Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial

Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by DowagerDave on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:58AM (#39746244)

You don't usually get bitten by mosquitoes on your neck though, how would this help with the bites you DO get all over your legs and arms? Or are you suggesting something so potent it absorbs into your bloodstream and then prevents bug bites? no thanks.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by diggan on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:14PM (#39746401)

> how would this help with the bites you DO get all over your legs and arms?

Not sure how true it is, but the marketing for the collars we use claims that eventually the chemicals spreads to protect the full body, even if the collar is just around the neck.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by Scoundreller on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:03PM (#39746293)

> Or are you suggesting something so potent it absorbs into your bloodstream and then prevents bug bites

That’s what the medicated pet collars do.

Part of the advantage of collar-absorption is that you can use a molecule that readily breaks down/inactivates in digestion. And avoid sharp peaks in blood levels.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by Turing_Machine on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:13PM (#39746396)

I knew a woman who was highly amused that the cancer drug she was on caused mosquitoes to die instantaneously upon biting her.

Tough woman. She is missed.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by dylan604 on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:12PM (#39747071)

> You don't usually get bitten by mosquitoes on your neck though,

and how do you manage this?

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