Cheol-min Kim, a comedian who stopped taking fenbendazole, a dog repellent for cancer treatment, due to side effects, participated in a video at the National Audit Office today (22nd).
"I have been offered dozens of alternative treatments, such as cactus powder and bamboo bamboo shoot vinegar," Kim said at Gukgam. And then I look upset.”
At the same time, he appealed, "It would be great if there was a doctor who would consult you professionally."
In addition to the Gukgam, Democratic Party Congressman Shin Hyun-young also pointed out that "the patients are left to judge the effectiveness of various alternative therapies other than the standard treatment and manage side effects."
Clinician Shin argues that it is necessary to understand the current status of the use of alternative therapies and establish a side effect management system so that patients do not try alternative therapy in the dark.
Regarding this, Minister of Welfare Park Neung-hoo said, "It is necessary to accept alternative therapy into the institutional sphere." Said.
Minister Park said, "I think there is a need for a medical system where cancer patients can consult or discuss (alternative therapies) on a daily basis."
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korean Cancer Society previously requested that you refrain from taking the fenbendazole at the end of last year, saying that safety cannot be guaranteed.