{"id":16583,"date":"2025-03-31T18:07:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-the-right-still-embraces-ivermectin\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:07:45","slug":"why-the-right-still-embraces-ivermectin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-the-right-still-embraces-ivermectin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. In a recent Facebook video, he produced a tube of veterinary-grade ivermectin paste \u2014 the kind made for deworming horses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He gave the tube a squeeze. Then he licked a slug of the stuff, and gulped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYum,\u201d Mr. Grinsteiner said in the Feb. 25 video, one of a number of ivermectin-related posts he has made that have drawn millions of views on Facebook this year. \u201cActually, that tastes like dead cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ivermectin, a drug proven to treat certain parasitic diseases, exploded in popularity during the pandemic amid false claims that it could treat<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>or prevent Covid-19. Now \u2014 despite a persistent message from federal health officials that its medical benefits are limited \u2014 interest in ivermectin is rising again, particularly among American conservatives who are seeing it promoted by right-wing influencers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Grinsteiner, 54, is a Trump supporter and country music performer who lives in rural Michigan. He has claimed in his videos that ivermectin cured his skin cancer, as well as his wife\u2019s cervical cancer. In a video last month, he said a woman told him her nonverbal autistic child had become verbal after using ivermectin. In a recent phone interview, Mr. Grinsteiner said that he takes a daily dose of ivermectin to maintain his general well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is no evidence to support people taking ivermectin to treat cancer or autism. Yet Mr. Grinsteiner believes that the medical and political establishments just want to keep average people from discovering the healing powers of a relatively affordable drug. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese guys are absolutely money driven,\u201d he said in one video. \u201cAnd when I say \u2018these guys,\u2019 I\u2019m talking about all those politicians in Washington taking money from the big pharma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Indeed, ivermectin has become a sort of enduring pharmacological MAGA hat: a symbol of resistance to what some in the movement describe as an elitist and corrupt cabal of politicians, scientists and medical experts. While many of those experts fear that misinformation about ivermectin could lead to overdoses \u2014 or prompt people to reject proven treatments for Covid or other ailments \u2014 conservative lawmakers in a number of states are promoting legislation that would allow ivermectin to be sold without a prescription, often in the name of medical freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last week, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas signed <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">a law allowing ivermectin to be sold over the counter . Other legislation is pending in at least six other states: Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Texas. In 2022, Tennessee passed a law making it easier to get ivermectin from a pharmacist<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has in the past embraced the idea that ivermectin can treat Covid, but whether he might seek to integrate the drug into his \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d agenda remains unclear. Mr. Kennedy did not respond to a request for an interview for this article. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in 2021, he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/b3ab45ec074c9eff\/c583e080-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filed a petition with the<\/a> Food and Drug Administration asking officials to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/health\/rfk-jr-covid-vaccines.html\" title=\"\">de-authorize<\/a> the Covid vaccine, arguing that ivermectin was safer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Food and Drug Administration continues to emphasize that it has not authorized or approved ivermectin for treating Covid, noting on its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/consumers\/consumer-updates\/ivermectin-and-covid-19\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> that \u201ccurrently available clinical trial data do not demonstrate that ivermectin is effective against Covid-19 in humans.\u201dDr. Robert Califf, who led the F.D.A. during the Obama and Biden administrations, said he was concerned about people choosing ivermectin over proven treatments, like vaccination for Covid or chemotherapy for cancer. He said he was also concerned about overdoses, particularly in people taking the veterinary form of the drug. In high doses, ivermectin can be toxic and cause central nervous system problems like blurred vision, confusion and seizures. The F.D.A. has also warned that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/consumers\/consumer-updates\/ivermectin-and-covid-19\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">high doses<\/a> can lead to coma or death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Right-wing media, however, is full of advertisements for the drug; some ads describe it as an essential component of survivalist tool kits. The website Gateway Pundit recently ran a sponsored post from an online company that offers prescription ivermectin for \u201cstockpiling\u201d purposes, with an illustration of a postapocalyptic street scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two major figures in the MAGA movement \u2014 former Representative <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1876470079539556426\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> of Florida and Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the F.B.I., have promoted All Family Pharmacy, an online outfit that dispenses ivermectin with \u201ca prescription from our licensed doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNo more fighting the system for the treatments you want,\u201d Mr. Bongino said on an episode of his popular <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1069-vince-28888454\/episode\/change-is-coming-and-all-the-268959706\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a>, one of his last before starting at the F.B.I. \u201cStock up now before the next crisis hits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ongoing interest in ivermectin comes as little surprise to Lewis A. Grossman, a law professor and historian at American University who has written extensively about the concept of \u201ctherapeutic choice.\u201d Mr. Grossman said that over the course of American history, a number of treatments have become popular despite having little or no buy-in from medical experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For example, he said, laetrile, an unproven cancer remedy derived from apricot pits, surged in popularity in the 1970s; the actor Steve McQueen used it in his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/11\/15\/health\/mcqueens-legacy-of-laetrile.html\" title=\"\">unsuccessful fight<\/a> against cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the height of laetrile\u2019s popularity, proponents praised its affordability and railed against a big medicine-government \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1977\/11\/27\/archives\/why-laetrile-wont-go-away-laetrile-laetrile.html\" title=\"\">conspiracy<\/a>\u201d against it, while many experts classified it as quackery. The F.D.A. never approved it for treating cancer or any other therapeutic use, said Mr. Grossman, who is writing a book about laetrile called \u201cSeeds of Rebellion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe ivermectin story fits within a very, very long tradition in America of people latching on to nonorthodox therapies based in part on their suspicion that, for profit-maximizing reasons, drug companies and physicians are suppressing truth about them,\u201d Mr. Grossman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Grinsteiner said that he was familiar with ivermectin because he runs a small farm and uses it on some of his livestock. Suspicious of the Covid vaccine, he decided to take ivermectin preventively during the pandemic instead. His wife did so as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She got pregnant six months after she started taking ivermectin regularly. They went to the doctor, Mr. Grinsteiner said, and found out that her previously diagnosed cervical cancer had cleared up. He also said that he rubbed ivermectin on a cancerous spot on his nose. He added that the spot cleared up and that a doctor later told him the cancer was gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He made his first Facebook video about his experience with ivermectin in January. \u201cIt was like, maybe a minute video, and I went to bed,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I woke up and my phone was just melting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Facebook briefly suspended his account, then reinstated it. The company has appended to some of his videos links to a \u201ccontext\u201d page from the fact-checking group Science Feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The page notes that ivermectin and another anti-parasitic drug, mebendazole, have shown \u201cpromising anticancer effects in <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">in vitro<\/em> and animal studies. However, preclinical studies cannot reliably predict a drug\u2019s effectiveness against cancer in humans, and drug candidates that show effectiveness in cells and animals often fail in clinical trials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, Mr. Grinsteiner has been frustrated with Facebook and has started a stand-alone website that he often mentions in his Facebook posts. On the site, Mr. Grinsteiner says he does not give advice on \u201cwhat to take and (or) how to take it.\u201d Rather, he said, it is a place for people to compare notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thus far, visitors to the site have discussed ivermectin as a potential treatment for neuropathy, renal failure, lupus and other maladies. Mr. Grinsteiner sells a T-shirt for $15.68 that declares, \u201cI wish ivermectin worked on the parasites in D.C.!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A number of the lawmakers pushing to make ivermectin easier to buy in their states say they want to help constituents who are already taking it, some of whom use veterinary-grade ivermectin because they cannot get it at a regular drugstore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cConstituents brought it to me; it wasn\u2019t something I thought up on my own,\u201d said State Senator Alan Clark of Arkansas, the Republican who sponsored the new law there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMostly they\u2019re going to the ag store\u201d for ivermectin, Mr. Clark said. \u201cAnd it would be much safer for them to use what is intended for human consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Professor Grossman said that it has long been assumed that states do not have the authority under federal law to make a prescription drug available over the counter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many lawmakers seeking to ease access to ivermectin, like State Representative Wes Virdell of Texas, say they are promoting what Mr. Virdell, a Republican, calls \u201cmedical freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think people should be able to choose whatever route they want\u201d to treat themselves, he said. \u201cEven if they\u2019re wrong, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Califf, the former F.D.A. commissioner, sees it differently. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll interventions have risks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if you have no benefit, and you have some risk, then why on earth \u2014 you know, there\u2019s no rational reason why someone should take the intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Dani Blum<!-- --> contributed reporting. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/us\/ivermectin-conservatives-influencers.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. 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