RE: Lemon : yes or no ?

[Guest guest]

I think lemons are fine. I hope so because I ate tons of lemon things while

on gleevec. And still do on Tasigna. Tasigna patients can not use

grapefru;it either.

I think lemon is ok!!

Sharon

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Emile

Fichault

Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:13 AM

Subject: [ ] Lemon : yes or no ?

I have a question for anyone who is on Gleevec .

Most of us know then we have to stay away from grapefruit .

But , what about home lemonade with water , sugar and lemon .

Please let me know , thank you .

Have a nice day everybody .

Emile Fichault

Gleevec since 01-21-03

No. 527 of Zavie's Club

[Guest guest]

Hi Emile,

I think you have to be reasonable with fruit juice so as not to get too

much Vitamin C.

''Here's how the research was done. The team pretreated some leukemia

and lymphoma cells (and did not treat others) with the form vitamin C

takes when it enters a cell. Both sets of cells were then exposed to a

range of chemo drugs including Adriamycin, Platinol, Oncovin,

methotrexate and Gleevec. The effects were then measured and a 30% to

70% cut in effectiveness was observed''

Extract of

http://ezinearticles.com/?Straight-Talk-on-Vitamin-C-During-Chemotherapy\

-Treatment & id=1642832

<http://ezinearticles.com/?Straight-Talk-on-Vitamin-C-During-Chemotherap\

y-Treatment & id=1642832>

See also http://www.cmleukemia.com/food-and-drug-interactions.html

<http://www.cmleukemia.com/food-and-drug-interactions.html>

Sincerly,

Gilles No. 1129 of Zavie's Club

I have a question for anyone who is on Gleevec .

Most of us know then we have to stay away from grapefruit .

But , what about home lemonade with water , sugar and lemon .

Please let me know , thank you .

Have a nice day everybody .

Emile Fichault

Gleevec since 01-21-03

No. 527 of Zavie's Club