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1 posted on 08/17/2011 7:51:44 AM PDT by decimon
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2 posted on 08/17/2011 7:52:27 AM PDT by decimon
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Heck, I know of people who die after their first dose of chemotherapy. No one seems to worry about that. I’ll take my chances with an herb before I’ll ever do chemotherapy.


3 posted on 08/17/2011 7:56:14 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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Oh man! I use cumin, turmeric and garlic in everything (LOVE Indian food), and I drink herbal teas all day.

Then again, I don’t have cancer, perhaps because these ingredients are helping to stave it off?

Logic should be a mandatory college course for journalists. I’ve never seen more non sequiturs in my life, and correlation vs. causation is lost on these dolts.


4 posted on 08/17/2011 7:57:55 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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No one seems to question the pernicious effect of chemotherapy.

5 posted on 08/17/2011 8:04:29 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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Nothing more than another 10 yr. research program, they will get for free. After they get thousands of people to stop using the herbs, 10 yrs later they will discuss how those same herbs were really a benefit.


8 posted on 08/17/2011 8:07:01 AM PDT by annieokie
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Information you should always remember: Medical Doctors are *not* Pharmacists. And because there is such a huge volume of information out there, and growing, there is no way an M.D. can keep up with the research and take care of patients.

This is why it is vital that your pharmacist knows everything you are taking, prescription medicines, over the counter medicines, *and* herbal and alternative medicines.

Pharmacists also have another trick that not too many people know about. Some of them specialize as “compounding” Pharmacists, who create unique blends of medicines tailored just for an individual.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compounding


9 posted on 08/17/2011 8:07:41 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Yes, the supplements interfere with the chemo’s ability to kill off your healthy cells faster.


11 posted on 08/17/2011 8:13:18 AM PDT by Borax Queen
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Shines of such things like “Codex Alimentarius”

Kinda seems like they don’t want the competition in the cancer curing racket.


12 posted on 08/17/2011 8:15:18 AM PDT by GraceG
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I've heard that there are some problems mixing some antibiotics and antioxidant drugs/herbs/vitamins. Essentially those antibiotics affect the bacteria through oxidation reactions. The antioxidant you take for your health also improve the health of the bacteria which are exposed to antibiotics, so you either need to temporarily stop the antioxidants or take a longer or higher dose of the antibiotics.

I'm not surprised that herbals would have similar effects on chemotherapy.

13 posted on 08/17/2011 8:16:23 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
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