• ColeSloth
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    24 days ago

    “Minnesota and the CDC reported that the three hospitalized patients were treated with the anti-parasitic drug albendazole and recovered.”

    Albendazole and mebendazole kill of intestinal parasites in the same way. They starve them of sugars for several hours. I bring both up just because it rings angry memories about US Healthcare. They typically work with a single dose treatment.

    Mebendazole is a prescription pill in the US and despite having been made in around the early 1970’s and costing around 4 cents a pill to make, in the US, after getting a prescription, the pills are $250 a piece.

    In most of the world, they are prescription free and you can pick up a 6 pack of them for like $12.