Ivermectin for humans is different from animals – Medications

Ivermectin is used as an active substance in many veterinary drugs and should not be associated with its use in humans in this veterinary form.

Why is resorting to veterinary ivermectin a problem?

Most often in veterinary medicine, ivermectin is used in tablets developed for pets or in liquid forms for external or injectable use. These tablets often do not contain just ivermectin. In most cases, for best effectiveness in animals, the tablets contain high concentrations of other antiparasitic drugs, most of the time it is pyrantel.

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At the same time, the tablets themselves contain low concentrations of ivermectin, depending on the weight of the pets, and taking an effective dose would lead to an overdose of concomitant antiparasitic components. The problem with the possible use of liquid formulations is even greater. There, ivermectin is found in high concentrations, most often 1% or more, which is also contraindicated and not recommended. Since ivermectin is insoluble in water, alcohols or other solvents are used to obtain a liquid form. Ingestion of such a liquid form leads to rapid absorption and to blood concentrations that many times exceed safe levels, respectively, the risk of overdose and side effects are many times increased.