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Monitoring of Side Effects

Please read the section entitled “The Most Common Side Effects” to become familiar with changes you may experience. Be sure to inform Dr. Arguello or his assistant of any changes you are experiencing so that we can make a record of them and give you advice. 

In addition to your regular reports to us about your overall health, routine blood tests will be needed every two weeks. Dr. Arguello or your family doctor can make this lab requisition for you. These routine blood tests include CBC (Complete Blood Count) and CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel) (see below for details). Your family doctor or oncologist may request other tests as deemed necessary; this is fine. Just be sure the tests below are done every two weeks. With time, we may do these routine tests once a month.

 

CBC

This test determines the number and characteristics of white and red blood cells, as well as platelets. CBC helps give an idea about general health, and screens for disorders such as anemia, low defenses or infections. Although we do not employ conventional anticancer drugs commonly used in the treatment of cancer, any drug with the ability to kill cells (bacteria, protozoa and fungi) can, with time, affect human cells to some degree.

Typically, CBC includes the following:

  • White Blood Cell count (WBC or leukocyte count)
  • WBC differential count
  • Red Blood Cell count (RBC or erythrocyte count)
  • Hematocrit (Hct)
  • Hemoglobin (Hbg)
  • Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
  • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
  • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
  • Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
  • Platelet count
  • Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)

 

CMP

This group of 14 tests gives us information about the kidney and liver functions, and measures electrolytes and acid/base balance, as well as blood sugar and blood proteins.

CMP includes the following

  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Calcium
  • Chloride
  • Carbon Dioxide (Bicarbonate)
  • Glucose
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
  • Creatinine
  • Total Protein
  • Albumin
  • Total Bilirubin
  • Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
  • Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
  • Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)

These routine blood tests will be requested prior to starting Atavistic Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy, or soon thereafter, in order to have a baseline and to make sure that treatment can be implemented safely. You may not need this blood work if you have available a recent report of similar blood work. If you use an existing report, the blood work must have been done no longer than 15 days prior to initiating treatment.

 

 

Monitoring of Side Effects

Please read the section entitled “The Most Common Side Effects” to become familiar with changes you may experience. Be sure to inform Dr. Arguello or his assistant of any changes you are experiencing so that we can make a record of them and give you advice. 

In addition to your regular reports to us about your overall health, routine blood tests will be needed every two weeks. Dr. Arguello or your family doctor can make this lab requisition for you. These routine blood tests include CBC (Complete Blood Count) and CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel) (see below for details). Your family doctor or oncologist may request other tests as deemed necessary; this is fine. Just be sure the tests below are done every two weeks. With time, we may do these routine tests once a month.

 

CBC

This test determines the number and characteristics of white and red blood cells, as well as platelets. CBC helps give an idea about general health, and screens for disorders such as anemia, low defenses or infections. Although we do not employ conventional anticancer drugs commonly used in the treatment of cancer, any drug with the ability to kill cells (bacteria, protozoa and fungi) can, with time, affect human cells to some degree.

Typically, CBC includes the following:

  • White Blood Cell count (WBC or leukocyte count)
  • WBC differential count
  • Red Blood Cell count (RBC or erythrocyte count)
  • Hematocrit (Hct)
  • Hemoglobin (Hbg)
  • Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
  • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
  • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
  • Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
  • Platelet count
  • Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)

 

CMP

This group of 14 tests gives us information about the kidney and liver functions, and measures electrolytes and acid/base balance, as well as blood sugar and blood proteins.

CMP includes the following

  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Calcium
  • Chloride
  • Carbon Dioxide (Bicarbonate)
  • Glucose
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
  • Creatinine
  • Total Protein
  • Albumin
  • Total Bilirubin
  • Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
  • Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
  • Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)

These routine blood tests will be requested prior to starting Atavistic Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy, or soon thereafter, in order to have a baseline and to make sure that treatment can be implemented safely. You may not need this blood work if you have available a recent report of similar blood work. If you use an existing report, the blood work must have been done no longer than 15 days prior to initiating treatment.

 

 

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Susan M Thu, Apr 17,2014 01:59 AM
Fantastic! Thank you Dr. Arguello
Rob Anderson Tue, May 06,2014 05:00 AM
Very informative.
Kasual1234 Fri, Sep 26,2014 01:44 PM
I find this website incredibly interesting and exciting that someone is thinking out of the box to find new ways of dealing with Cancel. This should be headline news not something that one just happens upon. I disagree with the authors evaluation of alternative medicine. It is unfairly evaluated if you consider that most getting alternative cancer treatment do so AFTER using conventional and are in advanced stages and compromised immune systems and have been giving up by conventional medicine and still there are many successe using it. Many are still turing their ill health completely around using alternative methods. Thank you for going the extra mile and daring to break away from conventional thinking.
Dr. Diego Theumann (Ph.D. organic chemistry,73 y. old) Wed, Aug 05,2015 04:49 PM
Is there any experience in treating multiple myeloma with atavistic chemotherapy ? I have already had for cycles of conventional chemotherapy (Bortezomib,Dexamethasone,Lenalidomide and Zoledronic acid) to treat my MM and the results seem to be promising. But my peripheral neuropathy (legs and feet) has become worse due to some of the chemicals used to treat the MM. Hope to hear from you ! Best regards. Diego.
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