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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / November 2007

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Sveh Khan - 09 Nov 2007 11:05 GMT
I am finding confusing information on supplementing during chemo!  Does
anyone have references or articles of what supplements work well with chemo?

Of course oncologist can not be asked - they are NOT in supplement
business: NO is a firm answer

khan
MAS - 09 Nov 2007 20:29 GMT
Khan you do not want to take any supplements during chemo. Some may interact
and most give a false reading as to the accomplishments of the chemo.

Gourd Dancer
>I am finding confusing information on supplementing during chemo!  Does
>anyone have references or articles of what supplements work well with
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> khan
Alan Meyer - 09 Nov 2007 23:09 GMT
> Khan you do not want to take any supplements during chemo. Some may
> interact and most give a false reading as to the accomplishments of
> the chemo.

Khan, I know you asked about this before in regard to
entering a clinical trial of chemotherapy.

I answered at that time that taking supplements might not
be a great idea.  If they work, you might think the chemotherapy
was helping you when it was not.  You might then get more
chemotherapy.  If, as Gourd Dancer suggested, they interfere
with the chemo, then you might discontinue chemo when, in
fact, it might have helped you.

I understand your interest in the subject.  You want the maximum
effect in attacking your cancer.  But, unfortunately, we just don't
know if the supplements will help or hurt.

If the chemo is given to you over a short period of time, say a
week or a month, consider not using any supplements during
that time.  Then use all the supplements you want.

As for what supplements to use - as with everything else in
prostate cancer, the data is of very low quality.  If it were me,
I think I would try pomegranate, lycopene, vitamin C, and
vitamin D.  But I'm no expert and I'm afraid no one is.

But some of those might protect cells from attack by chemotherapy
drugs.  So hold off until the treatment is done.

Good luck.

   Alan
Steve Kramer - 09 Nov 2007 23:00 GMT
>I am finding confusing information on supplementing during chemo!  Does
>anyone have references or articles of what supplements work well with
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> khan
Steve Kramer - 09 Nov 2007 23:02 GMT
>I am finding confusing information on supplementing during chemo!  Does
>anyone have references or articles of what supplements work well with
>chemo?
>
> Of course oncologist can not be asked - they are NOT in supplement
> business: NO is a firm answer

Just had a little seminar that included those very issues.  They advise
walking, drinking lots of water, and sleeping eight hours a night during the
same eight-hour timeframe PLUS naps when your body tells you it's tired.

As far as supplements and other treatment, wait for symptoms and treat
those.  Look for fatigue, anemia, etc.
 
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