8月21日，美国食品药品监督管理局在社交媒体发文称，“你不是马，你也不是牛，说真的，你们应该停止（服用伊维菌素）”。

 

"You are not a horse. You are not a cow," the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tweeted on Saturday alongside a link to a page on their website explaining "Why you should not use Ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19."

美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）8月21日发布了一条推特“你不是马，也不是牛”，并附上其官网链接解释“为什么不能用伊维菌素来治疗或预防新冠”。

 

日前，美国密西西比州新冠确诊病例激增，但不少民众却将兽用抗寄生虫药物伊维菌素当作“新冠神药”使用，已导致一人因此中毒后住院治疗。

 

According to an alert issued by the Mississippi Department of Health on Friday, 70 percent of all recent calls to poison control in the state "have been related to ingestion of livestock¹ or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers." Although most callers (85 percent) only reported mild symptoms, one person was advised to seek additional treatment.

根据密西西比州卫生部8月20日发布的警告，最近该州中毒控制中心接到的求助电话中有70%与服用了在家畜补给中心购买的家畜或动物用伊维菌素有关。不过，大多数来电者（85%）只出现轻微症状，一人被建议接受治疗。

 

"Animal drugs are highly concentrated for large animals and can be highly toxic² in humans," the alert said. Ivermectin is sometimes used in humans to treat parasites³ or scabies, but in much smaller doses than are given to livestock.

该州卫生部提醒：“针对大型动物的兽药浓度很高，对人体的毒性也很大。”有时人们也用伊维菌素治疗寄生虫或疥疮，但剂量比牲畜用的少得多。

 

据《华盛顿邮报》8月21日报道，密西西比州的疫苗接种率仅为36%，在全美排名倒数第二。虽然该州居民对新冠疫苗不太感冒，但对兽药伊维菌素异常青睐，认为该药有治疗或预防新冠的效果。

 

The calls have clearly baffled health officials in the state. "I think some people are trying to use it as a preventative which is really kind of crazy," Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi's state health officer, said. "So please don't do that."

显然，这些电话让该州的卫生官员感到困惑。密西西比州卫生部官员托马斯·多布斯博士称：“我认为有些人正试图将其作为一种预防措施，这真的有点疯狂。所以请不要这样做。”

 

"You wouldn't get your chemotherapy at a feed store," Dobbs added. "You wouldn't treat your pneumonia⁴ with your animal's medication. It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially with something meant for a horse or a cow."

“你不会在饲料商店接受化疗，你不会用兽药治疗肺炎。用药剂量错误可能很危险，尤其是服用给马、牛用的药物。”

 

公开资料显示，伊维菌素是一种广谱抗寄生虫药，有广泛用于牛、羊、马、猪的胃肠道线虫、肺线虫和寄生节肢动物，犬的肠道线虫，耳螨、疥螨、心丝虫和微丝蚴，以及家禽胃肠线虫和体外寄生虫。

 

据《华盛顿邮报》报道，FDA、世界卫生组织早已先后发文警告人们不要使用伊维菌素治疗新冠。伊维菌素的制造商默克公司也明确表示，不支持该药物用于治疗新冠病毒的安全性和有效性。

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