to people who buy it. The company won't disclose what is in the 98%; they claim it's proprietary. I'm glad you and other have been able to ingest it without any problems. I made it through covid without it, but hope to get "human grade" IV for possible future use if covid morphs into forms my immunity is no longer effective against.
Whatever, read the ingredients before you buy. Don't get the ones with other active antiparasitics. Get the IVM only ones. Also: IVM Drenches are a possibility, if the paste is sold out. Apply these to the skin, not by mouth, just as if you were an animal. Peeps are worried about the isopropanol that is the carrier for drenches. The toxicology warnings for iso are real, but from what I have read it is people presenting to emergency wards because they were drinking hand sanitiser to get drunk: they usually recovered. They have drunk an entire bottle. One teaspoon of standard drench, applied to the skin, as is the case for an IVM drench, is not gonna get you drunk, let alone poison you. It is as toxic as hand sanitiser which people frequently use these days.
They’re far less likely to poison expensive horses than they are humans. Think.