Suramin is a 100-year-old drug developed to treat African sleeping sickness and river blindness. Though it has been investigated for other diseases, including cancer, it is not approved for any therapeutic use in the United States.
However, a small, randomized clinical trial conducted by Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD , professor of medicine, pediatrics and pathology, and colleagues at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that a single intravenous dose of suramin produced dramatic, but transient, improvement of core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Currently, there are no drugs approved for treating the core symptoms of ASD.
More broadly, the trial findings support the “cell danger response theory,” which posits that autism and other chronic conditions are fundamentally driven by metabolic dysfunction—and thus treatable. Naviaux and his co-authors propose larger, longer clinical trials to assess suramin (or similar drugs) as an ASD treatment.
I have no experience on this subject nor of this drug but i found it interesting that this medication is used for river blindness, as is Ivermectin, i wonder if they work through the same pathways and would have similar results?
Good question. I wouldn't advocate using it like Ivermectin unless and until it's known to be safe and effective. The important thing is the DS has hidden it from the public, and kept it from being researched as a therapeutic.
Clearly there's no pocket filling money in old meds.
He (or she) was saying not to use the other drugs like Ivermectin because ivermectin has a long history of studies dating back to the 90’s whereas this other drug a was only studied in very few cases where it’s hard to know if it actually works. Hopefully it does work just as well.
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I saw this meme, and looked it up.
https://health.ucsd.edu/news/topics/Suramin-Autism/Pages/default.aspx
I have no experience on this subject nor of this drug but i found it interesting that this medication is used for river blindness, as is Ivermectin, i wonder if they work through the same pathways and would have similar results?
Good question. I wouldn't advocate using it like Ivermectin unless and until it's known to be safe and effective. The important thing is the DS has hidden it from the public, and kept it from being researched as a therapeutic.
Clearly there's no pocket filling money in old meds.
I'll advocate using IVM due to its statistically small amount of side affects vs the odds of success?
He (or she) was saying not to use the other drugs like Ivermectin because ivermectin has a long history of studies dating back to the 90’s whereas this other drug a was only studied in very few cases where it’s hard to know if it actually works. Hopefully it does work just as well.
I thought the same thing when I read that about river blindness.