Ticks & Chiggers--a study

[stiltzkin]

Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial

Should it pan out, the pill would be a new weapon against Lyme disease.

arstechnica.com

 

[Teegate]

Would you take it? Not sure if I would.

 

[stiltzkin]

Well, not before it's finished clinical trials, no. If it's fully approved and proven to be effective and well tolerated, possibly.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I give a lot of lectures about tick control for animals, and someone *always* asks me this question: Can I take this product? I have to tell them to please follow label instructions, they're for dogs only. I wondered when someone would try to make one for people. I think I'll take it but I'll read the data first. I am assuming it's an isoxazoline, but I am not sure.
Edit: It's lotilaner, which is an isoxazoline, currently sold as Credelio for dogs.

 

[bobpbx]

I don't think I'll risk it in the near term, and even in the long term, I'd still use all the current precautions, because once that feeding tube penetrates, that is the start of grief for me. I doubt their death would mean I would not itch for 7 to 10 days.