 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Zinc will interefere with antibiotics as well.
Dose rates:
Typical daily doses range widely from 12 to 150 mg daily as free zinc or up to 220 mg as zinc sulfate. Avoid high-dose, long-term zinc supplementation.
OD'ing on zinc, can be very bad - never exceed the maximum dose rates and factor in the zinc naturally found in your diet.
Meat and/or fish have plenty of zinc so if you can eat those then supplementation is unneccessary.
As others have stated here don't take any supplements or antioxidants during treatment.
Last edited by Gary; 01-05-2011 03:41 PM.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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