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Hydrazine

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Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer.

It has been used as a first-line agent in cancer therapy and as a treatment for cancer-related anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (loss of muscle mass and body weight).

The results from a scientific standpoint have been inconclusive.

The substance is not without possible adverse effects.

At least one death has been laid to it.

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