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Ivermectin for Prostate Cancer? (Being studied)
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@heavyphil, here's an article describing the research you mention
- A bold new treatment for prostate cancer could soon be available by repurposing an existing drug. https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/beacons/precisionmedicine/researchfeatures/cancerresearch/prostatecancerresearch/
It is important to note that this promising article describes research in pre-clinical trials, meaning, in mice and not yet in human trials. See @kujhawk1978's post describing research phases https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1119887/
Repurposing existing drugs for cancer treatments is a focus of some research trials for good reason. As the Glasgow article states "Drug repurposing in this way is advantageous as existing drugs already have satisfactory safety records. They can therefore be fast-tracked to treat the new disease."
An exciting research area to follow for the hoepfully not so distant future. Not sure what researchers consider "soon". It might differ from a patient's definition of soon. 😕
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Yes, Colleen, that was the article - thanks for the URL - I can never get that right!
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Thanks! It's very heartening to see so much research going on, both with new treatments and repurposing existing ones.
Even if it does end up in clinical use for PCa "soon" (however we define that), it's important for all of us to remember that we don't know the right dose, strength, or formulation yet. Taking it wrong might do nothing, might produce dangerous side-effects, or might even make the cancer worse. 🙁
It's hard to be patient when it feels like time is our enemy, but the latest treatments for metastatic PCa are buying us more of it.