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      What are Drug interactions
      If you aren’t already, you will soon be thinking about a variety of treatment approaches for your cancer. Many of these... approaches will include the use of drugs or medications. Any naturally occurring or artificially produced substance taken in sufficient quantities can qualify as a drug, from seemingly benign homeopathic remedies up to the most power chemicals administered in anti-cancer therapy. Probably at no time in your life up to this point will you be taking so many ...moreless
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      Adverse Drug Interactions is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States!
      Interactions Can Lead to Death The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reported a 68% increase in the number of deaths... due to drug interactions from 1999 to 2004, a five year period. This continued a trend that began in at the beginning of the 1990s. Tens of thousands of people die each year from misuse of prescription drugs, including drug interactions. In 2006, the CDC reported over 700,000 emergency room visits due to unintentional poisoning, and over 2 million cases...moreless
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      Some Drug Interactions Can Be Beneficial!
      Having spoken of the dangers of drug interactions, the up side of drug interactions should also be pointed out. Many... people are familiar with the so-called “drug cocktails” taken by patients with HIV. These drugs act together beneficially to control the virus so that it may not become full-blown AIDS. In the same way some drugs may be taken together during cancer treatment precisely because they interact beneficially with each other. They may reinforce each other’s effects, or even...moreless
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      ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS, WHAT SHOULD GIVE ME PAUSE?
      Here are a few things to consider as you start thinking about drug interactions and the ways in which they might affect... you. First of all, consider the many things you consider to be ‘foods’ which in fact have significant medicinal properties or can act like drugs. Coffee and some teas, for example, contain caffeine, which is known to inhibit the absorption of iron into the bloodstream. Consumption of alcoholic beverages should be treated as consumption of a drug. Tobacco ...moreless
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      ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS, HOW CAN I BE MORE CAREFUL?
      The first step to take in protecting yourself from harmful drug interactions is awareness that they can occur, and that... they are serious. Here are some steps you can start taking right now to reduce your exposure to unintentional poisoning. Watch What Goes Into Your Mouth Nothing that goes into your body should be taken unobserved while in treatment for cancer. That was part of the lesson in Cancer MAP Step 10, Adopting an Anti-Cancer Diet. Here is the rest of the lesson. Take...moreless
     
     
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