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Tom,
My onc asked me to stop my antioxidants, B complex(because of folic acid) and multiple vitamin(folic acid). He does feel the anti-oxidants are counterproductive, and the folic acid can apparently increase the possibility of side effects with Xeloda. We didn't get into a detailed discussion on the antioxidant effect, he just feels in general not enough is known about interactions and I have to agree with him, so am just playing it safe and giving the chemo a chance to do it's job.
He did ok 1000mg Vit. C, which I've taken for years, and 100mg CoQ-10, and calcium/magnesium/vit D and a few more odds and ends in small doses.
I think one needs to run all this by one's onc, and the bottom line is if you feel very strongly that something is a help rather than a hindrance, then go with your gut.
<3 Lolly
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