He treated his cancer with the anti-threadworm medication Ivermectin.

cthalupa 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As much as I dislike Adams and disagree with a lot of the attempts to paper over a lot of reprehensible stuff, he gave it a try, abandoned it, and publicly denounced it after it didn't work, and even spoke out against the pressuring campaigns done by ivermectin/etc. quacks to push people to waste time, money, and hope on quack treatments.

There's much better examples of areas where he was off the rails than him spending a month on a relatively safe treatment trying to stay alive before giving up when faced with reality.

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stonogo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The man spend a tremendous amount of time trying to discredit the entire medical industry. In the past he has claimed to avoid cancer through prayer. This is part of a pattern.

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tremon 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

he gave it a try, abandoned it, and publicly denounced it after it didn't work

I'm not sure why that should be lauded. A sample size of 1 (and a trial length of merely 1 month, according to other posts) does not make a convincing study to warrant any public statements.

	▲	cthalupa an hour ago \| parent [-]
		When there is no science behind it and you've been convinced by a bunch of charlatans hoping to make a quick buck off of taking advantage of the fear of their victims, there's not really a need to turn your experience into a study. It's a matter of realizing you're being taken advantage of and speaking out about the experience.

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DanielleMolloy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He tried for a month, next to his regular treatments and then called Makis who is currently promoting it a quack.

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good8675309 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pretty sure he tried everything, not just that, wouldn't you?

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	▲	gus_massa 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Some snake oil treatments are very expensive and cause more harm for you and your family. For example, this was (is?) popular for breast cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dose_chemotherapy_and_bon... Ivermectin is a very used cheap and safe drug, so I don't expect many nasty side effects, but IANAMD, so ask a real medical doctor before trying.
	▲	IAmBroom 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		No drug does nothing. That's kinda implied by the word "drug".
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	▲	freejazz 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Go smoke some crack

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poszlem 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My grandfather was a surgeon, an excellent one. When he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, he went to every dubious healer my grandmother could find. He did it for her, and likely for himself as well. He was never right wing.