TrumpLyftAlles | 2 points | May 28 2020 17:55:29

Police in Lima, Peru raid three buildings where animal-quality ivermectin was being repackaged for sale to humans (2020-05-27)

https://www.en24.news/2020/05/smp-three-clandestine-laboratories-where-ivermectin-elaborated-intervene-coronavirus-in-peru-society.html

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[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 1 points | May 28 2020 17:56:10

Peru is guaranteeing treatment with ivermectin for those tested positively or showing symptoms!

... story about the raid ...

Ivermectin is a medicine that has been widely questioned for not having proven efficacy in the treatment of patients with COVID-19 and its side effects, like hydroxychloroquine. The Health Minister, Víctor Zamora, indicated that people should avoid self-medication.

“We have calculated in a first phase, guarantee treatment for 200,000 people who have either symptoms compatible with COVID-19 or positive laboratory diagnosis. We are making an additional purchase of 200,000 more in case we fall short (…) There are three types of treatment, this is decided by the treating doctor. That is to avoid self-medication and make it a safe treatment, “he explained.

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[-] kunkr | 1 points | May 28 2020 19:29:12

Weird, is "animal quality" ivermectin any different? Ivermectin is ivermectin. Shouldn't they be happy that more is being produced/repurposed?

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[-] rraak | 1 points | May 28 2020 21:36:01

It must have been extremely blatant to catch attention, or it may have had some sort of impact on legitimate sales and production. You don't need a prescription to buy most pharmaceutical drugs in Peru - you just walk up to the pharmacy desk and ask for what you want, particularly at the smaller pharmacies.

Assuming we're talking about topicals or paste... "Animal quality" probably just means that went into a different set of containers and labels after being synthesized. Either it's the correct chemical compound or it's not. Safety, quality, and consistency checks may be less for drugs labelled for animal use but it's the same thing.

On the other hand, if the groups were reselling topical ivermectin as injectable it would have concerned me a lot more

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[-] wishes91 | 1 points | May 29 2020 01:43:44

And it is interesting how different degrees of purity of the feedstock are acceptable in medicines for animals and humans. I don’t understand this at all, but I’m afraid that the “dirtier” the raw material, the more undesirable side effects it will cause.

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