tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235733697979948062.post1348741083450673133..comments2024-03-19T00:33:30.191-07:00Comments on our brain tumor cocktails and stories: Stephen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00777652648990108253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235733697979948062.post-33550988102220396412016-12-30T05:55:52.988-08:002016-12-30T05:55:52.988-08:00Hi Everyone,
Thanks Stephen for your comment. We ...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Thanks Stephen for your comment. We really appreciate the support you and everyone on this site give us and it is very useful reading everyones experiences and research. In response Stephen, to your comment about low doses, Dad prefers it that way as he is slightly worried about overloading and is already taking quite a lot of tablets everyday. We have just managed to get hold of some cimetidine and are now adding that in. <br /><br />Dad had another MRI just before Christmas, we haven't had official results yet, but at the last appointment, the oncologist briefly compared to the previous scan and there was no obvious change. Dad will have his last chemo round (6 of 6) next month and it sounds like there will be no further treatment, just scans every three months for the next year. We are wondering how long people continue on the cocktail regime past chemo, if there has not been recurrence? I am thinking we should try and maintain our current cocktail regime for at least 6 months, perhaps the next 1 or 2 years. Then after that if there is no change perhaps reduce the regime down to something considered as a maintenance regime.<br /><br />Best wishes to all,<br /><br />Sam <br /><br />Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168086493370138140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235733697979948062.post-40177794813888466202016-11-16T07:30:00.572-08:002016-11-16T07:30:00.572-08:00Looks good, although many of the doses seem to be ...Looks good, although many of the doses seem to be on the low side.<br /><br />The lowest dose of Celebrex I've seen used in GBM studies is 200 mg once daily.<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20446016<br /><br />Clinical trials of chloroquine for GBM have used 150 mg daily (the equivalent of 250 mg chloroquine phosphate daily).<br /><br />Recommended therapuetic doses of vitamin D3, especially for people in northern climates, are in the 5000- 10000 IU range.<br /><br />I'm not sure about the UK, but cimetidine in north america can be purchased over the counter. DCA can also be purchased without prescription (pharma-dca.com).<br /><br />Stephen Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777652648990108253noreply@blogger.com