Suggest Remedies For Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2016

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Fri, 22 Apr 2016 Answered on

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Question : my father has chronic myeloid lukemia, what vitamins should he be taking?

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no vitamin required unless deficient

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

Routine vitamin supplements are not required in chronic myeloid leukemia. This is because extra vitamins can stimulate cancer cells.

If there is suspicion for deficiency of any vitamin like b12 or mineral like iron, then that can be supplemented.

Hope this helps.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar