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Alternative medicine (slrpnk.net)
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/40470051

The only reason I keep Facebook is for unhinged stuff like this

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[–] 109 points 3 months ago (17 children)

It's irritating that ivermectin now carries the stink of weird alternative medicine people. Its really helpful for treating rosacea (for which it is approved by the fda as a topical prescription drug, under the name soolantra)

Like its a perfectly useful antiparasitic and antiinflammatory, but now it will always just be "that weird horse dewormer that dumbfucks take"

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    Just about everything has been turned into a political issue in the last decade. Medicine (not Healthcare... modern medicines/drugs themselves), beer brands, avocados on toast, beef, eggs, children's films/books (that's not new, I guess, just hitting new levels recently), gas stoves, holidays, black pilots, etc.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I’m convinced that conservatives wake up in the morning and just choose something to be mad at. Green MnM losing her high heels, gas stoves, Starbucks, avocado toast, etc.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This is my friend's very most favorite internet article

    https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/08/11/mayonnaise-industry-millennials/

    It is about how millennials are ungrateful, unpatriotic mayonnaise haters. It does not appear to a joke article. It fills her with so much joy lol.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    That was hilarious.

    Do other condiments have pale imitators like Miracle Whip and Just Mayo and Vegenaise? I don’t think so!

    Author's never stepped foot into an Asian grocery, and it shows.

    That said, I feel reasonably certain it's meant to be tongue in cheek humour.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    There are simply too many quotable lines in this article. Amazing

    A movie called "The Mayo Conspiracy" won the Best Comedy Feature at the 2015 World’s Independent Film Festival.

    Im going to have to watch this film however

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It would hilarious, and sad, if it eventually becomes a controlled substance over abuse concerns.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    God I fucking hope not lol. Its available over the counter at a lower percentage as a lice cream which is actually what I use since my insurance doesnt want to cover soolantra and its ridiculously expensive (like a tube of topical cream is more than $150 with goodRX)

    I have no idea why the prescription is so expensive but its reputation for being unaffordable and hard to get insurance to pay for is pretty well known by people with rosacea. The lice cream from the Walmart store brand is like $25

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Its really helpful for treating rosacea (for which it is approved by the fda as a topical prescription drug, under the name soolantra)

    Interesting as fuck. Not something you'd expect as an outsider.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    (Not the one who down voted you, I dunno why someone did that) what do you mean by as an outsider? Just that you don't have rosacea? :)

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I knew as I was writing it that the term was bad, but couldn't think of a good one. I meant layman, or something equivalent just for the field of medical science instead of law :-)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    There's nothing wrong with using the term outsider in that context, I just wanted to check if I was understanding you correctly :)

    Yeah ivermectins effect on rosacea is interesting. Its believed that in some cases rosacea may be aggravated or caused by an over abundance of demodex mites (microscopic skin mites that are on everyone's skin), but the exact relationship isnt well understood. So the ivermectin is used for its antiparasitic effect, and also being a topical anti inflammatory is helpful since rosacea is an inflammatory skin condition

    The weird part is that if I understand right in clinical trials another antiparasitic was just as effective at killing the demodex mites if not more, but wasnt effective at treating rosacea. Sulfur is also uses to treat rosacea for its similarly antiparasitic and mild antiinflammatory properties. Its really strange to me what sorts of treatments it has- like topical and oral antibiotics- you wouldn't think that would treat it but thats several of the medications approved for treating rosacea

    Rosacea is one of those weird conditions thats highly personal and we don't fully understand what's going on with it. It can also manifest with much more variety than people realize, including ocular rosacea, where instead of people getting flushing and redness like you expect (vascular rosacea), you get grittyness and irritation of the eyes. It also comes in phymatous rosacea which can be dysfiguring (which kinda terrifies me a little bit, I don't want to dislike my face), and papular pustular rosacea which looks a little like acne with small red bumps.

    Also weird is that the condition progresses and becomes more severe over time. So exposure to your triggers doesnt just mean that your skin doesnt look great for right now, it also means it will continues to get more sensitive and harder to calm down when flaring up

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