FDA advisers vote against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients

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3. It's a bit more organic with the ALS community.

At my last job, I was the attending physician for several dozen ALS patients. It's a close-knit, very knowledgeable community. Also desperate. We were really proud that our patients were living an average of 5 years instead of 3, that pretty much tells the story. I've got a lot more sympathy for people who are convinced that they've gotten a cure for a fatal disease than I do for people who get butthurt over advice to get a vaccine, wear a mask, and stay out of Applebees when everybody's getting sick.

To their credit, the ALS Association, which funded the brainstorm trials, took no position.

And fun fact: ivermectin's been studied as a medication for ALS. Same results as Covid... in vitro effect that didn't pan out in early trials.