New Alternatives for Brain Tumor Patients

New Alternatives for Brain Tumor Patients

A new study has found that manypatients are turning to alternative therapies such as takingvitamins and visiting a homeopath to complement theirconventional treatments.

That study was published last week in "Neurology." Researchersfound that about 40% of brain tumor patients in the study took toalternative medicine. The leaders were homeopathic remedies,vitamin supplements and psychological therapy.

The researchers believe the use of such treatments may belargely overlooked and underestimated by doctors. Theyencourage physicians and oncologists to be aware of patients'desire to seek alternative treatments. Everyone deserves to knowall the options on the table. And guidance from a doctor willhelp a lot when patients start to try and help themselves.

In the study, 621 people with incurable "gliomas" completedquestionnaires about their use of alternative therapies.Alternative therapy was defined as methods or compounds notused in routine clinical practice and not scientifically evaluated.Younger people, women, and those with more education weremore likely to use alternative treatments than older people, menand those with less education.

Most are turning to alternative medicine, not because theydislike conventional care, but because they want to addsomething beneficial to their care. They want to be a part of it.They want to feel that they are helping to defeat the disease thatis hurting them. Alternative medicine, as it stands, can do morethan simply make someone feel they are partaking in their owntreatment. Many studies have found that, at the very least,alternative medicine can significantly improve one's quality oflife and reduce symptoms.

Why were the patients seeking alternative treatment? The most commonly chosen responses were "to support conventional therapy," "to build up body resistance" and "to do something for the treatment by myself." The least commonly chosen responses were "because I am afraid of the conventional methods" and "because the physicians don't have enough time."

Of those who used alternative treatments, 39% used homeopathy, 31% used vitamin supplements and 29% used various psychological methods. Homeopathy is a system of medicine that arose in the 1800s, based on taking a tiny amount of a toxic substance, diluting it, and using it to treat the very same symptoms it would normally cause in a high amount.

In dire situations, a cancer diagnosis, feel empowered by seeking alternative medicine.

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