Recently Diagnosed or Relapsed? Stop Looking For a Miracle Cure, and Use Evidence-Based Therapies To Enhance Your Treatment and Prolong Your Remission
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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“For the first time ever, a three-drug regimen resulted in a 100% multiple myeloma response rate and a favorable tolerability profile…“
The good news is that, according to the article below, all newly diagnosed patients will achieve some form of response (multiple myeloma response) from their MM by undergoing induction therapy of RVd (revlimid, velcade, dexamethasone).
There is no question that a diagnosis of multiple myeloma is more hopeful today than it was 20 years ago. There is a long and growing list of both FDA approved chemotherapy regimens as well as evidence-based non-conventional therapies for MM treatment.
According to the study linked and excerpted below, about a third of MMers who undergo RVd develop chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). 40% of the patients studied in the research required dose reductions due to side-effects.
Newly diagnosed MMers have got to ask themselves if they can achieve a deeper, longer remission while reducing the risk of side effects. And the answer is yes.
By combining conventional chemotherapy cocktails with evidence-based, non-toxic, anti-MM nutrition, supplementation, bone health, lifestyle and mind-body therapies based on the six pathways linked below.
I am both a long-term MM survivor and MM cancer coach.Years of experience and research have taught me that MMer must employ the best of both conventional and non-conventional therapies in order to achieve the deepest, longest remissions aka the best multiple myeloma response, with the least amount of collateral damage.
Please watch the video below to learn more about the evidence-based, integrative therapies to combat treatment side effects and enhance your chemotherapy.
“For the first time ever, a three-drug regimen resulted in a 100% multiple myeloma response rate and a favorable tolerability profile in patients with multiple myeloma, according to new findings…The combination of lenalidomide (Revlimid, Celgene), bortezomib (Velcade, Millennium Pharm) and dexamethasone proved highly effective for previously untreated multiple myeloma…
The rate of partial response was 100% in both the phase 2 population and overall, with 74% and 67% each achieving very good partial response or better. Complete or near-complete response was seen in 54% of patients treated at the phase 2 dosing…
Nevertheless, there were still significant issues [with RVD]. The combination is complicated by painful sensory neuropathy in 32% of patients; 40% of patients required dose reductions, missed doses, or had to discontinue therapy due to toxicity…”
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Enhancing Multiple Myeloma Response
A search of the Pubmed database for the word curcumin yields 601 studies spanning health topics from multiple myeloma (MM) and colorectal cancer, to chemotherapy regimens that integrate with CU, to Alzheimer’s Disease, arthritis and more. Based on years of reading studies and personal accounts, I think it is safe to say that CU supplementation is safe and relatively inexpensive and effective.
I have read posts about myeloma patients taking daily doses of CU from 400 milligrams to 8 grams (1000 milligrams = 1 gram). By almost any measure, CU is a safe, inexpensive wonder drug.
The only challenge is that CU is famously difficult to absorb in the body. In other words, a person has to mix curcumin with some sort of fat (coconut oil, chocolate, etc.) or take a brand of curcumin capsule that is already formulated to be more “bioavailable” in order to derive the full benefit of CU.
The study linked and exerpted below reviews different formulations of CU. The study itself lists the three most bioavailable formulation/brand of CU and I’ve added an excerpt from a further review from Consumerlab.com that lists four additional bioavailable brands of CU.
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Please watch the video below to learn more about the evidence-based, integrative therapies to combat treatment side effects and enhance your chemotherapy.
The challenge for every myeloma patient is to achieve the deepest, longest remission possible while sustaining the least amount of collateral damage (side effects) possible. Numerous studies document the anti-MM and integrative efficacy of curcumin enhancing multiple myeloma response.
This link is to the Google search page for “curcumin in myeloma.” Whether it is an article authored by Pat Killingsworth or Margaret from Margaret’s Corner, or PubMed, curcumin is documented to be both cytotoxic to myeloma in addition to being “integrative” or enhancing the action of Velcade, Revlimid, and Thalidomide.
A common question asked by multiple myeloma patients considering supplementing with curcumin is about the daily dose. Unfortunately, I have several possible answers:
The research into MM and curcumin usually refers to a “time and dose dependent manner.” Meaning, the more curcumin the patient takes, the more MM cells are killed.
I read about patients with active MM taking doses at many different amounts, from 1 gram a day up to 8 grams a day.
For comparison, I take 400 milligrams. My MM is not active therefore I take a maintenance dose. To clarify, 1000 milligrams = 1 gram.
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Curcumin is a widely studied natural compound which has shown tremendous in vitro therapeutic potential. Despite that, the clinical efficacy of the native curcumin is weak due to its low bioavailability and high metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract.
During the last decade, researchers have come up with different formulations with a focus on improving the bioavailability of curcumin. As a result, a significant number of bioavailable curcumin-based formulations were introduced with the varying range of enhanced bioavailability.
The purpose of this review is to collate the published clinical studies of curcumin products with improved bioavailability over conventional (unformulated) curcumin. Based on the literature search, 11 curcumin formulations with available human bioavailability and pharmacokinetics data were included in this review…
Based on a review of these studies, it is evident that better bioavailability of formulated curcumin products is mostly attributed to improved solubility, stability, and possibly low first-pass metabolism. The review hopes to provide a quick reference guide for anyone looking information on these bioavailable curcumin formulations.
Based on the published reports,
NovaSol® (185),
CurcuWin® (136) and
LongVida® (100)
exhibited over 100-fold higher bioavailability relative to reference unformulated curcumin. Suggested mechanisms accounting for improved bioavailability of the formulations and details on the bioanalysis methods are also discussed…”
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