The Medical Advisor

Key Points DMSO is a remarkably safe chemical that protects cells from otherwise fatal stressors (e.g., freezing, burning, shockwaves, ischemia) Since the heart, brain, and spinal cord are particularly vulnerable to injury, DMSO can produce miraculous results when those injuries happen Despite decades of research, many serious shortcomings exist with how we treat strokes (including brain bleeds), heart attacks, and spinal cord injuries As I will show here, had the FDA not sabotaged DMSO’s adoption, in addition to countless lives being saved, millions could have been protected from a lifetime of disability or paralysis Generated using DALL·E—OpenAI’s legacy image model Introduction If I were stranded on a desert island or knew the world was ending and I could only bring a few therapies with me, one of them, without a doubt, would be DMSO. This is because:  It effectively add...

The FDA long ago buried dimethyl sulfoxide, but a crusading physician and the medical freedom movement may resurrect it for stroke, paralysis, chronic pain, and more. Mary Beth Pfeiffer |  Feb 14, 2025 Rosa Azucena Aguirre received intravenous DMSO after she severed her spinal column in a fall. (From left) Pre- and post-surgery X-rays, and recently taking physical therapy. “What Rosita has achieved now is fantastic because she is independent,” said her husband, Juan Ayala. In 2017, Rosa Azucena Aguirre, fifty-one years old, fell through a skylight and landed one floor below and face up on concrete. Her X-rays show a horrifically mangled lower spine that took some eight hours of surgery to align. Mrs. Aguirre, who lives in Quito, Ecuador, was left paralyzed from the waist down. While most traumatic spine breaks are treated with high-dose steroids, Mrs. Aguirre was given a safe, natural substance virtually unused in the United States: dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO. “I was told aft...