People
taking horse Ivermectin for C‐19
(A Purely Hypotheical Analysis)
9/16/21
There are rumors that people blocked from access to medical grade Ivermectin are resorting to
ivermectin for horses or other animals. The author will suggest that it is unconscionable that
people should even have to consider something like this for FDA approved drugs that can be
safely given under a doctor’s supervision and that many controlled studies show evidence for
effectiveness against C‐19. However, that is where we are.
For those considering or taking this desperate measure, i.e., using over the counter Horse
Ivermectin Paste, they are presumably adjusting the dosage by body weight. So, if hypothetically
someone wanted to, just how would they do that adjustment? Now this is a purely
academic/hypothetical analysis which does not recommend anyone do this because Horse
Ivermectin is not approved for humans for any use. It does not go through the same screening
and production standards the FDA requires for use in humans. Further, even using medical
grade Ivermectin for the treatment of C‐19 is not recommended by CDC. We are to accept that
CDC is looking only after the interests of public health as opposed to those of CDC’s Big Pharma
donors. Just ask CDC if you are unsure. As a result, this document will propose no dosages of
Horse Ivermectin Paste for humans but rather what dosages would be required for small
horses/ponies in the human weight range using dosage by weight as the only consideration. The
author is neither a veterinarian or medical doctor and so makes no guarantee that a dosage based
solely on weight is valid, only that it is commonly done for many medications for both animals
and humans, including with Ivermectin in some cases. Further, this document makes no assertion
that a given dosage by weight in one mammal species is applicable to another or that
age/maturity may not be a factor as well.
*Note the author does not vouch for the veracity of any of the cited sources. The reader is
encouraged to review them and investigate other sources for corroboration or opposition.
People (Medical Grade) Ivermectin
Ivermectin has been used in people to fight parasitic diseases such as River Blindness and Scabies
and has even shown some effectiveness against some viruses. However, CDC does not
recommend that it be used for C‐19. Buying people (medical grade) Ivermectin requires a
prescription from a doctor. Although your local doctor and hospital may not prescribe this for
you if you are diagnosed with or symptomatic of C‐19 and may try to discourage you from using
Ivermectin, there are doctors who will prescribe it for C‐19. For instance,
www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org, just click on the C‐19 medications tab and arrange an online
consult (~$85 without insurance). Pregnant and nursing women in particular should get a
medical consult and advise of their condition. This site also gives references for evidence for the
effectiveness of Ivermectin and other medications for C‐19 as well as information on concerns
with the CDC’s preferred treatments including the vax.
Now again, to make it clear, CDC does not recommend the use of Ivermectin for treatment of
C‐19. They do recommend Remdesivir which is FDA approved for C‐19 but unlike Ivermectin is
on patent and very expensive. The author is aware of claims that Remdesivir has some very
severe adverse side effects, which you can look up. Here is one article on this.
https://greatmountainpublishing.com/2021/08/07/doctor‐reveals‐that‐remdesivir‐was‐the‐
real‐cause‐for‐many‐alleged‐covid‐19‐maladies/. Some studies suggest that if it works at all, it is
only immediately after infection. This can be looked up too. So, despite any CDC
recommendations for it, if you have a loved one dying of C‐19 in the hospital, and still being given
Remdesivir, you might want to ask your doctor to show you the study that would justify this. You
might also want to request Ivermectin and encourage them to give it to your loved one if they
are not getting better. www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org has references to numerous studies
and articles you can show a hesitant doctor to support the use of Ivermectin for C‐19. Make your
request in writing (along with supporting studies) and keep a copy, it could be useful if Ivermectin
is denied and your loved one subsequently dies or is debilitated.
People Ivermectin vs. Horse Ivermectin
Now the question to ask is not just about dosage, but also about ingredients and quality.
Ingredients of People (Medical Grade) Ivermectin:
Here is the information from one supplier:
Ivermectin tablets are available as 3‐mg tablets containing the following inactive ingredients:
colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose,
and pregelatinized starch.
(approved usage) DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Strongyloidiasis The recommended dosage
of Ivermectin Tablets for the treatment of strongyloidiasis is a single oral dose designed to
provide approximately 200 mcg of ivermectin per kg of body weight. *Author’s note: there are
warnings for nursing mothers. There is insufficient data on the effects on pregnant women,
children under 15 kg and people over 65. You are encouraged to read the referenced
documentation and consult with a doctor if using this for any reason.
Source: http://edenbridgepharma.com/Ivermectin%20PI.pdf
If you are considering Ivermectin use for C‐19 www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org can get you an
online consult ($85 without insurance) with qualified medical personnel and when appropriate
they will prescribe Ivermectin for C‐19. Other doctors available on line who will do this can be
found as well, as of 9/16/21. Again, note the cautions given above.
Ingredients of Durvet Ivermectin Paste (Horse Ivermectin)
Source https://www.durvet.com/wp‐content/uploads/2017/09/Ivermectin‐
Paste_Bimeda_112015_SDS.pdf
Note, components A, B & C are not listed as toxic. FDA is always careful to advise that versions of human
medications provided to animals do not go through the same screening and standards that are required
for humans. And may not have the same ingredients, as is the case here. It should also be noted that
horses are expensive. Any human considering ingesting this form of Ivermectin would need to consider
these factors and as noted, would be going against CDC and FDA guidelines. Any medical professional
prescribing horse Ivermectin for humans or even suggesting this would lose their license. This
document does not recommend humans use horse Ivermectin, but rather only presents a hypothetical
analysis of what the dosage would be if applied to a small horse/pony in the human weight range using
weight as the sole consideration. This document only addressed the Durvet “horse paste” version of
Ivermectin. There are “pour on” versions of Ivermectin for animal uses and these are not addressed here
other than to note that all or some do contain harmful additional chemicals making them very dangerous
for human ingestion.
Dosage for Ivermectin as applied to C‐19.
Since CDC and FDA do not recommend treating C‐19 with Ivermectin, they do not provide or suggest a
protocol (known to the author at this time) for applying Ivermectin to C‐19. This despite the fact that many
doctors and countries like India have been prescribing and using medical grade Ivermectin for C‐19 for
some time. As a result, there is no official dosage in the USA. In a personal investigation the author found
that www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org prescribed a dosage of seven 3mg tablets taken daily for 5 days
for an ~250 lb man. This is consistent with the 200 microgram/kg weight dosage for 3‐7 days suggested
in https://advancedmediterranean.com/2021/09/05/ivermectin‐for‐covid‐19‐whats‐the‐dose/. Other
references with suggested dosages can be found in a www.duckduckgo.com search. For instance,
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2021/08/ivermectin‐treatment‐protocols/. Since this is a purely
academic exercise that does not recommend anyone actually do this outside a doctor’s supervision, this
document will assume for the sake of argument, a dosage of 200 micrograms Ivermectin/kg body weight
given for 5 days. It will also assume that the active Ivermectin ingredient in both medical grade and horse
Ivermectin is the same chemically though not necessarily having the same purity or quality or other
ingredients. This is an assumption for purposes of argument, not a guarantee.
Ivermectin Paste C‐19 dosage by horse weight
A tube of Durvet Ivermectin paste has 6.02 grams of paste which is 1.87% Ivermectin. It also clearly has
a picture of a horse on the package. Assuming that this is 1.87% by weight, the dosage for a small 250 lb
horse/pony at 200 micrograms/kg would be as follows:
*Note, calculation performed with Smath Studio using automatic unit conversion
This would work out to just enough for one 5‐day course of C‐19 treatment for a small 250 lb horse/pony
assuming the small horse/pony dosage would be the same as for a human of equal weight. Now what if
a small horse/pony had a different weight? The following table shows the weight inferred Ivermectin
dosage, paste dosage and doses per tube of paste for small horses/ponies of weights from 30 lb to 310 lb.
Amount of Doses
Ivermectin per
horse C‐19 Dose Horse Paste 6.02 g
weight (lbs) (grams) (grams) tube
30 0.0027 0.146 41.4
50 0.0045 0.243 24.8
70 0.0064 0.340 17.7
90 0.0082 0.437 13.8
110 0.0100 0.534 11.3
130 0.0118 0.631 9.5
150 0.0136 0.728 8.3
170 0.0154 0.825 7.3
190 0.0172 0.922 6.5
210 0.0191 1.019 5.9
230 0.0209 1.116 5.4
250 0.0227 1.213 5.0
270 0.0245 1.310 4.6
290 0.0263 1.407 4.3
310 0.0281 1.504 4.0
*Note that if the horse is pregnant or nursing, very young or very old there are considerations for
medical grade Ivermectin for people (see note above), whether this would translate to small
horses/ponies is not known to this author.
Dosage for other mammals.
To project this table of dosages to animals other than a horse would likely require consultation with a
veterinarian. No doctor would ever suggest this for human use in other than a disaster situation where
medical grade Ivermectin is not available and it would only be speculation to suggest they would do it
even then. So, to be clear the author constructed this table for small horses/ponies in the human weight
range as an academic exercise and makes no claims for its applicability to other species. Further, since
body weight is the only consideration, factors based on age/maturity were not taken into account.
Here is a video on how to figure dosages for various weights of small horses/animals using the tube that
horse Ivermectin paste comes in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexpeCn08n0
