As a new provider of IV therapies, I am searching for a protocol for treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Artesunate. Several of the in vitro studies that I have read suggest ferroptosis as the mechanism of cell death for the cancer cells. If this is true, would you recommend an iron supplementation prior to administering …
Is there a certain patient population at risk for developing hemolytic anemia? In what I’ve read- hemolytic anemia seemed to be the result of dead parasites getting expelled from infected erythrocytes (pitting) in Malaria cases. Have you seen hemolytic anemia in cases in patients who haven’t had Malaria? If so, what did a treatment of …
Hi Dr. A! There is another doctor who has concerns who has concerns about IV artesunate interfering with CYP2C9 (in this case FOLFOX) and I am wondering if artesunate needs to be avoided with any chemotherapy or immunotherapy drugs that you know of. From what my brain remembers, I do not remember learning of any …
QUESTION: 60 yo male – Medical history: Parkinson’s plus syndrome (suspicion for PSP type), type II diabetes, HTN. Current Rx metformin, Invokana, Monopril, Sinemet, LDN Current symptoms include bradykinesia, ataxia, dysarthria, widened gait that is unbalanced, cognitive impairment (subjective and observed complaints of recall and confusion) however MOCA score continues to be WNL. He is no longer …
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Dr. Anderson has been involved in integrative oncology for the past three decades. In 2009 he joined the Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Center as Chief of IV services and began to put his years of experience into a formal cancer research program. During the years of that National Institutes of Health funded research he was …
QUESTION: 67yo M with Stage 4 Prostate CA with mets to spine. He is getting IVC50 and Artesunate 120mg 2x/week and Mistletoe injections at home. He did one round of firmagon (Degeralix) one year ago when he was diagnosed, then another dose around September, far less frequent than his oncologist advised. His PSA was not doing too …
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QUESTION: I was at Doc Talks and saw your talk on Artesunate. I am wanting to try it for a pt I have with chronic fatigue and reactivated EBV. All I have in notes is Artesunate and its use in cancer pts. You mentioned that you had used it for EBV, but I didn’t get the …
QUESTION: I will be starting artesunate with a patient in the near future (hopefully in the next week). She has done HIVC with her chemo. However, the chemo has not worked well for the patient and she now is willing to entertain further treatments. I have read your artesunate summary for IV use and you mention …
QUESTION: What do you recommend for treating glioblastoma? Will HDIVC help? ANSWER: Folks with GBM don’t have a lot of normal Blood Brain Barrier which helps, and using GLUT transport the ASC hits the CNS pretty well after an IV. In all the GBM I’ve treated IVC is an OK adjunct but never seen much …
QUESTION: First, I have a patient with Mycoplasma infection (so far hasn’t tested positive for Lyme or other infections). She wants to avoid antibiotics and is willing to invest in some IV options. My thought was to do artusenate (120mg)/HDIVC, but am not sure what to tell her and other patients in terms of number …
ALS obviously is horrible. In my experience you have to work on neuro-calming Tx as well as possible detox and anti-infective approaches. Seems odd but the only people I know who even slow it down do all of the above at the same time. I like stacking IV GSH supportive nutrients, then GSH IV then end …
Artesunate: In addition to the ROS MOA spoken about already, many other papers point to multiple additional MOA and as is typical there are likely these and more. As mentioned above it is known to be a chemo and radiosensitizing agent. Additionally, our experience has been that it accentuates HDIVC when used in series as …
