How DMSO Became a Suppressed Medicine

Podcast: Foodnourish Deep Dives · Pavlos Giorkas

Opublikowano: 2026-10-05

In today's episode we're tracing the strange history of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO), a cheap byproduct of the wood pulp industry that emerged in the 1950s as a medically promising compound. We explore how its unique ability to rapidly carry substances through the skin barrier deep into the body generated dramatic early reports for relieving pain and inflammation. We then analyze why FDA regulatory bans in 1965 - triggered by animal ocular data not replicated in humans - pushed DMSO out of mainstream medicine and created a parallel trust system driven by patient experiences and media coverage. <b...