It can be also used in humans, there is no restriction on it but it's mostly used for pets and farm animals, we'll get to that point later
It's not an antibiotic it's an antiparasitic drug, specifically targeting nematodes, and if anyone is curious, against the most common tapeworms (not nematodes) is highly ineffective. As you could have already guessed, against bacteria and viruses it does shit...
Now, the whole stupidity with Ivermectine is that it's not actually the only drug with those properties, that its side effects and even traces were causes of renewed bans and caps in the EU farming since 2014 and a single overdose case from an animal could get your whole batch banned, but it's also the fact that it's wasn't actually choice number one.
The most infuriating thing is that another antiparasitic drug was claimed to have anti-viral properties way before it, it's mebendazole it's a drug that is classified as generic, you can buy the damn thing without a prescription, and of course, it does just as much as ivermectine which is placebo effect if you don't have parasites.
And to top it, MBZ was approved for humans a decade ago! So all the tinfoil hast can burn in hell on this one!
But does it stop here? No!
There is moxidectin, approved (wait till you hear the screams of the tinfoilers) in 2018, it's the same class of anthelmintic drug and what a surprise the same stories about it, but again free to use, no 2343 letter government suppressing it.
And the cherry on the cake
We don't use it that much even for farm animals, yes we used it, yes there are farms in our region that still do, but the problem with it is a continuous decrease in efficiency and even developed resistance thus making an increase in dosage mandatory, which is one drop till the limits for the presence of vermicide in meat rules from 2007! So if you're going to stuff yourself with a drug that breaks the limits for food consumption in your body be my guest and do so and make this planet a better place by you missing from it! As a bit of an extra you should see the side-effects anthelmintic have on cattle, that might cure you from stupidity!
Thanks for making the one major point in this whole thread... and especially in the Renowned Oncologist Drops Bombshell: Ivermectin Cures Cancer - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/renowned-oncologist-drops-bombshell-ivermectin-cures-cancer-5496753 thread.
As a disclaimer, mistakes can be made in anything, even drug use. Some of the mistakes include NOT using drugs to their full potential, that is, for all the things that they can safely be used for.
If the doctor in the OP in the "Renowned Oncologist Drops Bombshell: Ivermectin Cures Cancer" thread is mistaken or is lying, let's prove her one way or the other. If she is right, then possibly cancer imitates or is parasitic enough that parasite drugs work on it.
That's the one major point. I'll repeat it, "... cancer imitates or is parasitic enough that parasite drugs work on it." Mebendazole, of which fenbendazole is a 'child' drug, is being used for cancer, as well - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mebendazole+fenbendazole&ia=web.
Are there side effects in chemo? Yes! Any drug might have side effects if used the wrong way. After all, a person can OD on simple water if he tries hard enough. So, let's see what works... not what somebody else - especially the CDC and FDA - says works.