cost of fenbendazole

[kapakahi]

Fenbendazole works the same way as chemo drugs like the taxanes and vinca- derived drugs by preventing cell division. Right now it's affordable from Amazon, where the Merck product is sold for dogs - I just paid $16.67 for a month's supply (12 packets).

But a related drug, mebendazole, a WHO "essential medicine", now (according to Wikipedia), costs $440.00 in the U.S. because an American generic drug company bought the (U.S) rights from Teva in 2016 and hiked the price astronomically - it had been $18 a dose in the U.S. This for a drug that costs 4¢ per dose in the developing world and $5 in the UK and Australia.

I can only hope that Merck doesn't sell the fenbendazole rights to this blood-sucking company. They're another Valeant or Turing (of Martin Shkreli notoriety). I feel like I should maybe buy a lifetime supply now. With so many domestic animals besides humans needing deworming, maybe it's safe as a veterinary drug for now. But if research proves irrefutably its cancer-fighting potential, look out.

[RunnerGrl]

My understanding is that since the patent has run up in Fenbedozole anyone can make it. Still, I think you are right to wonder about the future price. My husband has a years worth of the little packets purchased now. My brother in law is a veterinarian and he takes the liquid, large animal form. He says a gallon will last 10 years, as the dosage is only like a 2 cc’s a day/three days a week.

[kapakahi in reply to RunnerGrl]

Thanks for this - I had no idea it was available in liquid form. If it doesn't taste bad, it would sure be better than a mouthful of very dry granules, though they do dissolve quickly when I drink something. I looked for it on Amazon - a gallon costs $400. Though I wonder about expiration dates for that amount. It's also available in lesser quantities.

[RunnerGrl in reply to kapakahi]

We asked my brother in law about expiration dates too and he said meds always last way longer than they are marketed for. He plans to keep his gallon in a cool place and use it for quite awhile. He’s taking it for preventive as his mother had cancer and now his brother, my husband, does too. Do you have a local veterinarian who can order you the liquid for cheaper?

[kapakahi in reply to RunnerGrl]

No, no pets, no vets. When I tried to do the math (for me, math has always been only a suggestion;-), a 4.6ml daily dose (the directions say 2.3ml/100lbs) from 3,785 ml means 823 doses for a 2.25-year supply. Your b-i-l must be taking a much lower dose - as you say, for prevention rather than treatment. About 823 doses for $400 is about $2 each (another vendor has the same amount for $374). Hmmm...less than half the price of the $67 I paid for 12 doses of 4g each. I wonder how 4.6ml compares to 4g. Still, at these levels price isn't even really a consideration if the stuff works even moderately well.

It kind of scares me to be putting off a biopsy (mainly because of how it jacks up the PSA) and treatment month-by-month until I can see a definite trend in PSA, be it up or down. I'm not sure that's wise, but then wisdom to me is as much of a suggestion as math...

[RunnerGrl in reply to kapakahi]

Are you dosing according to the package label? I don’t think you need that much. I think for cancer it’s just one gram a day. I’m not at home and can’t look at the packets. There are people taking much larger doses however, with no adverse reactions. Anyway, the granules and individual packets are for a 10lb canine and they are small amounts. We aren’t killing worms so you don’t need to dose per pound of body weight.

If you go to the blog mycancerstoryrocks the dosages are there. I agree though; that if it works and prevents or stops cancer growth the price is well worth it.

[kapakahi in reply to RunnerGrl]

Yeah, I'm doing the 4 grams for big dogs because, well, I'm a big dawg. I also want to do "shock and awe" on this cancer. But I may switch to 1g after this batch is gone because Joe Tippens - where I discovered Panacur - seems to have done very well indeed on that dosage, though I believe he takes it every day.

[RunnerGrl in reply to kapakahi]

Lol. Okay. There are people taking that dose and their blood tests are good. Some of them are adding milk thistle supplements to protect the liver; just Incase. Please let me know how things go with you. My husband has a 3T MRI coming up and I’ll post if we get amazing news. Of course we are hoping for NED. He will be about 19 weeks on the fenbedozole by then.

[Grumpyswife in reply to RunnerGrl]

Please keep us informed as we are greatly interested.

[RunnerGrl in reply to Grumpyswife]

I will post after we see Dr Busch in Sept.

[jimmija]

Mebendazole is traditionally used to kill parasitic worms and other parasites living inside the body. So happy 😊 I found verifiedwebs.net/go/vermox+... ❤️ and got Mebendazole and Albendazole a way cheaper (promocode: SALE10). In the medical world, antiparasitical meds are referred to as anthelmintic. Specifically, mebendazole is a benzimidazole which is technically a compound composed of benzene and imidazole. The associated meds include albendazole, thiabendazole, riclabendazole, flubendazole, mebendazole and fenbendazole.

[kapakahi in reply to jimmija]

my post is a year old - I started taking mebendazole last fall, with continuing good results