Ivermectin....2do or not 2do?

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The following discussion may be of some help.....a total cure? Maybe for some.....but remains to beseen:==========================First some critical information:"Collies

and related breeds (including the Sheltie, Border Collie, Australian

Shepherd, English Shepherd, Bearded Collie, Silken Windhound, and

others) may be sensitive to ivermectin due to a mutation in the

multi-drug resistance gene."Ivermectin is the firstline treatment

for mange in dogs and thankfully most dogs have the blood brain barrier

and can tolorate it's use. Humans have the blood brain barrier and can

safely use Ivermectin.Ivermectin isn't a new drug. It's been safely

used on millions of people to treat parasites including sarcoptic mites

since the mid 70's."Ivermectin (Stromectol) is related to macrolide

antibiotics; it was developed in the 1970s as a veterinary treatment

for animal parasites. Ivermectin also has been used to treat animal

scabies, which causes mange. Ivermectin has been used in humans to

treat MILLIONS of cases of onchocerciasis, other filariases, and

intestinal nematodal infections such as strongyloidiasis."The CDC

recommends Ivermectin as a first line scabies treatment, does that tell

you anything about it's safe use in humans? This is wonder drug that

saves lives and gives quality of life to suffering people and animals,

it's no wonder you give it to the dogs you breed and sell. If you ever

get scabies, and I hope you don't, I think you would change your mind

about a few things.http://www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/2006/ectopar...================================Thank you for posting about ivermectin, which is a wonder drug, in that

it treats scabies better than anything else we know, much better. In

fact, it may be the difference between cure and no cure in cases of

atypical scabies. I am taking ivermectin every 3 days--I try to

take it according to Sue's directions, without showering

afterwards--that is what I am doing tonight, having showered first. I

will try not to shower again until tomorrow afternoon.I combine it with overall topical treatment of some kind--sulfur, Benzemul Applicaion, permethrin, or just plain Bull Dog Spray.The

consistent use of Stromectol (I now take the brand) has helped me to

get down my mite count a lot--I continue to steadily treat, as I

understand it is important to be consistent and, most important,

persistent.Anyone who has ever suffered from resistant or atypical scabies must consider treatment with ivermectin--the sooner the better.

============================How can you truly call Ivermectin a wonder drug? Seriously. ==========================="Ivermectin 20 years on: maturation of a wonder drug G. GearyLeveraging

and Scientific Liaison, Pfizer Animal Health, 300-412, 7000 Portage

Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA Present address: Institute of

Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne de

Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9 Available online 26 August 2005. References

and further reading may be available for this article. To view

references and further reading you must purchase this article.Ivermectin

has been on the veterinary market for almost a quarter of a century and

has been approved for human use for 18 years. Its use has

revolutionized the treatment of nematode and arthropod parasites in

animals and has provided hope for the control or even eradication of

filariases in humans. Although much remains to be learned about how the

drug works and how resistance to it will develop, it has earned the

title of ¡wonder drug¢."

======================Since some family

members still think it is in my head.(Even after dermatologist visit.)

Anyway, I know what is in my body. I have the oral medication to take

tonight. jenny's post mentions not to take a shower? Should I shower

tonight and take or take and shower tomorrow? Please know that this

forum has made a major difference in helping me get through a difficult

situation. Thanks again and appreciate any info. on the Ivermectin. ====================Ivermectin

is fat soluable and binds to fat and oil. Based on some research, some

of the posters(who are cured) decided not to showers while Ivermectin

is in the system so the oils on and in the stratum corneum outer skin

layer retain as much of the ivermectin as possible. I think

Ivermectin has activity on oily scalp. Ivermectin kills adult mites. It

could be that there are immature mites in the scalp that won't be

effected by Ivermectin. It's a good idea to use a topical along with

the oral systemic treatment to kill the young mites. Nothing kills the

eggs, that's why we have to repeat the treatments and kill the hatch

mites. I can't stand the thought of eggs having to hatch. I wish there

was something that killed the eggs too. Ivermectin makes me

sleepy so I take in the evening, then I don't shower the next day. It's

late on the east coast and your probably in bed. You can take it in

morning too. It probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference but we

try to use every trick up our sleeves. Some posters(cured)

took their oral ivermecin with fatty food. This will increase the dose

in the system by about twice. Drinking grapefruit juice may keep it

longer in the system.

=================="Ivermectin 20 years on: maturation of a wonder drug G. GearyLeveraging

and Scientific Liaison, Pfizer Animal Health, 300-412, 7000 Portage

Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA Present address: Institute of

Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne de

Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9Available online 26 August 2005.References

and further reading may be available for this article. To view

references and further reading you must purchase this article.Ivermectin

has been on the veterinary market for almost a quarter of a century and

has been approved for human use for 18 years. Its use has

revolutionized the treatment of nematode and arthropod parasites in

animals and has provided hope for the control or even eradication of

filariases in humans. Although much remains to be learned about how the

drug works and how resistance to it will develop, it has earned the

title of ¡wonder drug¢." What does that have to

do with it? I mean did Ivermectin cured you on its own? Pills are not

the answer to anything. If it was truly a wonder drug then you would

have been cured years ago.=======================Posters here have strongly recommended not showering for 24 hours

after taking ivermectin. I played fast and loose with that, and I was

wrong. It really is important not to shower after taking iver to let

natural body oils bind with iver. It is recommended to take iver on

empty stomach, but some posters have taken it with high fat meal. I

take it on empty stomach. Grapefruite juice supposedly keeps it in the

system longer, but I can't drink grapefruite juice, because I am also

taking albenza, a drug that slowly starves the mites (they can't

convert sugar). So, take shower, then ivermectin--on an empty

stomach. If you wanted to have high-fat meal right after, ok, but be

sure stomach is empty when you take iver.