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Ivermectin for Prostate Cancer? (Being studied)

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 6 10:58am | Replies (73)

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@colleenyoung

@dannos, I've moved your post to the Prostate Cancer support group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/prostate-cancer/

Researchers are studying Ivermectin to see if it may be used as an anti-cancer drug and early studies show promise. Please note that this research is in the early stages (mice studies) and has not yet been tested in human trials. Ivermectin is not a proven standard treatment for prostate cancer.

Ivermectin combined with other chemotherapy drugs or targeted drugs is being studied in early clinical trials and shows promise in patients for whom conventional chemotherapy has not worked in some cancer types. It may be effective against drug-resistant cancer cells.

– Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7505114/

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It is NOT safe to take ivermectin used in veterinary medicine. Please talk to your doctor before taking any over-the-counter medications or supplements that claim to fight or cure cancer.

Where did you hear about ivermectin for cancer? Was this suggested by your oncologist or something you read about?

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Exactly. I know it doesn't feel this way right now, @dannos — any cancer diagnosis is a big shock — but you're *very* lucky to have caught your cancer at such an early stage. You don't want to squander that good fortune by experimenting on yourself. There are very-effective mainstream medical treatments for early-stage prostate cancer and they have excellent outcomes (even advanced-stage cancer like mine is no longer the hopeless case it was 5–10 years ago).