Doctors urge vaccination, not livestock dewormer, in fight against Covid
A syringe of of ivermectin — a drug used to kill worms and other parasites — intended for use in horses only, rests on the box it was packaged in, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of the parasite drug to treat Covid-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there's little evidence it helps. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
At least a few people in the Flathead Valley have become ill after taking a widely available antiparasitic drug meant for animals in hopes of treating or preventing Covid-19, according to local hospital officials.
Ivermectin has been used since the 1970s to kill parasites in humans, including head lice, scabies and a worm that causes a condition known as river blindness...
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