Ivermectin / Stromectol, Dose
ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE
Ivermectin is available in various forms, including oral tablets, topical creams, and lotions. The dosage and administration depend on the type of infection being treated:
- Oral Tablets: Typically used for systemic infections like onchocerciasis and strongyloidiasis. The dosage is often based on body weight.
- Topical Formulations: Used for treating scabies and head lice. These are applied directly to the skin or scalp.
Dosage For Over The Counter Private Purchase: Twice per day, massage in a pea sized/pencil eraser sized amount onto affected area or lesion.
When you are taking it for a gut parasite you take it on an empty stomach. If you want to take it so it gets into your blood, its fat soluble so you take with fats. Include probiotics and eat fermented foods to offset any negative effects on your microbiome. Take right after a meal.
Normal usage for parasites: once in three months, or once in six months, or once in a year.
Only recently, because of its beneficial effects on COVID, has it been used outside of that structure.
Dr Kory advocates taking 1 dose every day for 5 days, for an active covid infection
As horse paste:
Make sure it only has one active ingredient, ivermectin. There are some that also have other drugs as well. A pea sized portion for a 250# male or 100# female. Pea size doses can be frozen for easier use.
Another dose guideline used :
Tube is for 1200 lb animal. Tube is approx 6 doses for 200 lb human.
1/6 is approx 1/2” squeezed out on spoon
Another recommendation:
Instructions assume a new, unused tube. These should be essentially full when new.
- There is a white ring on the plunger. Turn the ring to unlock it so it moves, and slide it all the way to the tube that contains the medicine.
- Raise the ring up 5 notches and twist the ring to lock it in place.
- Remove cap and depress plunger. It will stop at the ring. This is the dose for your 250lb horse. Eyeballing it, I would say it is 5/8th inch long.
- Twist the ring and raise it up 2 more notches and twist to lock back in place.
- Depress the plunger. It will stop at the ring with dosage for a 100lb horse. This one is like a large-ish pea.
- Put the cap back on. You will notice the plunger popped up a little as the cap pushes air in. Since you have the ring locked in place, all you have to do next time you use it is take off the cap and push to the ring and it will be ready to measure out your next dose.
Another method:
The dispensing method works fine. First unscrew the cuff from the end and lock it onto the first "notch". Then depress it and basically nothing comes out - now you are at zero.
Dispense one notch (this is the durvet product) for each 50 lbs of body weight. Round up (120 lbs is 3 notches, up to 150 lbs)
The alternate method is to take the entire tube, empty it into a receptacle that can hold 112 ml of water, add water up to 112 ml (there are 112 mg of ivermectin in the tube) and then stir/shake till blended. Then dispense 1ml per 10 lb body weight (per dose)
Prophylaxis:
The regular therapeutic dose is 150 mcg/kg - 200 mcg/kg body weight. Formula to calculated dose, example for someone who weight 70kg:
70kg x .15mg/kg = 10.5 mg (round it up to 12 mg)
Normally it comes in tablets which are either 3 or 6 mg, which is why we round it up. (4 tablets of 3 mg each or 2 tablets of 6 mg each). Its taken once a day with food.
In one study for prophylaxis they gave it two doses in a month. A full dose on day one, the second full dose on day 3, that's it for the full month. In health care workers on this regime COVID infection was reduced by 73%.
Dr. Been gives a full dose once a week.
The doctors at FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance suggest 0.2mg/kg body weight; 1 dose on day 1; another full dose on day 3; then one dose biweekly.
Active Infections
Because its never been used this way before, different physicians have variations in dosing. Its important to start at the first signs of illness.
Dr. Been gives one dose (divided for morning and evening) daily until patient oxygen level stabilizes.at 97 or above and symptoms have improved.
FLCCC recommends one full dose day for 5 days with food.
Post-COVID Syndrome
If fully recovered they probably don't need Ivermectin.
For long-haulers, Dr. Been gives one dose a week.