Prescriptions for ivermectin and benzimidazole, an unproven cancer treatment, more than doubled in early 2025 after actor Mel Gibson endorsed the medicines on Joe Rogan’s podcast, according to researchers.
During the January 2025 episode, which has more than 13 million views on YouTube, Gibson spoke of three friends who had been battling stage-four cancer until they took ivermectin and fenbendazole, part of the class of drugs that includes benzimidazole.
