Ivermectin Paste

Now this was an interesting tweet in which Ivermectin paste is recommended for the treatment of skin cancer. As he says, the paste is FDA approved for the treatment of Rosacea which is "a chronic skin condition that mainly affects the face, causing redness, flushing, and sometimes acne-like breakouts. It's a common condition, often appearing after middle age, and is more prevalent in fair-skinned individuals. While there's no cure, rosacea can be managed with various treatments and lifestyle changes."

However, the veterinary version referred to as a horse paste is stronger (1.87% versus 1%) and probably cheaper but care needs to be taken with the dosage. I was thinking that this paste could be useful in treating what I referred to as my protuberance (see posts titled An Odd Protuberance and Protuberance Gone). In the end, it went away of its own accord. I also have an area on my back that is quite sensitive and that I usually keep covered with a bandaid. This area might respond favorably to the application of this paste.

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Of course, Ivermectin in combination with Fenbendazole is recommended in the treatment of internal cancers but I'd not heard of Ivermectin paste. It's these sorts of treatments that I need to be familiar with as alternatives to recommendations by the Medical Mafia should I ever need them.

Here is an abstract from a comprehensive paper published about Ivermectin in 2011 (before it was demonised in the treatment of COVID a decade later):

Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of billions of people throughout the world. Originally introduced as a veterinary drug, it kills a wide range of internal and external parasites in commercial livestock and companion animals. It was quickly discovered to be ideal in combating two of the world’s most devastating and disfiguring diseases which have plagued the world’s poor throughout the tropics for centuries. It is now being used free-of-charge as the sole tool in campaigns to eliminate both diseases globally. It has also been used to successfully overcome several other human diseases and new uses for it are continually being found. This paper looks in depth at the events surrounding ivermectin’s passage from being a huge success in Animal Health into its widespread use in humans, a development which has led many to describe it as a “wonder” drug.

New Ailments

For the past several weeks I've noticed a dull ache in the area of the right shoulder joint. It's most often noticeable when I'm lying down in bed but it can occur at other times of the day. It's discomfort rather than pain. I've put some dencorub on it once or twice with some relief. Naturally I'll be monitoring the condition but at this point there doesn't seem any great cause for concern.

My thymoma has definitely continued to worsen and is affecting my lungs now, presumably thorough pressure of the expanding mass on the organ. I've occasionally had "heartburn". Sabina did some healing on the area and noticed that my condition had worsened significantly. It's now over five years since I first noticed the problem so it's unlikely to kill me anytime soon but it's definitely not going away and its spread is gradually causing mild but worsening effects on surrounding organs.

The tiny but annoying spot on the my left ear is also not going away. It gradually rises and becomes sensitive before falling off and becoming unnoticeable for a time until the process repeats. The other sensitive area on the right side of my lower back is slowly becoming active again. My treatment of the area with a cortico-steroid cream produced long-lasting desensitisation but I may need to repeat the treatment.

My teeth, as I said in my previous post, have been playing up but thanks to the cloves I've kept any discomfort under control. However, these past couple of days I haven't been chewing my two cloves of an evening and my botched root canal has been giving trouble. I need to make the clove chewing a regular evening activity.

I've not been doing any exercise at all apart from activity around the house. I seem to be afraid to do anything in case I strain something and make my current situation worse. Overall I can't complain. I'm ambulant and healthy enough for my age but the natural deterioration continues apace.