Okay, in the area Iām in Iāve know old guys that use horse liniment and Iāve known old guys that used for-animals ivermectin because theyāre around those animals and exposed to the same parasites. Itās not always the best idea but also not usually lethal, but itās a holdover from my momās generationāpost-Depression thrift and thinking of doctorās calls as unnecessary unless somethingās serious.
But the current horse paste eaters arenāt people that are working in the farming economy, theyāre people in suburbs and small towns whoāve been sold the idea thereās scientific validity because they donāt understand in vitro versus in vivo or dosage, but also are reassured that the medicine is somehow authentic because itās in commercial circulation. Itās the shallow image of country medicine and common-sense treatmentā¦which is a thing that only exists as an ad campaign; itās the pastoralist art movement but for medicine.