Parents Rush to Seek Leucovorin for Autism Despite Limited Data | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Parents rush to seek leucovorin for autism despite limited data | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

CHICAGO >> President Donald Trump’s embrace of an old generic drug called leucovorin for use against a rare disorder that causes autism-like symptoms has triggered a surge in demand from parents who believe it could unlock speech and social connection in their autistic children.

Leucovorin, touted by Trump as a new autism treatment, sparks hope and debate

As President Trump promotes leucovorin — a decades-old folate drug typically used in cancer care — for autism, CNN profiles a Minnesota family who says it transformed their 4-year-old’s life, though experts continue to debate whether the evidence supports its use.