Herceptin and Vitamins

[*_Emma_*]

Hello!

I'm glad I found this board! Anyone here taking Herceptin and supplements at the same time?

Thanks!

Emma

[jeff]

Hello Emma,

My partner Rachel took plenty of supplements during her year of adjuvant herceptin. To my mind the most important one was beta glucan

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...t_uids=14695221 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14695221)

Check out this link for some (theoretical, at least) evidence that it might support what herceptin does...

Good luck,
Jeff

[*_Barbara_*]

Jeff:

How much Beta Glacan did your partner Rachel take per day? I take 100 mg twice a day but wonder if that is too little?

[jeff]

Hi Barbara,

I don't think anyone has established good guidelines on this. Muriel Montbriand, in an essay in Oncology Nursing Forum says it's been tested safely in doses of up to 7.5 g twice a day, but I haven't tracked down her sources on it and this seems awful high to me. But Rachel took a range of doses and ended up with a good brand that comes in 500 mg.tablets so she takes two a day...

Email me (melnick@babson.edu) if you want the name of the brand she takes. I don't want to seem like I'm advertising on the board!


Best,
Jeff