Dewormer and scabies drugs being sold as cancer treatments, BBC investigation finds
Image source, Rebecca HolderImage caption, Bob (pictured) had been discussing chair lifts with a salesman when he started talking about the unproven cancer treatmentIvermectin is an anti-parasitic drug used to treat conditions like scabies, while fenbendazole is an animal dewormer. "They were delivered to our house, these pill bottles, and she just started eating the ivermectin and the fenbendazole three times a day," Jared said. "All she had read online was that it cures cancer."Image source, Jared WrightImage caption, Kelly put her faith in ivermectin and fenbendazole in the hope of a cureJared said his mother died shortly after her 63rd birthday in January this year."It was a horrible death.
- ▪Image source, Rebecca HolderImage caption, Bob (pictured) had been discussing chair lifts with a salesman when he started talking about the unproven cancer treatmentIvermectin is an anti-parasitic drug used to treat conditions like scabies,
- ▪"They were delivered to our house, these pill bottles, and she just started eating the ivermectin and the fenbendazole three times a day," Jared said.
- ▪"All she had read online was that it cures cancer."Image source, Jared WrightImage caption, Kelly put her faith in ivermectin and fenbendazole in the hope of a cureJared said his mother died shortly after her 63rd birthday in January this y
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Dewormer and scabies drugs being sold as cancer treatments, BBC investigation finds<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Stairlift salesman Jason Sarver supplied the BBC with fenbendazole and ivermectin tablets for £100ByPaul Heaney and Sian Vivian, BBC Wales InvestigatesPublished4 minutes agoAnimal dewormer and a drug used to treat scabies are being sold and promoted as unproven cancer treatments, a BBC investigation has found.Following…
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