The Question About Ivermectin and Male Infertility

Recently someone took issue with the claim that ivermectin causes fertility issues in men.

This first highlighted link shows a Netherlands journal discussing the 2011 study, but I'll be providing other links in this post as well.

Study: Ivermectin makes men infertile

The 2011 study in Nigeria found significant effects but in a small sample size. This, plus where the study was published were used to question the results of that study.

However, what else do we know about ivermectin and male fertility?

A 2008 study showed that ivermectin did produce fertility issues in male rats. The effects were compounded when ivermectin was combined with a second drug.

Effect of ivermectin on male fertility and its interaction with P-glycoprotein inhibitor (verapamil) in rats

A similar study was repeated and published on September 7th, 2017, and concluded, again, ivermectin does have impacts on fertility of male rats and again that the effects were compounded with another drug.

Effects of ivermectin and its combination with alpha lipoic acid on expression of IGFBP-3 and HSPA1 genes and male rat fertility

Even Snopes refuses to mark this as "False" and instead labels the unfertility claim in human males as "Unproven".

Ivermectin Fertility in Men Fact Check

One of the effects of ivermectin against mosquitos in pursuit of malaria control was significantly decreased egg production by surviving females. So, again, ivermectin is associated with a fertility problem (this time in females). This was from a peer-reviewed NIH study about livestock in pursuit of malaria elimination.

Administration of ivermectin to peridomestic cattle: a promising approach to target the residual transmission of human malaria

However, we also know that selenium administration in rats reduces the testicular dysfunction in rats.

Vitamin E and selenium administration synergistically mitigates ivermectin and doramectin-induced testicular dysfunction in male Wistar albino rats

The right conclusion here appears to be, as one science journal noted, caution about overprescribing ivermectin in humans, until more testing can be done. But the available facts demonstrate that ivermectin does cause fertility issues in various species other than humans and that caution ought to be taken with regard to human ingestion of ivermectin, especially unsupervised administration of ivermectin for purposes which it has no proven positive effects. In particular, ivermectin appears to interact with other drugs to cause other effects.

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The GOP is the Greatest Threat To America in the Last 150 years.

When Trump announced he was running in 2015, I knew that Trump would actively try to destroy our republic and its democratic institutions. I knew he would do this in 2015 because I knew, from years of watching, who and what Donald Trump was.

As this article demonstrates, a vast coalition, even including wealthy businessmen, came together not to defeat Donald Trump, but to ensure that we had free and fair elections, which Trump did not want because Trump is a tyrant.

 

Even the surviving Koch brother, himself a far right-wing propaganda expert and massive contributor to right-wing causes, did not want to be part of Trump's attempts to openly destroy democracy.

 

This was not a "shadow campaign" to me and other people who fought for fairer voting laws. We knew we were fighting a battle to save the very thing that made America into America - democratic FREE elections.

 

Trump was and IS a fucking tyrant. And, unfortunately, he's left behind a GOP that is now thoroughly radicalized on behalf of fascist policies.

 

It's no coincidence that Republicans now love Putin. Putin was the one who showed them how to put a thin veneer of democracy over top of a fascist oligarchy. Russia is not a real democracy and the events of the last two weeks should show that. And THAT is what Republicans want, because they know that their positions, largely based on white supremacy and bowing down to the rich, are very unpopular.

 

Democrats control the House but not by a wide margin yet those Democrats represent 60 million more people than Republicans do. The senate is split 50-50 yet Democratic senators represent 40 million more people than Republicans do. Republicans only rule where they rule by cheating, by gerrymandering, by suppressing the vote of minorities, by making voting unnecessarily hard, expensive, and troublesome. Republicans are tyrants!

 

In response to massive voter turnout, Republican states across the country are rushing to impose voter suppression laws because they can't win unless they cheat.

 

This is not Ike's GOP. It's not even Nixon's GOP anymore. It's a deeply radicalized fascist party that has seized control of the Republican name.

 

There's a reason that the Joe Walshes, George Wills, and so many other traditional Republicans are no longer Republicans.

 

The thing that calls itself the GOP today is the gravest threat to this nation in the last 150 years. Even more than Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, because those were external but this is internal and too many Americans refuse to realize that the GOP is now a party of tyranny.

 The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election

 

Why Trump Followers Can Be Considered Cult Members

Some of you who follow me may be about to get angry. That's too bad because facts are facts.

There is a reason I call Trump followers cult members.

 

A Partial List of Republican Sex Criminals

This is the GOP. This is the party of family values. This list is long and it may make you sick.

You have been warned. This list IS FACTUAL. This is who Republican VOTERS choose to elect AND RE-ELECT over and over again.

The GOP refuses to condemn Trump's sexual assaults because they are the same as him.

Abortion, Bodily Autonomy, and Constitutional Rights

We always hear the “pro-life” crowd crowing about the “rights” of the unborn, but always missing from this conversation is any discussion about the rights of the mother. The assumption is always that “you’re pregnant so to hell with your rights, those of the baby take precedence”.

Notice my language here. I did not say fetus. I said baby. I’m going to concede up front that the fetus is a human being and not “just a piece of tissue”, but when I’m done, you’re going to be furious that you ever made this argument, because if you are “pro-life”, this is going to show you just what a hypocrite you really are, both about the constitution itself and about human rights generally.

Republicans Are Racists and They Admit It Themselves

Those of you who know me know that I collect extensive evidence to counter the right wing lie that the GOP is "still the party of Lincoln" and not racists. This post will give you some references.

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Buttigieg deliberately gentrified South Bend, forcing hundreds into homelessness and personally profiting from this cruelty.

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This wasn't the first time he was criticized for this either.

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The damage he caused was extensive to black and Hispanic communities.

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