Thank you for brining up thos issue. It is actually really important. They did studies and people infected iirc are more social and have more car accidents.

It crosses the blood brain barrier and unfortunately is passed from mother to baby. So it could be another factor for dysgenics.

In the past, people did routine dewormings on themselves. For example with castor oil. Or possibly some herbs.

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/how-stop-lurking-toxoplasmosis-parasite-target-its-stomach

"For most people affected by it, Toxoplasma gondii causes only mild flu-like symptoms, often from food poisoning. After that initial infection, the parasite usually goes into cyst phase and remains in the person's body for the rest of his or her life. But in people with weak immune systems or pregnant women, the infection can cause problems immediately or after cysts awaken, damaging the brain, eyes or a fetus they carry. Even healthy people can experience repeated retina damage if the parasite dwells in their eyes. Some evidence even links it to mental illness."

Plant based treatments-

https://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=384&Itemid=462 Translate to English

As dewormers against Toxocara and other nematodes are mostly used broad spectrum anthelmintics like the benzimidazoles ( eg. albendazole, febantel, fenbendazole), the levamisole, the endectocides ( eg. oxime milbemycin, moxidectin, selamectin) and the emodepside.

Some of these compounds are not effective against migratory larvae. Therefore it is often recommended to repeat the treatment at 2 to 4 weeks, since it is assumed that at that time most of the dormant larvae will have reactivated and become susceptible to the anthelmintic.

https://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1461

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/CMR.00057-17

Unfortunately, all drugs used in clinical practice are solely active against the tachyzoite stage of the parasite and do not demonstrate activity against cysts containing bradyzoites, the latent stage of the parasite.

However, in September 2015, the price of pyrimethamine, which has been in clinical use for more than 6 decades, was increased 5,000% overnight, from $13.50 to $750.00 per pill, by Turing Pharmaceuticals (now marketed by Vyera Pharmaceuticals), the sole manufacturer in the United States; this created confusion and prompted compound pharmacies to provide alternatives (3). In other regions of the world, the price of pyrimethamine is less than $1 per pill.

The key danger from toxoplasmosis is that it's one of the few infections capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier. That means it can get into the nervous system, including the retina, spinal cord and brain. It can also hide out in muscle tissue of both humans and animals.

Treatment of toxoplasmosis typically includes combinations of two antimicrobials, most often inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) (pyrimethamine and trimethoprim) and dihydropteroate synthetase (sulfonamides, such as sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfadoxine), which block folic acid synthesis.

Pyrimethamine, a key DHFR inhibitor, appears to be the most effective drug against T. gondii and is the basis for effective regimens. These include pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine (pyr-sulf), the gold standard against which other regimens are measured, and pyrimethamine combined with clindamycin, atovaquone, clarithromycin, or azithromycin.

If you find a really effective treatment, especially that women of child bearing years can use prior to getting pregnant, please make a post about it. :))

I saw some treatments that worked on animals, humans don't have many approved treatments. And I'm not sure where to get the meds.

The problem is that these parasites live dormant in cysts in our muscles. So we need to find a way to break the cysts. They can activate under stress or pregnancy.

Currently people just keep treating their animals regularly.

So if someone is depressed they should take ivermectin? How much, etc.? Where can we find more on this?

God Save the Toxo. I think you've got a smart hypothesis.

So would you use it to treat respiratory diseases such as avian flu, or general RSV in animals?

Since they might roll out avian flu, it might be good to have this in our back pocket.