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RE: Off topic on river blindness

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Posted by: rwoodyer at Tue Mar 14 21:11:20 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rwoodyer ]  
   

The American Chemical Society called ivermectin one of the 100 greatest drugs ever produced...

It doesn't fix blindness, but it can cure the disease before it causes blindness.



Here is some info from the Mayo clinic



http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR202311



Ivermectin (eye-ver-MEK-tin) is used in the treatment of certain worm infections. It is used to treat river blindness (onchocerciasis) and a certain type of diarrhea (strongyloidiasis). It may also be used for some other kinds of worm infections.



Ivermectin appears to work by paralyzing and then killing the offspring of adult worms. It may also slow down the rate at which adult worms reproduce. This results in fewer worms in the skin, blood, and eyes.



Ivermectin is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:



Oral

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Tablets (U.S., Canada, Africa, Europe, and South America)
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when life hands you lemons, make super lemons, bumblebees, etc...


   

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