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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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[–] Lemminary 20 points 15 hours ago (2 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!

[–] stoicmaverick 7 points 15 hours ago

It's also used as a topical antibacterial agent in wound care (source: am wound care nurse), but ya, not cancer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

True... I found this... but probably a little out dated.

[–] Lemminary 9 points 14 hours ago (1 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!

[–] werefreeatlast 3 points 14 hours ago (1 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!

[–] Lemminary 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 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.

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, en eapañol!

Don chu wan me laik Hay wan chu beibe! Don chu nid me laik Hay nid yu nau!

Aplausos!

[–] Lemminary 1 points 12 hours ago