Completely agree that he is a hero. One additional thought though is that why have an FDA approval process? Why have that gatekeeper? I expect it is because FDA approval drives insurance and medicare/aid reimbursements. What if we let people take all the non-harmful drugs they wanted, but instead limited what drugs would be reimbursed to those proved efficacious? Liberty for those wishing to take pharma products, and liberty for the rest of us by not needing to pay for their experimental treatments.
Look, if we're going to get rid of the FDA and put these decisions in the hands of individual insurance companies, we can do so. But I don't think people have thought through what that actually looks like. I don't think we can or should expect insurance and government payors to provide drugs that haven't gone through trials and proper development, which is incredibly expensive. So we'll be stuck - without a centralized and relatively independent agency, drug companies will still have to do trials and then talk to insurers about what they've found. (And will individual insurers want to be in the position of having to review every drug? And will they get the internal data the FDA sees?) Prices will not be lower and the system will be even more opaque and bureaucratic.
I’ll flush out my proposal one more step. Shift the FDA’s role to being simply a reimbursement gatekeeper. They decide if a treatment is efficacious and more efficacious than other generic treatments. Without that blessing, pharma products won’t be reimbursed. This would still allow those willing to pay the opportunity to take unproven treatments if they wish.
“There is nothing more dangerous than being an honest man in Washington“ wow, you nailed that completely on the head, sir. Because there’s nothing more despicable than corrupt immoral, uncaring sociopathic scum that are in positions of power, influence control, and authority.
Interesting read to finish the week, good luck, things are going to get a lot worse, I think in the end, the left is just going to eventually say, “F it, just kill Trump and we will deal with the dangers later…”
Agreed, and re "But the FDA’s job isn’t to provide hope, particularly when a treatment itself can be dangerous". That may indeed be the FDAs job, but two questions: 1. where is the "enumerated power" in the Constitution that allows it, and 2. why is it the business of the government to control individual choices?
I just read your title. Nobody wants the FDA to approve drugs that don't work. At the same time, people have a "right to try" drugs or use them off label, Alex. That is not your job to decide, like ivermectin or any other drug. Maybe you have to get terminally ill before you understand that. They have a right to weigh it all out and do what they want.
People have the right to do what they want, but companies and doctors should not have to promote unapproved medicines or treatments for specific diseases, or profit from selling them - particularly since they are usually incredibly expensive and paid for by insurance or government (ivermectin is a rare exception).
I would add that "I just read your title" is a great example of what's wrong with online (and offline) discussion these days. You had an immediate ideologically-driven response instead of actually considering the facts I presented.
I always read your articles if I comment. In this case, I just know enough from past interviews what your views are on this. I saw you attack Dr. Malone for this. You think no drug should be promoted ever unless there are double blind studies that show it's effective. So you do not like doctors and patients having the right to do unconventional medicine. You think they are part of the problem. It's all about freedom and informed consent. You are right about the vaccine, right about not forcing people to take unproven drugs, but wrong on right to try and doctor/patient relationships. Trust me, I read all the articles I comment on, or I have in the past. I just knew where you were headed. I doubt this article says you have changed your position on attacking doctors like you did Dr. Malone. Does it? :)
I guess I would also say I agree FDA shouldn't rush approval, that is not their job, but we also should not demonize doctors for using drugs off label. They have some good reasons for doing that at times. Most of the alternative guys I listen to are recommending easily obtained drugs and when you look at studies yourself on a particular treatment, you find lots of conventional studies showing benefits. So we don't need some big regulatory board stopping doctors from doing that. Which is where I'm afraid you are headed.
Bio- identical hormone replacement creams compounded at a pharmacy are not FDA approved. This is a prime example of FDA being way behind on the science. Plus it was demonized for decades due to incorrectly analyzing the studies, most of which used synthetic estrogen and progesterone, completely different chemicals by the way. Don’t get me started…this is a soapbox issue for me because my PCP won’t even discuss this issue. He also lectured me on taking a natural thyroid Rx, Armour, that has been around for a long time, because he thinks I should take levothyroxine, a T4 synthetic medication. When I questioned him about this medication, because I know how the thyroid works, he couldn’t answer me. Thankfully I see a NP who specializes in HRT, but not everyone can afford that, so many miss out on these options.
Anyway, good comment Lekimball. It’s a complex issue, and I fully support Vinay Prasad. He’s a rock star and we are so fortunate that he has the knowledge and courage of his convictions. I hope Marty Makary supports him, which I think he does. They can only do so much to prevail against the swamp that is occupied by Blackstone.
Hi Alex. Usually the drugs that are promoted are cheap and easily accessible, many of them, like ivermectin, for instance. Or aspirin. Big Pharma goes against people who DO have studies showing efficacy and you seem to go along with that. People who sell supplements make money, but people still are not compelled to buy them. There are usually studies that back up the efforts and people don't have TIME to wait for FDA approval. You may think they are being taken advantage of, but I don't think that's your business. People are aware of all this. They aren't stupid.
I think that’s what the black market is for, isn’t it? I mean, if you have millions of dollars for medicine, we’re way past your average sick human with health insurance. Maybe as a society, we need to lean into our profound fear of death anxiously demanding million-dollar Hail Mary drugs to avoid it. Just wondering.
You think that's YOUR decision? And you should take away my rights? Is that your point? Sorry if I'm not ready to go yet. And most of these alternative therapies are adjunctive to regular therapies and are NOT expensive. I don't have millions of dollars. I don't want my doctors regulated. What is your point? Regulating doctors? And maybe euthanasia like Canada? that's pretty much where we're headed here, too. But that isn't your decision.
But these drugs and treatments are not like ivermectin which has a long history of treating illnesses with low side effects. What Alex is talking about here is new drugs and treatments with REAL side effects and a hefty price tag. If I had Huntingtons and if there was evidence of some benefit then if I had the money I might be desperate enough to let someone open up my brain to give it a go. But Alex’s point on these examples is that there should be SOME evidence. Which means you have to compare the proposed treatments to something else. And how they’re doing those comparisons, IF they’re doing them, is being done incorrectly. For money.
Nobody disagrees with that. But I've heard him go after people who WERE prescribing ivermectin FOR INSTANCE, and said it was part of the problem. He wasn't for using off label drugs by doctors unless they were PROVEN effective. He was pretty much saying they should be regulated. The FDA, though should do careful assessments and studies before approving a drug. I agree that (as with the vaccine), approvals should not be rushed, but I have less problem with that than I do them forcing an unproven drug on the public like they did that vaccine. To me, the FDA has a job and should do it, but off label drugs that are already approved should be allowed. The government should not get between you and your doctor. I've been an Alex fan a long time, so unless he changed his pov on this, I just wanted to give him a nudge. The key to all of it is informed consent, both with drugs pushed on the public and between you and your doctor.
Excellent article. Once these drugs are approved, the doctors are in lockstep and the doom loop is set. Doctors have credibility even if Pharma-FDA do not. That is why these drugs must be stopped at the source. Thank God for men like this who will step on the head of the snake. I no longer trust the system thanks to Covid. And if I see one more TV commercial with dancing happy people while a list of side effects march across my screen with names like URVULVA, or PEEDONME for whatever malady pharma is marketing, I am going to puke.
Ok, my story. My dad was in his late 80's with Parkinson's and he elected to get vaccinated with Moderna, twice. I didn't want to say no though I w as against it. I was an intimate caretaker and I am convinced it shed on me as I got shingles right away. Now I have a rare form of breast cancer I'm convinced is also related (my gene studies show me no risk for any kind of cancer). If my margins come back not clean here, you can bet I'm going to do that combo of Ivermectin/meb sold by Wellness company since there is some evidence (lower cancer rates in countries where it's over the counter) and other anecdotal evidence. Now I think it is a bit pricey, but do I want you or some regulatory person telling me I can't do it? I'm also using high doses of vitamin B1, B3, B7 and aspirin -- all cheap, that a researcher is having good success with. Am I stupid? I've researched aspirin and lots of conventional studies supporting its success. I look carefully at conventional studies. Do i think the Wellness people are just ripping people off and don't believe in what they're doing? No. Are they charging too much? Maybe. You talk to doctors there. I like Trump's right to try and I am not a big believer in big pharma drugs and some conventional treatments. Most people in my position are not stupid. They do not want their choices taken away. I heard your views on Ivermectin during covid and you were wrong on that, but right on the vaccine. You attacked Dr. Malone for no good reason, and demonized doctors who were having some success. They were using drugs that have been around a long time and were much less dangerous than that vaccine, but you went after them, too. Doctors have always used drugs off label for different reasons. What you were doing was getting between doctors and their patients and wanted to regulate doctors. I don't think that's your business. But the FDA should not recommend any drug that hasn't been thoroughly tested. That is THEIR role. I think you are a good journalist. I like your efforts against marijuana and many of your positions, and I still support you and I likely always will. But you are not God. Regulators should not regulate doctors, just drugs, and off label drugs that have already been proven safe should be available to people who "want to try."
Lekimball - not sure what you’re paying now but to give you an idea of cost - My husband and I get a prophylaxis dose of IVM (15-20 mg a week, depending upon your weight so that will give you an idea of cost) for $25 a month each from a compounding pharmacy. You’ll need a prescription. I hope all goes well for you.
Ah, thanks for the tip. I also have a doctor in the family (close friend) who can prescribe things off label for me. I wonder if they have that combination? I am not totally against conventional medicine. I weigh it all out. I think the key is informed consent on all of it and freedom. But thanks so much for the help and good wishes!
You might want to check out the old FLCCC (Front Line Covid Critical Care) which is now the Independent Medical Alliance to see what they have to say about fighting cancer using the combo drugs with IVM. I believe they tout some conventional therapies along with theirs but am not sure about that. The government is now actually doing some studies on IVM and its possible cancer fighting properties. I can’t do it right now or I’d send it along. But you can enter ivermectin and cancer fighting and should be able to find one or two.
Thanks. I've read some about that combo for cancer, but will look into this as well. There is also a guy who is selling nothing, doing studies on rats for all kinds of cancer who thinks B1, B3, B7 and aspirin, high doses, is really helpful. Along with vitamin D and charcoal and certain antihistamines. So I'm doing that. Waiting a bit more since surgery, but I have ivermectin alone here. And might add that in. What I do depends on pathology which I don't have back yet. I will likely do radiation as well. Hope it's only that they recommend.... :)
Just make sure you do lots of research from people who have proven results. (Sorry to be such a mother hen when I don’t even know you.) High doses of aspirin can cause internal bleeding, as I’m sure you know. Do look on line at the studies being done as they’re controlled and some sound at least promising and some, if I remember correctly, are on breast cancer. I would tend to trust the Wellness people too but I’d have to do lots of research and compare. It sounds as if you’re doing that.
:) Thanks for thinking of me. Yeah, it IS a pretty high dose but I substitute with White Willow Bark on some days. I seem to be tolerating it better than I thought I would. If I didn't have cancer, I'm remarkably healthy, ha. Blood tests good. 115/70 BP, 135 pounds (not bad for my age), low glucose. I have high total cholesterol but low triglycerides and high HDL,good VLDL, so won't take statins. Only thing off. Yeah, aspirin has been beneficial in breast cancer and this guy is studying it on breast cancer and having results along with B1, B3, and B7. I do do a lot of research. I figure most of this won't hurt me. I take vitamin D and K as well. Deactivated charcoal--that is interesting stuff, five days/week. an antihistamine. He seems to think blocking cortisol and serotonin are key. Most people think serotonin is good, but he says not. Keep inflammation low. I'm trying to decide if I add back in ivermectin which I was taking for a while (and/or that other drug Wellness combines with it). If my margins aren't clear, I'm sure I'll add it in. I'll probably do this protocol a good while, but cut back on aspirin off and on. You probably didn't want that much info, either, ha. But thanks.
Hoping for the best for you! If you chose to use an aromatase inhibitor, Letrozole has better overall tolerability, at least as good benefit, and it can probably be taken at much lower doses and frequency than prescribed. Link at your request. Consider eating broccoli sprouts. Sulforaphane has powerful anti-neoplastic effects (contrary to Wikipedia). Ketogenic diet or use of Metformin also something to consider. Best to you! 🤗❤️
Alex you nailed it: "If companies want the FDA to approve a new treatment where none exists, they should have to run a clinical trial against a placebo". Not a single childhood vaccine has done this, and the vast majority of adult vaccines have never done this either. The current vaccines are one of the biggest scams in American and modern history.
Excellent question Alex. Here’s a logical follow-up: Why do you support the Gardasil vaccine in the face of so much evidence it does more harm than good?
I have asked pediatricians, gynecologists & oncologists how they know Guardasil works. I have yet to get a satisfying answer. How was the trial designed? Given that cervical cancer manifests in mid-to-late 30s how long were participants followed to determine if HPV mediated cancers were reduced?
Yes, the efficacy side of the equation is weak at best. On the other side of the equation - safety - you have among other things the most VAERS reports of harm of any vaccine pre-mRNA. Why does Alex continue to squander his credibility by insisting young people get this awful shot?
Politics, insurance companies, and pharma profits? After so long, thinking logic and ethics will work is sadly inconceivable. Most of us are "no more drugs" unless an emergency, and even then? NO. Bring back holistic, functional medicine rather than an "easy fix" - go to the root of a problem, whether it's pain, disease, or dysfunction. To do otherwise is a waste, imo.
Alex, when you wrote "money & ideology" the HepB vaccine immediately came to mind.
I believe it hit the market big-time at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The marketing pitch was that anyone could get HepB which deflected from the fact that the host populations for HepB at the time were IV drug users & HIV+/AIDS patients (the latter largely homosexual men) - two populations that sometimes overlapped.
The NYC Department of Education made it mandatory for school attendance. The 3-dose series cost $135. The NYC school system at that time had 1 million students. That was a cool $135 million
in revenue from just one source. Never mind that only a teeny-tiny fraction of those kids were at risk for contracting HepB (which is a bloodborne virus, contracted largely via sex & IV drug use).
I also suspect (I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner who worked in the schools from 2004-2021) that the HepB vaccine has more than a little to do with the increased incidence of food allergies/intolerances & gastrointestinal illnesses (Crohn's, colitis, etc.) that we school nurses witnessed.
Alex-Try to get the Wall Street Journal to accept a contrarian piece from you about Moderna's flu jab. As you know, the editorial board there has been lambasting Prasad, and it appears the EB speaks without taking anything like a hard look at the data. Let's hope Makary and Kennedy continue to have Prasad's back.
I am a cancer patient and I appreciate your work. I was duped into taking the Covid vaccine and lost my sense of taste and smell. Cancer is far more difficult for the layman to understand but you can ask questions. Most times you must work through the nurses to get your questions but they will help you get satisfactory answers if you push. Don’t quit. It’s your life and you can get the most out of it by simply asking questions. There are answers out there.
Read Empire of Pain for a template of how the pharma shitshow works (or doesn’t). Truly frightening. Attempts to untangle are unwelcome to say the least. Good luck to Prasad & Makary.
Through the decades now it's always been about $$$. Real-legit safety studies proving "safe and effective" is most often just lip service, with many medications and injections. According to Siri and RFK 99% of all injections (commonly called vaccines)" have no PROVEN safe and effective legit cred! The fraud on the public at large is REAL!
I have been diagnosed with tachycardia and am scheduled to see a cardiologist. I know the answer will be I will need to take some pharmaceutical and honestly I think I’m more afraid of that than I am of the condition itself. Literally terrified, after Covid I no longer trust the medical profession nor pharmaceutical companies at all and it’s all their fault!
Deja vu all over again. In 1960 under intense pressure FDA Director Dr. Frances Kelsey blocked Thalidomide entry into country this while Europe and Canada experienced over 10,000 terrible birth defects from Thalidomide. Dr. Kelsey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Kennedy. Dr Prasad needs to stick to his principles and not waver.
Completely agree that he is a hero. One additional thought though is that why have an FDA approval process? Why have that gatekeeper? I expect it is because FDA approval drives insurance and medicare/aid reimbursements. What if we let people take all the non-harmful drugs they wanted, but instead limited what drugs would be reimbursed to those proved efficacious? Liberty for those wishing to take pharma products, and liberty for the rest of us by not needing to pay for their experimental treatments.
Look, if we're going to get rid of the FDA and put these decisions in the hands of individual insurance companies, we can do so. But I don't think people have thought through what that actually looks like. I don't think we can or should expect insurance and government payors to provide drugs that haven't gone through trials and proper development, which is incredibly expensive. So we'll be stuck - without a centralized and relatively independent agency, drug companies will still have to do trials and then talk to insurers about what they've found. (And will individual insurers want to be in the position of having to review every drug? And will they get the internal data the FDA sees?) Prices will not be lower and the system will be even more opaque and bureaucratic.
I’ll flush out my proposal one more step. Shift the FDA’s role to being simply a reimbursement gatekeeper. They decide if a treatment is efficacious and more efficacious than other generic treatments. Without that blessing, pharma products won’t be reimbursed. This would still allow those willing to pay the opportunity to take unproven treatments if they wish.
“There is nothing more dangerous than being an honest man in Washington“ wow, you nailed that completely on the head, sir. Because there’s nothing more despicable than corrupt immoral, uncaring sociopathic scum that are in positions of power, influence control, and authority.
Interesting read to finish the week, good luck, things are going to get a lot worse, I think in the end, the left is just going to eventually say, “F it, just kill Trump and we will deal with the dangers later…”
And now Prasad is leaving per the WSJ
Agreed, and re "But the FDA’s job isn’t to provide hope, particularly when a treatment itself can be dangerous". That may indeed be the FDAs job, but two questions: 1. where is the "enumerated power" in the Constitution that allows it, and 2. why is it the business of the government to control individual choices?
Sounds awfully Libertarian of you 😉
I just read your title. Nobody wants the FDA to approve drugs that don't work. At the same time, people have a "right to try" drugs or use them off label, Alex. That is not your job to decide, like ivermectin or any other drug. Maybe you have to get terminally ill before you understand that. They have a right to weigh it all out and do what they want.
People have the right to do what they want, but companies and doctors should not have to promote unapproved medicines or treatments for specific diseases, or profit from selling them - particularly since they are usually incredibly expensive and paid for by insurance or government (ivermectin is a rare exception).
I would add that "I just read your title" is a great example of what's wrong with online (and offline) discussion these days. You had an immediate ideologically-driven response instead of actually considering the facts I presented.
I always read your articles if I comment. In this case, I just know enough from past interviews what your views are on this. I saw you attack Dr. Malone for this. You think no drug should be promoted ever unless there are double blind studies that show it's effective. So you do not like doctors and patients having the right to do unconventional medicine. You think they are part of the problem. It's all about freedom and informed consent. You are right about the vaccine, right about not forcing people to take unproven drugs, but wrong on right to try and doctor/patient relationships. Trust me, I read all the articles I comment on, or I have in the past. I just knew where you were headed. I doubt this article says you have changed your position on attacking doctors like you did Dr. Malone. Does it? :)
I guess I would also say I agree FDA shouldn't rush approval, that is not their job, but we also should not demonize doctors for using drugs off label. They have some good reasons for doing that at times. Most of the alternative guys I listen to are recommending easily obtained drugs and when you look at studies yourself on a particular treatment, you find lots of conventional studies showing benefits. So we don't need some big regulatory board stopping doctors from doing that. Which is where I'm afraid you are headed.
Bio- identical hormone replacement creams compounded at a pharmacy are not FDA approved. This is a prime example of FDA being way behind on the science. Plus it was demonized for decades due to incorrectly analyzing the studies, most of which used synthetic estrogen and progesterone, completely different chemicals by the way. Don’t get me started…this is a soapbox issue for me because my PCP won’t even discuss this issue. He also lectured me on taking a natural thyroid Rx, Armour, that has been around for a long time, because he thinks I should take levothyroxine, a T4 synthetic medication. When I questioned him about this medication, because I know how the thyroid works, he couldn’t answer me. Thankfully I see a NP who specializes in HRT, but not everyone can afford that, so many miss out on these options.
Anyway, good comment Lekimball. It’s a complex issue, and I fully support Vinay Prasad. He’s a rock star and we are so fortunate that he has the knowledge and courage of his convictions. I hope Marty Makary supports him, which I think he does. They can only do so much to prevail against the swamp that is occupied by Blackstone.
Hi Alex. Usually the drugs that are promoted are cheap and easily accessible, many of them, like ivermectin, for instance. Or aspirin. Big Pharma goes against people who DO have studies showing efficacy and you seem to go along with that. People who sell supplements make money, but people still are not compelled to buy them. There are usually studies that back up the efforts and people don't have TIME to wait for FDA approval. You may think they are being taken advantage of, but I don't think that's your business. People are aware of all this. They aren't stupid.
I think that’s what the black market is for, isn’t it? I mean, if you have millions of dollars for medicine, we’re way past your average sick human with health insurance. Maybe as a society, we need to lean into our profound fear of death anxiously demanding million-dollar Hail Mary drugs to avoid it. Just wondering.
You think that's YOUR decision? And you should take away my rights? Is that your point? Sorry if I'm not ready to go yet. And most of these alternative therapies are adjunctive to regular therapies and are NOT expensive. I don't have millions of dollars. I don't want my doctors regulated. What is your point? Regulating doctors? And maybe euthanasia like Canada? that's pretty much where we're headed here, too. But that isn't your decision.
But these drugs and treatments are not like ivermectin which has a long history of treating illnesses with low side effects. What Alex is talking about here is new drugs and treatments with REAL side effects and a hefty price tag. If I had Huntingtons and if there was evidence of some benefit then if I had the money I might be desperate enough to let someone open up my brain to give it a go. But Alex’s point on these examples is that there should be SOME evidence. Which means you have to compare the proposed treatments to something else. And how they’re doing those comparisons, IF they’re doing them, is being done incorrectly. For money.
Nobody disagrees with that. But I've heard him go after people who WERE prescribing ivermectin FOR INSTANCE, and said it was part of the problem. He wasn't for using off label drugs by doctors unless they were PROVEN effective. He was pretty much saying they should be regulated. The FDA, though should do careful assessments and studies before approving a drug. I agree that (as with the vaccine), approvals should not be rushed, but I have less problem with that than I do them forcing an unproven drug on the public like they did that vaccine. To me, the FDA has a job and should do it, but off label drugs that are already approved should be allowed. The government should not get between you and your doctor. I've been an Alex fan a long time, so unless he changed his pov on this, I just wanted to give him a nudge. The key to all of it is informed consent, both with drugs pushed on the public and between you and your doctor.
Excellent article. Once these drugs are approved, the doctors are in lockstep and the doom loop is set. Doctors have credibility even if Pharma-FDA do not. That is why these drugs must be stopped at the source. Thank God for men like this who will step on the head of the snake. I no longer trust the system thanks to Covid. And if I see one more TV commercial with dancing happy people while a list of side effects march across my screen with names like URVULVA, or PEEDONME for whatever malady pharma is marketing, I am going to puke.
When you mix URVULVA with PEEDONME you come down with a case of Kompromat.
Ok, my story. My dad was in his late 80's with Parkinson's and he elected to get vaccinated with Moderna, twice. I didn't want to say no though I w as against it. I was an intimate caretaker and I am convinced it shed on me as I got shingles right away. Now I have a rare form of breast cancer I'm convinced is also related (my gene studies show me no risk for any kind of cancer). If my margins come back not clean here, you can bet I'm going to do that combo of Ivermectin/meb sold by Wellness company since there is some evidence (lower cancer rates in countries where it's over the counter) and other anecdotal evidence. Now I think it is a bit pricey, but do I want you or some regulatory person telling me I can't do it? I'm also using high doses of vitamin B1, B3, B7 and aspirin -- all cheap, that a researcher is having good success with. Am I stupid? I've researched aspirin and lots of conventional studies supporting its success. I look carefully at conventional studies. Do i think the Wellness people are just ripping people off and don't believe in what they're doing? No. Are they charging too much? Maybe. You talk to doctors there. I like Trump's right to try and I am not a big believer in big pharma drugs and some conventional treatments. Most people in my position are not stupid. They do not want their choices taken away. I heard your views on Ivermectin during covid and you were wrong on that, but right on the vaccine. You attacked Dr. Malone for no good reason, and demonized doctors who were having some success. They were using drugs that have been around a long time and were much less dangerous than that vaccine, but you went after them, too. Doctors have always used drugs off label for different reasons. What you were doing was getting between doctors and their patients and wanted to regulate doctors. I don't think that's your business. But the FDA should not recommend any drug that hasn't been thoroughly tested. That is THEIR role. I think you are a good journalist. I like your efforts against marijuana and many of your positions, and I still support you and I likely always will. But you are not God. Regulators should not regulate doctors, just drugs, and off label drugs that have already been proven safe should be available to people who "want to try."
Lekimball - not sure what you’re paying now but to give you an idea of cost - My husband and I get a prophylaxis dose of IVM (15-20 mg a week, depending upon your weight so that will give you an idea of cost) for $25 a month each from a compounding pharmacy. You’ll need a prescription. I hope all goes well for you.
Ah, thanks for the tip. I also have a doctor in the family (close friend) who can prescribe things off label for me. I wonder if they have that combination? I am not totally against conventional medicine. I weigh it all out. I think the key is informed consent on all of it and freedom. But thanks so much for the help and good wishes!
https://imahealth.org/
You might want to check out the old FLCCC (Front Line Covid Critical Care) which is now the Independent Medical Alliance to see what they have to say about fighting cancer using the combo drugs with IVM. I believe they tout some conventional therapies along with theirs but am not sure about that. The government is now actually doing some studies on IVM and its possible cancer fighting properties. I can’t do it right now or I’d send it along. But you can enter ivermectin and cancer fighting and should be able to find one or two.
Thanks. I've read some about that combo for cancer, but will look into this as well. There is also a guy who is selling nothing, doing studies on rats for all kinds of cancer who thinks B1, B3, B7 and aspirin, high doses, is really helpful. Along with vitamin D and charcoal and certain antihistamines. So I'm doing that. Waiting a bit more since surgery, but I have ivermectin alone here. And might add that in. What I do depends on pathology which I don't have back yet. I will likely do radiation as well. Hope it's only that they recommend.... :)
Just make sure you do lots of research from people who have proven results. (Sorry to be such a mother hen when I don’t even know you.) High doses of aspirin can cause internal bleeding, as I’m sure you know. Do look on line at the studies being done as they’re controlled and some sound at least promising and some, if I remember correctly, are on breast cancer. I would tend to trust the Wellness people too but I’d have to do lots of research and compare. It sounds as if you’re doing that.
:) Thanks for thinking of me. Yeah, it IS a pretty high dose but I substitute with White Willow Bark on some days. I seem to be tolerating it better than I thought I would. If I didn't have cancer, I'm remarkably healthy, ha. Blood tests good. 115/70 BP, 135 pounds (not bad for my age), low glucose. I have high total cholesterol but low triglycerides and high HDL,good VLDL, so won't take statins. Only thing off. Yeah, aspirin has been beneficial in breast cancer and this guy is studying it on breast cancer and having results along with B1, B3, and B7. I do do a lot of research. I figure most of this won't hurt me. I take vitamin D and K as well. Deactivated charcoal--that is interesting stuff, five days/week. an antihistamine. He seems to think blocking cortisol and serotonin are key. Most people think serotonin is good, but he says not. Keep inflammation low. I'm trying to decide if I add back in ivermectin which I was taking for a while (and/or that other drug Wellness combines with it). If my margins aren't clear, I'm sure I'll add it in. I'll probably do this protocol a good while, but cut back on aspirin off and on. You probably didn't want that much info, either, ha. But thanks.
Hoping for the best for you! If you chose to use an aromatase inhibitor, Letrozole has better overall tolerability, at least as good benefit, and it can probably be taken at much lower doses and frequency than prescribed. Link at your request. Consider eating broccoli sprouts. Sulforaphane has powerful anti-neoplastic effects (contrary to Wikipedia). Ketogenic diet or use of Metformin also something to consider. Best to you! 🤗❤️
Alex you nailed it: "If companies want the FDA to approve a new treatment where none exists, they should have to run a clinical trial against a placebo". Not a single childhood vaccine has done this, and the vast majority of adult vaccines have never done this either. The current vaccines are one of the biggest scams in American and modern history.
Excellent question Alex. Here’s a logical follow-up: Why do you support the Gardasil vaccine in the face of so much evidence it does more harm than good?
I have asked pediatricians, gynecologists & oncologists how they know Guardasil works. I have yet to get a satisfying answer. How was the trial designed? Given that cervical cancer manifests in mid-to-late 30s how long were participants followed to determine if HPV mediated cancers were reduced?
Yes, the efficacy side of the equation is weak at best. On the other side of the equation - safety - you have among other things the most VAERS reports of harm of any vaccine pre-mRNA. Why does Alex continue to squander his credibility by insisting young people get this awful shot?
Interesting article. Sigh! It's the love of money that is the problem, not money.
Politics, insurance companies, and pharma profits? After so long, thinking logic and ethics will work is sadly inconceivable. Most of us are "no more drugs" unless an emergency, and even then? NO. Bring back holistic, functional medicine rather than an "easy fix" - go to the root of a problem, whether it's pain, disease, or dysfunction. To do otherwise is a waste, imo.
Alex, when you wrote "money & ideology" the HepB vaccine immediately came to mind.
I believe it hit the market big-time at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The marketing pitch was that anyone could get HepB which deflected from the fact that the host populations for HepB at the time were IV drug users & HIV+/AIDS patients (the latter largely homosexual men) - two populations that sometimes overlapped.
The NYC Department of Education made it mandatory for school attendance. The 3-dose series cost $135. The NYC school system at that time had 1 million students. That was a cool $135 million
in revenue from just one source. Never mind that only a teeny-tiny fraction of those kids were at risk for contracting HepB (which is a bloodborne virus, contracted largely via sex & IV drug use).
I also suspect (I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner who worked in the schools from 2004-2021) that the HepB vaccine has more than a little to do with the increased incidence of food allergies/intolerances & gastrointestinal illnesses (Crohn's, colitis, etc.) that we school nurses witnessed.
Alex-Try to get the Wall Street Journal to accept a contrarian piece from you about Moderna's flu jab. As you know, the editorial board there has been lambasting Prasad, and it appears the EB speaks without taking anything like a hard look at the data. Let's hope Makary and Kennedy continue to have Prasad's back.
I am a cancer patient and I appreciate your work. I was duped into taking the Covid vaccine and lost my sense of taste and smell. Cancer is far more difficult for the layman to understand but you can ask questions. Most times you must work through the nurses to get your questions but they will help you get satisfactory answers if you push. Don’t quit. It’s your life and you can get the most out of it by simply asking questions. There are answers out there.
Read Empire of Pain for a template of how the pharma shitshow works (or doesn’t). Truly frightening. Attempts to untangle are unwelcome to say the least. Good luck to Prasad & Makary.
Why do you think Prasad has to approve the mRNA flu shot now that’s he’s agreed to review? Seems he can still make the adverse events point.
Through the decades now it's always been about $$$. Real-legit safety studies proving "safe and effective" is most often just lip service, with many medications and injections. According to Siri and RFK 99% of all injections (commonly called vaccines)" have no PROVEN safe and effective legit cred! The fraud on the public at large is REAL!
I have been diagnosed with tachycardia and am scheduled to see a cardiologist. I know the answer will be I will need to take some pharmaceutical and honestly I think I’m more afraid of that than I am of the condition itself. Literally terrified, after Covid I no longer trust the medical profession nor pharmaceutical companies at all and it’s all their fault!
Deja vu all over again. In 1960 under intense pressure FDA Director Dr. Frances Kelsey blocked Thalidomide entry into country this while Europe and Canada experienced over 10,000 terrible birth defects from Thalidomide. Dr. Kelsey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Kennedy. Dr Prasad needs to stick to his principles and not waver.