Herceptin and Vitamins

Hello!

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

Thanks!

Emma

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

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

Good luck,
Jeff

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?

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