FDA Warns Against Livestock Medication as COVID Treatment 

“You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it,” is the succinct warning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted on its Twitter account Saturday about Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication for livestock that some people have used as a COVID treatment. You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it. https://t.co/TWb75xYEY4

“The FDA has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses,” the agency said on its website.