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Joe Rogan Nods Along As Mel Gibson Claims His Friends Were Cured of Stage 4 Cancer By by ivermectin, fenbendazole (another animal dewormer), and methylene blue (a fabric dye) (www.mediaite.com)
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Well the blue color actually proved valuable in spinal reconstruction. (AFAIK)

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Huh. Apparently it's been found seemingly helpful with pain management, trauma reduction, disinfection, cleaning, and tumor detection when used as a dye. I wasn't thorough so I didn't find anything about spinal reconstruction specifically but its use is probably related in one of these ways in some procedures. So TIL.

    Still not a cancer-killer. Sorry, Mel!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    TL;DR: When injected intravenously, it prevents surrounding tissue damage by preventing the flood of ATP from binding to neighbor cell "death receptors". It replaces oxidized ATP that needed to be injected directly on the injured spine and had other side effects. At one cost: temporarily turning turning your skin blue. Neat!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    ...ah yes that new Korean song is all the rage!

    A-T-P ATP ATP ATP ATP! Don't you want me like I want you baby! Don't you need me like I need you now!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Yeah! That's what immediately came to mind when I first heard the song because in Spanish it's APT and I used to love biochem many years ago. lol

    E: Apparently my dyslexia got the best of me and it's also ATP in Spanish and I'm misremembering.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I can believe that, but thinking a thing that's helpful in spinal surgery then taking it when you have the cancer is... it's pretty fucking dumb. Like... penicillin has saved my life about 5 different times because I have had chronic pneumonia, but I'm not about to down it if my leg breaks. These aren't similar issues.

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