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Multiple Myeloma an incurable disease, but I have spent the last 25 years in remission using a blend of conventional oncology and evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies from peer-reviewed studies that your oncologist probably hasn't told you about.

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Curcumin Prevents Myeloma Side Effects

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If your oncologist doesn’t tell you, how do you know that curcumin prevents myeloma side effects? The short answer is that you won’t. The longer answer requires explanation.

  • Symptoms are caused by the MM itself-
  • Side effects are caused by conventional therapies-

During my conventional MM therapies from the time I was diagnosed (1/94) to the time I reached end-stage (9/97), my oncologists said little about possible treatment-induced side effects. In fact, when I developed my first blood clot, my oncologist did not mention that it was chemotherapy-induced.

He could have mentioned the blood clot reducing properties of curcumin.Curcumin supplementation could have reduced the risk of my second blood clot. In fact, I developed 4 of the 6  long-term treatment-induced side effects listed below that curcumin has been shown to prevent.


Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy-


I admit that my chemo-induced blood clot was not that big a deal. However, the side effect from my treatment that is a serious problem for me is outlined in the video above. And curcumin supplementation could have prevented this side effect.

Email me at David.PeopleBeatingCancer@gmail.com with questions about multiple myeloma.

Hang in there,

David Emerson

  • MM survivor
  • MM Cancer Coach 
  • Director PeopleBeatingCancer

Preventive Effect of Curcumin Against Chemotherapy-Induced Side-Effects

“Chemotherapy is one of main therapeutic approaches to combat cancer. However, chemotherapy only has a limited success with severe side effects, especially causing damage to normal tissues such as bone marrow, gastrointestine, heart, liver, renal, neuron, and auditory tissues, etc. The side-effects limit clinical outcome of chemotherapy and lower patients’ quality of life, and even make many patients discontinue the chemotherapy. Thus, there is a need to explore effective adjuvant strategies to prevent and reduce the chemotherapy-induced side effects…

However, the drugs currently used in the chemotherapy only have a limited success with severe side-effects, including:

  • myelosuppression,
  • gastrointestinal toxicity,
  • cardiotoxicity,
  • hepatotoxicity,
  • neurotoxicity,
  • ototoxicity, etc.

And then these serious side-effects make many patients discontinue the chemotherapy (; ; )…

Recently, pharmacological studies have revealed that curcumin has strong antioxidative, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities (; ,, ; ; ; ; ).

Growing evidence shows that curcumin is a very safe product to human being (). It can not only prevent carcinogenesis and enhance clinical efficacy of chemotherapy through sensitizing cancer cells to the commonly used chemotherapy, and also protect normal cells from chemotherapy-induced damages (; )…

  • Curcumin Ameliorates Chemotherapy-Induced Gastrointestinal Toxicity
  • Curcumin Reduces Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
  • Curcumin Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Hepatotoxicity
  • Curcumin Ameliorates Chemotherapy-Induced Nephrotoxicity
  • Curcumin Decreases Chemotherapy-Induced Ototoxicity
  • Curcumin Attenuates Chemotherapy-Induced Myelosuppression
  • Curcumin Attenuates Chemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity
  • Curcumin Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Genotoxicity

A series of studies demonstrated that curcumin could inhibit pro-inflammatory and inflammatory factors such as NF-κB, COX, LO, STAT3, Xanthine oxidase and inducible nitric oxide synthase, to sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy and reduce the chemotherapy-induced toxicity…

Clearance of ROS in normal tissues is proven to be a major strategy for preventing chemotherapy-induced toxicity. Curcumin as an intracellular ROS scavenger show promising in reducing chemotherapy-induced toxicity through increasing intracellular levels of antioxidants and inhibiting lipid peroxidation in normal tissues…

Conclusion

Curcumin is a safe natural product with anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. It has recently received increased attention in protecting normal tissues from chemotherapy-induced toxicity. Curcumin can enhance therapeutic efficacy of many anticancer drugs and reduce their side effects through pharmacological and pharmacokinetic interactions…”

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6 comments
Misty says a couple of weeks ago

My mom was diagnosed with MM in Feb. 2021 We found fantastic doctors to work with as we wanted to use a supplement regimine of 750mg of curcumin and 400mg of French grape seed extract daily along with her revmilid and velcade. She reached remission by Oct of 2021. Unfortunately she passed during remission of cardiac arrest with no known thrombosis. I’m thankful that I stumbled upon this website that educates people on the great results that can be achieved when science and nature are allowed to work together. I promised my mom that she was not dying of this cancer and glad I got to keep my word.

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    David Emerson says a couple of weeks ago

    Hi Misty-

    I am sorry for your loss. Though I don’t know the specifics of your mom’s therapy I share your belief that she did not die of MM. I know of no reason why curcumin or french grape seed extract would have caused heart damage. If anything, these supplements would have prevented the damaging effects of your mom’s conventional therapies.

    Thanks,

    David Emerson

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Ken friesen says a couple of weeks ago

It’s probably been posted previously but how much curcumin can be taken at one time?

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    David Emerson says a couple of weeks ago

    Hi Ken-

    This is a common question but there is no set answer. Meaning studies cite either “a time and dose dependent manner” aka the more, the longer, the better or use a specific amount. But different studies can use different amounts. I’ve read studies that cite a dose of 1 gram and I’ve read studies that use 8 grams. It’s not like a clinical trial that must use a specific dose.

    David Emerson

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pete says a couple of weeks ago

Is there a specific dose/amount of curcumin that is recommended for the optimal preventive effect? Also, I wonder if curcumin is as effective in today’s new therapies/SOC as these studies appear dated. Thanks for all the wonderful insights and knowledge!

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    David Emerson says a couple of weeks ago

    Hi Peter-

    Studies of curcumin vary in the dose of curcumin used. Most use the phrase “in a time and dose dependent manner.” Some use a specific dose but it varies from 1 gram to 8 grams.

    In terms of its effectiveness, it depends on the study. Meaning, specific studies of velcade as well as proteasome inhibitors in general and revlimid cite curcumin to enhance their efficacy. I have not found studies of curcumin and other MM regimens.

    Lastly, a recent study showed that curcumin could be used instead of dexamethasone in people intolerant of dex.

    David Emerson

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