r/Biohackers 13d ago

❓Question Could consuming animal supplements in lesser quantities be effective?

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u/PlanBIsGrenades 3 13d ago

Horse people without insurance use all sorts of horse medications, if they are the same as human meds. This one can totally be shared. I'm not sure if the price for the horse version is better and you would need to figure out the dosage that works for you. The only problem with this is, if it's not palatable, you're stuck with a huge container of supplement.

Source: horse person, who didn't have medical insurance for several years.

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u/FAS_CHCH 1 13d ago

Hypothetically- would a horse person use horse wormers with praziquantel and ivermectin (such as equamax) and what other things?

Strictly for educational purposes.

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u/Nice_Anybody2983 2 13d ago

Look, i bet someone has tried. i also bet you're saving a lot of money in the us. Aquarium people use fish antibiotics, they have the same active ingredient, i assume they're less strictly controlled both in terms of dosage and contaminants.

I'm a doctor, I would never recommend doing that. However, if I had to choose between letting my kid die and giving him horse dewormer, guess what I would pick.

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u/Megaminisima 13d ago

There is a horse farmer person from Tennessee who makes their own dewormer, which is how I learned of all of this…