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I can't tell if you're trolling, but better use the people version for people and the animal version for animals - don't cross the streams.

nitrogen 5y ago
Out of pure curiosity, what's different (apart from dosage) between human and animal formulations of drugs?
- selectodude 5y ago
  Animals and humans can have drastically different stomach pHs.
- CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
  IANAD, but I imagine there are differing levels of quality control and differing "inactive ingredients" that may behave/metabolize differently. My doggo can't eat my grapes or onions, so I'm not going to eat his kibble or Heartguard. :)
- deleted 5y ago
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- syshum 5y ago
  It is all in the inactive ingredients not the drug. Most drugs are not just simply the drug.. There are all kinds of inactive things mixed in for various reasons. If you have a prescription and you go to CVS to fill your dog's medication you are getting the exact same thing If you go to Rural King and by a Tube of Horse Paste, you are not...
  - swader999 5y ago
    You can get material safety data sheets for all the vet drugs that list all the adjuvants.
- jbotz 5y ago
  Depends on the drug; sometimes there are chemical differences, sometimes there aren't. Presumably there are also differences with respect to quality control and regulations, at least in some countries. But in general if the drug has a single active ingredient then it should be pretty much interchangeable. In a couple of cases veterinarians have specifically advised me to buy certain antibiotics (for a sick dog) from the "people pharmacy" because it was actually cheaper than the veterinary version sold at feed stores. In the case of ivermectin tablets, usually available in 3mg, 6mg and 12mg versions both for dogs and for humans, there is unlikely to be any difference, and where I live the price is pretty much the same too.
- Taniwha 5y ago
  Pretty sure the only doses that will cure you of covid are the ones that also kill you
  - swader999 5y ago
    Didn't kill me
  - loonster 5y ago
    The current rumored dosage for covid is 0.4-0.6mg/kg, which is 2-3x the typical dosage used for treating parasites (in humans and animals). The LD50 in humans is unknown, but is estimated to be >10mg/kg. That's a remarkable safety margin. Overdosing is not a concern of mine. Efficacy is my primary concern.
    - Taniwha 5y ago
      I suspect my humor went over your head, my point was that there's no peer reviewed scientific papers about its efficacy against covid, the only way it's going to practically stop your covid infection is by taking enough to kill you
    - Johnny555 5y ago
      A "rumored dosage" is not the same as an actual therapeutic dosage. What dosage was used to cure or reduce symptoms of COVID based in well controlled clinical trials?

nitrogen 5y ago

Out of pure curiosity, what's different (apart from dosage) between human and animal formulations of drugs?

selectodude 5y ago
Animals and humans can have drastically different stomach pHs.
CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
IANAD, but I imagine there are differing levels of quality control and differing "inactive ingredients" that may behave/metabolize differently. My doggo can't eat my grapes or onions, so I'm not going to eat his kibble or Heartguard. :)
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syshum 5y ago
It is all in the inactive ingredients not the drug. Most drugs are not just simply the drug.. There are all kinds of inactive things mixed in for various reasons. If you have a prescription and you go to CVS to fill your dog's medication you are getting the exact same thing If you go to Rural King and by a Tube of Horse Paste, you are not...
- swader999 5y ago
  You can get material safety data sheets for all the vet drugs that list all the adjuvants.
jbotz 5y ago
Depends on the drug; sometimes there are chemical differences, sometimes there aren't. Presumably there are also differences with respect to quality control and regulations, at least in some countries. But in general if the drug has a single active ingredient then it should be pretty much interchangeable. In a couple of cases veterinarians have specifically advised me to buy certain antibiotics (for a sick dog) from the "people pharmacy" because it was actually cheaper than the veterinary version sold at feed stores. In the case of ivermectin tablets, usually available in 3mg, 6mg and 12mg versions both for dogs and for humans, there is unlikely to be any difference, and where I live the price is pretty much the same too.
Taniwha 5y ago
Pretty sure the only doses that will cure you of covid are the ones that also kill you
- swader999 5y ago
  Didn't kill me
- loonster 5y ago
  The current rumored dosage for covid is 0.4-0.6mg/kg, which is 2-3x the typical dosage used for treating parasites (in humans and animals). The LD50 in humans is unknown, but is estimated to be >10mg/kg. That's a remarkable safety margin. Overdosing is not a concern of mine. Efficacy is my primary concern.
  - Taniwha 5y ago
    I suspect my humor went over your head, my point was that there's no peer reviewed scientific papers about its efficacy against covid, the only way it's going to practically stop your covid infection is by taking enough to kill you
  - Johnny555 5y ago
    A "rumored dosage" is not the same as an actual therapeutic dosage. What dosage was used to cure or reduce symptoms of COVID based in well controlled clinical trials?