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2024-05-09 18:06:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 13A1EF206B69D7B9E2A92769DB6CE751BCB1AC8DB2647718B8DE7880F4F490A5
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There is no known cure for Autism. Suramin, generally used to treat African sleeping sickness & river blindness, isn't approved by the FDA for any use. Preliminary studies of its effect on certain autism symptoms have been too small to show whether it even works on those. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N3521OO/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20National%20Institutes%20of%20Health%20%28NIH%29%20and,any%20non-approved%20medication%20to%20treat%20ASD%20%28here%29%2C%20%28here%29.
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