Re: interferon

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Rica, I believe that any herb that boosts the immune system helps to make interferon astralagus, echinacea, Panax and Siberian ginseng, Shitake mushroom to name a few. See my next post on foods that boost immunity Suzibollin772000 <Bollin772000@...> wrote: Suzi, could you re post the herbs and nutrients and supplementd that help the body make interferon?[some were ginger, co-Q-10]many thanksRica Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/

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Dear ne:

I can only tell you what Dr. Druker, the doctor who developed

Gleevec, said to me. If from what he can tell that I had all these

side effects with Gleevec, I would have rather died than been on

Interferon. Luckily, I stuck with the Gleevec and made it through

the worst.

I became transfusion dependent which is unheard of.

Good luck with the interferon. The only thing I can offer is that

Interferon patients who were not responding were put on Gleevec.

Some patients never did have any reaction to Interfeorn other than

flu like symptoms.

I am only posting because there was NOT one side effect that I did

NOT have except the rash. So, I empathize with your situation and

thought I would throw in what Dr. Druker said to me. He said it as a

quip because I hit his top 10% of all patients with as many reactions

as I had on Gleevec.

Hugs,

Rosenthal

Miami, Florida

PCRU since October 2004~

>

> Hi all!

>

> I am new to this group. I was dx'd with CML June 05-tried Gleevec

for

> 6 months, had excruitiating bone pain, depression which ended up

in

> hospitalization and overall a really bad QOL while on it. February

06

> started a BMS(sprycel) trial which I did up until 4 weeks ago. I

also

> experienced the same bone pain, plus extreme fatigue, entire body

rash,

> and pretty much all the listed side effects! They just got worse

over

> time and you can imagine my QOL im sure. Have been off all chemos

for

> 4 weeks, felt great at first, now having some fatigue, but it is

> tolerable. On the 29th of this month I am going to be starting

> Interferon-not sure whether it will be pegylated or not-depends on

what

> the insurance company will allow

> Anyways after all that-I would love to hear from anyone who has had

> experience with Interferon-good and bad so I have an idea what I

> may/may not be in for(realizing everyone reacts differently). I

would

> appreciate any input you can give me

> Thanks alot

> ne

>