Say what? Try taking a dog worming treatment? LOL!

A strange thing happened this week. Not only have I slept almost continually since my treatment on Thursday, my worst response to the treatment since the start but I have had a dog worming treatment recommended to me as a cancer treatment. From three different, well respected sources.

Of course I immediately dismissed it as rubbish after the first one but after the second third came in a couple of days apart, from completely difference and unrelated sources, I decided to do some reading. These are not stupid people. I owe it to myself to do some research.

The treatment in question is Fenbendazole. Also known as Panacur, Panacur C and SafeGuard and is a well known and established worming treatment for all animals from cats to horses.

The key bit of information here is that it is a long out of patent drug. Meaning anyone can make it.

I tried to find out if it was really successful why aren’t drug companies falling over themselves to re-purpose it and run trials and tests. The answer is simple.

Money makes the world go round and it seems that big pharmaceutical companies won’t invest time and money in research into a drug that anyone can then make.

Ok so why won’t the big charities take up the research. Well thats harder to say but whats clear is that they will not touch this with a barge pole. I can make assumptions but I have no facts or evidence. My conclusions are that a lot of their financing comes from big pharma companies and again focusing on cheap drugs with no clear profit is not in their interest. This cannot be the case, surely?!

There is enough anecdotal evidence that some people have had some success taking FenBen (fenbendazole) daily and often they get results very quickly.

But I’m not interested in anecdotal evidence, I want facts, research and studies before I put something, not designed for humans, into my body. This is harder to come by. I ended up at a couple of studies.

From August 2018: “Veterinary drug may be repurposed for human cancers: study”: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/veterinary-drug-may-be-repurposed-for-human-cancers-study/article24793200.ece?utm_source=pocket_mylist

Also from August 2018: “Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-30158-6?utm_source=pocket_mylist

From February 2021: “Fenbendazole Enhancing Anti-Tumor Effect: A Case Series”: https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/fenbendazole-enhancing-antitumor-effect-a-case-series-2Kms.php?article_id=14307&fbclid=IwAR0tYpTZb4fp2_AO8e_WGWM5mcqv-RNfI-5SID9OWDcRiwHyHmQBKsjeSKk&utm_source=pocket_mylist

I’ve read all three articles thoroughly and the conclusion of the last one, from Stanford University was positive

Conclusion: FBZ appears to be a potentially safe and effective antineoplastic agent that can be repurposed for human use in treating genitourinary malignancies. Further research is necessary to define the role of FBZ as a chemotherapeutic option.

“Further research is necessary” though.

By this time my cynicism has turned to genuine interest but those who know me know I’m not a risk taker.

During my many hours of research I came across a blog from one person, who clearly just wanted to share his experience and is not trying to make any money (unlike other links and blogs with their clickbait links to FebBen sources).

It’s an unconventional blog with all posts appearing on one page, I guess this makes it easier to just scroll through endlessly on a mobile device, which I did.

The guy in question is Joe Tippens and his blog is here: https://www.mycancerstory.rocks/single-post/2016/08/22/shake-up-your-life-how-to-change-your-own-perspective

The more I read the more I became interested. His blog is full of his story as well as stories from others just following the treatment he outlined. Known as the Joe Tippens Protocal (JTP).

The daily protocol:

• 25mg broad spectrum CBD oil (little to no THC, so legal, and no highs)
• 222mg fenbendazole
• 600mg curcumin

From here I joined a private facebook group with dozens of posts a day of people enquiring, desperate for a cure, help and others with good news as well as others saying its had no effect at all.

The next big questions were “what’s the risk?” and “what about my immunotherapy?”

“Whats the risk?” – Apparently none, it is well tolerated in human consumption with only those with pre-existing liver conditions showing any issues. The sceptic in me again comes to the fore and asks “so why isn’t everyone taking this?”. I can’t answer that but its a glaring question. Why is this information not more widely known ?

“What about my immunotherapy?” – carry on. It doesn’t impact any pre-existing treatments. Again I find it staggering that something so low risk is not more widely used.

So I have nothing to lose right? Just do it, right?

Wrong.

I’m still on the fence. Joe is very honest that he did not tell his oncologist he was taking the FenBen as he was on a trial and didn’t want to be kicked off. Lots of people don’t tell their medical professionals. This makes me uncomfortable. I like to believe my team have had my best interests at heart and I don’t want to deceive them. Also if I go to them I with this, I’m pretty certain they’ll laught me out of the room and wash their hands of me.

I haven’t got a clue about where to obtain FenBen or “good” broad spectrum CBD Oil. I know nothing about curcumin or why it’s included. So I have more research to do.

I will say that I’ve been shown not to dismiss anything not recommended to me by a medical professional though. I naively thought if something was available then I’d get it from them but I’ve learnt how big pharma are only interested in money so therefore you only get recommended the current best, and usually most expensive drugs. This isn’t always bad but you need to do your own research.

I’ll say again, I’m not and have never been a risk taker. But this is the first time taking a risk could save my life.

What would you do?