06/01/2025 / By Olivia Cook
Dr. Justus R. Hope, a physician known for challenging conventional medical thinking, wants to change how the mainstream medical system views dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). In his investigative article from October 2024, he uncovers the long-suppressed story of this natural tree-derived compound with profound healing potential and a regulatory past that may explain its silence from everyday medicine.
Like the antiviral drug ivermectin, DMSO is safe, inexpensive and used widely in veterinary medicine. Yet, its power to alleviate human suffering has been largely ignored – or actively suppressed – by regulatory bodies and pharmaceutical interests. Hope aptly calls DMSO “the other ivermectin” not just for its controversial path, but also because it threatens the financial pillars of modern medicine.
While the doctor didn’t start out as a DMSO advocate, he had years of experience in stroke rehabilitation under his belt and he understood how devastating paralysis and brain injuries can be. When Hope came across a report detailing DMSO’s ability to reverse paralysis, improve stroke recovery and relieve chronic pain, he was initially skeptical.
But the science was compelling. He dug into clinical studies, articles and testimonies from a largely forgotten 1980 congressional hearing. What he found changed his view – and may change the way we think about drug suppression, patient care and medical freedom.
DMSO is a naturally occurring sulfur-based compound derived from tree lignin, a substance found in wood pulp during paper manufacturing. Though first used industrially in the late 1800s, researchers in the 1960s began studying its biological and therapeutic properties – and what they discovered was remarkable.
Among its unique qualities, DMSO can:
Despite its broad therapeutic potential, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only approved DMSO for one condition – interstitial cystitis, a rare bladder disorder.
In 1980, transplant surgeon and cryobiologist Dr. Stanley Jacob testified before Congress about DMSO. He shared firsthand accounts of patients who had recovered from chronic pain, spinal injuries, strokes and ulcers – many of whom had experienced dramatic, even “miraculous” improvements with DMSO treatment.
The FDA’s response was silence and obstruction. Citing a theoretical concern that DMSO might caused blurred vision in animals, a side effect never observed in humans, the agency blocked broader research and clinical use.
Over 1,000 clinical studies on DMSO were shut down, and only the narrowest medical use was approved. Everything else remained, effectively, illegal. One FDA official reportedly vowed to “bury the drug once and for all” – and for the most part, the regulator did.
According to Hope, the parallels between DMSO and ivermectin are striking:
The doctor observed a disturbingly familiar pattern with the two drugs. A cheap, natural compound shows promise across multiple conditions. Patients and doctors advocate for its use, backed by real-world results.
But regulatory bodies ignore it or cite weak justifications to restrict it. Meanwhile, Big Pharma – which is in bed with regulators – frown that these natural compounds cannot be patented. Without a patent, there is no profit and no push to bring it forward.
DMSO’s therapeutic value stems from a few powerful mechanisms: It reduces inflammation, neutralizes free radicals, carries other substances deep into tissues and protects cells and nerves at the molecular level.
Here’s what research and case reports suggest it may help treat:
Under federal law, prescribing DMSO “off label” is technically legal. However, many state regulations and medical board risks discourage its use.
In states like Florida, Montana, Oregon and Washington, laws support or protect physicians who prescribe pharmaceutical-grade DMSO outside its FDA-approved use. Meanwhile in California, physicians must provide written disclosures and obtain extensive informed consent – requirements that create legal and professional disincentives.
As a result, many patients resort to buying DMSO gels from farm supply stores, using veterinary-grade products on themselves – often without guidance or medical supervision. But nothing makes the case for DMSO more powerfully than the stories of real people:
These stories and thousands more emerged from Jacob’s Oregon clinic, where DMSO was quietly administered in patients with stunning results.
Ultimately, Hope isn’t calling for blind belief in DMSO. He is calling for honest science, open minds and patient-first priorities. He believes that:
In an era of soaring healthcare costs, chronic illness and increasing concern about radiation exposure, DMSO may be the right medicine at the right time. The story of DMSO isn’t just about a natural compound – it is about a medical system that sometimes favors profit over possibility.
Watch Dr. Jeffrey Mueller explaining the science and real-world use of DMSO in integrative medicine in this clip.
This video is from the Daily Videos channel on Brighteon.com.
DMSO: The Ivermectin-like miracle solution for strokes, neurological damage.
How DMSO could transform medicine, science and more.
A layperson’s guide to Archie H. Scott’s “The DMSO Handbook for Doctors.”
Sources include:
CenterForInquiry.org [PDF]
Tagged Under:
alternative medicine, big government, Cures, dimethyl sulfoxide, DMSO, Food and Drug Administration, health science, ivermectin, Justus Hope, medical censorship, Medical Tyranny, natural cures, natural health, natural medicine, remedies, smeared, suppressed, Tyranny
This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author
COPYRIGHT © 2017 NATURAL MEDICINE NEWS