![]() ![]() He told his Instagram followers that he took Ivermectin along with monoclonal antibodies, Z-pack antibiotics and a vitamin drip for three days and that he felt great. Last month, Rogan announced he fell ill on August 28, during the Florida leg of his live tour. 'They're lying at your network about people taking human drugs versus drugs for veterinary.' 'It should bother you too,' Rogan shot back. 'You're probably the only one at CNN who's glad … The rest of them are all lying about me taking horse medication.' ![]() The CNN correspondent's talk with Rogan started out on fairly friendly terms, with Gupta telling Rogan he was 'glad' that he was better. Billions of people have taken it,' Rogan said. 'Ivermectin can be a very effective medication for parasitic disease and, as you say, it's probably a quarter billion people have taken it around the world.' Gutpa conceded: 'If you got a human pill - because there are people that were taking the veterinary medication, and you're not, obviously, you got it from a doctor - so it shouldn't be called that. 'First of all, it was prescribed to me by a doctor along with a bunch of other medications.' 'Dude, they lied and said I was taking horse de-wormer,' Rogan shot back. Gupta seemed overwhelmed: 'We're going so fast.' 'It's just a lie, but don't you think a lie like that is dangerous on a news network, when you know that they know they're lying?' Rogan asked. Rogan went on to criticize mainstream media for pushing a false narrative about Ivermectin, a broad-spectrum, anti-parasitic 'wonder drug' taken by 250 million people a year, according to a 2015 Nobel lecture. Ivermectin is available over-the-counter for horses, though health authorities have warned against humans taking the larger animal concentrations. Studies show it helps reduce viral load, but health experts say more research is needed Ivermectin, available in human and animal concentrations, is used by 250 million people a year. This is ridiculous,' Rogan said, prompting Gupta to laugh. 'A drug that has been shown to stop viral replication in vitro - you know that, right? Why would they lie and say that's horse de-wormer? I can afford people medicine, motherf*****. 'Why would you say that when you're talking about a drug that's been given out to billions and billions of people? A drug that was responsible for one of the inventors winning the Nobel Prize in 2015? Gupta pointed to what he called a 'snarky' tweet by the FDA telling people they are 'not a horse,' seemingly comparing it to his CNN colleagues' statements. They're unfavorably framing it as veterinary medicine.' ![]() 'It's a lie on a news network … and it's a lie that they're conscious of. 'Calling it a horse de-wormer is not the most flattering thing, I get that,' Gupta said. On Wednesday's episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, he repeatedly pressed Gupta on his coworkers' claims that he took animal drugs. Rogan recovered last month after what he called a 'kitchen sink' approach. Gupta seemed overwhelmed by Rogan's line of questioning: 'We're going so fast' The FDA went so far as to send out a snarky tweet telling people: 'You are not a horse, you are not a cow. Studies have shown that Ivermectin decreases viral loads and may prevent COVID deaths, but the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control recommend against using it for COVID, saying better studies are needed. Joe Rogan has forced CNN's chief medical correspondent to admit that the network should have never described his prescribed Ivermectin COVID treatment as a 'horse de-wormer.'ĭr Sanjay Gupta appeared on the star's Spotify podcast on Wednesday to discuss Ivermectin's use as a COVID-19 treatment and after a tense back-and-forth, Gupta eventually agreed that the anti-parasite drug, which was prescribed to Rogan by a doctor, should never have been repeatedly described on CNN as a horse de-wormer.įormer UFC commentator and Spotify star, Rogan, 54, drew criticism from Dr Anthony Fauci when he revealed he took the drug in an Instagram video last month. ![]()
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