yesterday my daughter went for a thermography scan (her preference over biopsy or mammogram at this time). Good news - the initial observation does not show that the lump in her breast is cancer. In two weeks we'll get the more comprehensive reading of the test, but we've dropped down a notch from the "high alert" we were in.
She had decided to try ivermectin and will continue with the course she's on for the next week and a half.
Thank you everyone for your well-wishes and prayers. They cheered her (and me) immensely.
Now, we'll be exploring the varieties of ways to conceive of/contemplate/work with an unidentified "lump."
In the meantime, there were a few remaining ivymivy links I wanted to share from when I did my deep dive into it:
Re: fertility, some studies have been put out on humans, incl https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30490-5/fulltext , as well as some study of 57 men in Ghana that suggested it reduced fertility, though I also saw criticism of that study (all the men had serious parasite loads that could've caused the effect). The screaming headlines on fertility reduction seem to relate back to a clickbaity writer who based everything on some rabbit studies and the above-mentioned Ghanian men. Other info seems to suggest that ivm use is a temporary cause of reduced fertility, but those effects cease on discontinuation.
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Re: things hit home - an update
Date: 2024-10-15 05:34 pm (UTC)yesterday my daughter went for a thermography scan (her preference over biopsy or mammogram at this time). Good news - the initial observation does not show that the lump in her breast is cancer. In two weeks we'll get the more comprehensive reading of the test, but we've dropped down a notch from the "high alert" we were in.
She had decided to try ivermectin and will continue with the course she's on for the next week and a half.
Thank you everyone for your well-wishes and prayers. They cheered her (and me) immensely.
Now, we'll be exploring the varieties of ways to conceive of/contemplate/work with an unidentified "lump."
In the meantime, there were a few remaining ivymivy links I wanted to share from when I did my deep dive into it:
Despite 2ndsmartestguy's headline, the recently released, peer-reviewed study of IVM, fenben/mebendazole, etc., for cancer is NOT a paper about a TRIAL of the abovementioned. It's only a peer reviewed protocol (there is a difference!). Nonetheless, the paper does cite its sources, and those sources seem promising. Here's a downloadable copy of the paper: https://isom.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Targeting-the-Mitochondrial-Stem-Cell-Connection-in-Cancer-Treatment-JOM-39.3.pdf
Pubchem info on ivermectin - lots of useful info including brand names/synonyms, toxicity, etc.: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Ivermectin
Inchem info: https://inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v27je03.htm
Info on toxicity in livestock (useful, since there have been few studies on that for ivm at higher than the standard dose for humans (though, see here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12362927/ , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35535587/ , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37038566/ , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36374218/ , https://www.researchprotocols.org/2016/4/e213/. Pharmacokinetics and interactions here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1208/s12248-007-9000-9). This reveals that even at high doses, no toxic effects have been reported in animals (see, esp. swine and horses - as monogastrics, they share some physiological characteristics with humans): https://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2344&Itemid=2996
and here's similar info on the horse-paste version: https://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3392&Itemid=3538 and https://www.domyown.com/msds/DURVETIVERMECTINMSDS.pdf (I note that the zimecertin brand claims to be the original formuation (see https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=2e87bed9-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5) -- stubborn_ass reports that at some point companies changed their paste formulation, perhaps switching the carrier of the medication
info on the injectable form: https://www.domyown.com/msds/DURVETIVERMECTIN1MSDS.pdf
Re: fertility, some studies have been put out on humans, incl https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30490-5/fulltext , as well as some study of 57 men in Ghana that suggested it reduced fertility, though I also saw criticism of that study (all the men had serious parasite loads that could've caused the effect). The screaming headlines on fertility reduction seem to relate back to a clickbaity writer who based everything on some rabbit studies and the above-mentioned Ghanian men. Other info seems to suggest that ivm use is a temporary cause of reduced fertility, but those effects cease on discontinuation.
An article on ivm toxicity in rats moderated by aged garlic extract: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034528818304466