Awesome. Thank you!
@Ghost Bear Dosage is weight based, but keep in mind the concentration for horses is higher than it would be for humans. 0.2 milligrams per kilogram (one milligram per 11 pounds of human body weight) is the standard dose for humans.
https://www.drugs.com/dosage/ivermectin.html basic dosages can be found here for the on-label uses.
The purpose of the Ivermectin, aside from its direct effects on the virus, is to admit Zinc ions to the cell protoplasm (get the zinc through the cell membrane) where the Zinc interferes with viral replication.
Some zinc supplementation may be warranted, but do not overdo either the Ivermectin or the Zinc, too much zinc can be harmful, too.
I am not a doctor, so if you go this route, do your due diligence. The ordinary 50 milligram supplement tablet should be sufficient.
Normally, humans main source of zinc is red meat, something which people have been encouraged to avoid or reduce in their diets. But the antiviral properties of Zinc have been well documented.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654355/Two people I know have used this regimen when feeling ill, one tested positive for COVID. He took a "garden pea sized" dab of the apple flavored horse paste, trying to base that on his weight (the delivery syringe for horses is graduated by weight), and zinc, waited a day and repeated those single doses. He felt "like crap" for a couple of days and was tired but otherwise okay at four days.
In my own experience, I noticed I was feverish and had some lung congestion. I didn't wait. I tried to set the Ivermectin dosage by my weight, ended up with a similar amount, took that along with a 50 mg zinc tablet, followed a few hours later with another zinc tablet. I was sick for two days (that day and another), and took another dose of Ivermectin on day 3, with another two zinc supplement tablets hours apart on that day. (with a day off in between), even though I was feeling better on day 3. By day 4 I was back up to speed and took only a single zinc supplement for a few days.
I did not get tested, I didn't want to wait for results because a delay would just mean an increase in viral load and lung damage.
BTW, I didn't taste the apple flavor, maybe horses have different taste buds, maybe that was a symptom. I don't know, but there was no prolonged loss of sense of taste. As for smell, I worked extensively on occasion around lower concentrations of Hydrogen Sulfide and frankly, don't smell things very well anyway in general, so I'm no help there.
