WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to use ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.The drug is used in the U.S.
to treat or prevent parasites in animals, according to a news release. "You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all.
Stop it," the agency tweeted on Saturday.FDA officials said they've "received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses."Officials warn that ivermectin has not been approved to treat or prevent COVID-19 in humans and that it is not an anti-viral drug.