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Glutathione and Oxaliplatin side effects

cheil
cheil CSN Member Posts: 28
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I am looking to see if anyone has had any success in using Glutathione to reduce a numb and burnt tongue after folfox chemo, I am reading it can help: http://patient.cancerconsultants.com/colon_cancer_news.aspx?id=17470 thanks, Jim.
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  • rthornton
    rthornton CSN Member Posts: 346 Member
    #2
    I don't know of this drug, but before my last infusion we tried a magnesium/calcium drip which seems to have minimized the side effects of Oxaliplatin. I still have the odd sensation here and there, but it is much more manageagle than in the past.

    Good luck,
    Rodney
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