Supplements to Avoid During Chemotherapy

Supplements to Avoid During Chemotherapy: What Patients Need to Know. Some supplements may interfere with chemotherapy effectiveness or increase toxicity. Learn which supplements to avoid during chemotherapy

Reducing Chemotherapy Toxicity Naturally

Reducing Chemotherapy Toxicity Naturally: Evidence-Based Integrative Strategies. Learn evidence-based, natural ways to reduce chemotherapy toxicity, including diet, supplements, and lifestyle strategies—plus

Chemotherapy-induced Gastrointestinal Injury

Chemotherapy-induced Gastrointestinal Injury has complicated my life for years. Unfortunately, I underwent six months of aggressive induction chemotherapies followed by two courses of high-dose cytoxan

Chemotherapy Hypersensitivity Reactions: Symptoms, Risks and Treatment

Neurosurgical Options for Prostate Cancer Pain

Neurosurgical options for prostate cancer pain are underutilized, according to the Mayo Clinic article linked below. My eye was drawn to the article below because of my own therapy-induced pain. According

Neurosurgical Options for Myeloma Pain

Neurosurgical options for myeloma pain are underutilized, according to the Mayo Clinic article linked below. My eye was drawn to the article below because of my own therapy-induced pain. Also, I spend

Chronic Painful Neuropathy- Therapies

Chronic painful neuropathy therapies are those treatments for serious chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) that your oncologist won’t necessarily tell you about. The only prescribed

Neuropathy Prevention in Myeloma

Neuropathy prevention in myeloma is essential. I say this because, according to research, more than 20% of newly diagnosed MM patients present with PN, and up to 75% of MM patients develop chemotherapy-induced

Do Cannabinoids Help Neuropathy?

Do Cannabinoids Help Neuropathy? Yes, but only in specific ways. Ways that should be understood by cancer patients who live with this debilitating chemotherapy-induced side effect. Which Cannabinoid is

Vinpocetine Chemo-induced Peripheral Neuropathy

According to research posted below, vinpocetine alleviates chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy. Again, according to research, some studies report that up to 75% of myeloma patients develop CIPN due to

Neuropathic Pain Care

Which treatments are effective for neuropathic pain care? Almost 40% of myeloma patients experience CIPN, according to research.  This occurrence rate is complicated because: Many MM patients develop

Supplementation Mitigates Peripheral Neuropathy

While there are few conventional (FDA approved) therapies for CIPN, research shows that nutritional supplementation can mitigate peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). In my years of experience as a MM survivor,