Friday, November 16, 2012

What vitamins should i take before starting chemotherapy for colon cancer

What vitamins should i take before starting chemotherapy for colon cancer?

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1 :
Do not take any vitamins before Chemo without your doctor's consent or advice. You do NOT want a cross reaction that could be very bad. I am very serious here. ASK YOUR ONCOLOGIST! Do NOT listen to me or anyone else here. ASK YOUR ONCOLOGIST! I wish you the very best of luck in the ordeal you are about to go through. I hope you succeed with full remission. The advances in cancer control have been wonderful. I volunteer for the ACS. IF you have questions and/or fears, please contact your local ACS immediately for help. You will find they will help you get to and from chemo, will help you with your shopping, whatever you must do. We are out there for you, we fully sympathize with your present state of being. Again, I am rooting for you to be a survivor.
2 :
Yeah...ask your doctor on that one.
3 :
Yes, ask your doctor. However, don't expect him/her to get too excited about this question. No vitamin is going to make a big difference in your treatment outcome.
4 :
Some Drs believe that antioxidants (C,E, others) taken at the same time you are doing chemo stops or slows the chemo induced apoptosis (cell death) of the malignant cells. I don't think there have been clinical trials to prove this question one way or another, but in any case, this is a question that needs to be answered by your oncologist. good luck.
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You shouldn't take any. Cancer cells metabolize faster than healthy ones. That's how chemo works, as I understand it. You are poisoning the cancer cells, and because of the higher rate they die before your regular cells

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