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Don’t use ivermectin for COVID-19, Health Canada warns as poison control calls increase

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Health Canada is warning Canadians against using ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19, saying that calls to poison control centres about the drug have increased over the summer.
© Raphaël Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM A box of ivermectin in a pharmacy in Paris, France on April 16, 2021.

Ivermectin, an antiparasitic medication, is authorized by Health Canada to treat worm infections, not viruses like the one that causes COVID-19.

“There is no evidence that ivermectin works to prevent or treat COVID-19, and it is not authorized for this use,” Health Canada wrote in a press release.

Recently, some veterinary medicine facilities have reported that people were also taking a formulation of the drug intended for livestock.

Read also: Calgary feed shop forced to hide Ivermectin livestock dewormer being touted as COVID-19 cure

If you are taking ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19, you should stop immediately and safely discard any remaining medication by returning it to the vendor or following municipal hazardous waste guidelines, Health Canada wrote. If you are experiencing side effects after having taken it for that purpose, you should call poison control.

Taking drugs without being monitored by a medical professional puts people at risk of harmful side effects, the department wrote, especially when it comes to veterinary products.

“Canadians should never consume health products intended for animals because of potential serious health risks, including seizures, coma and even death.”

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