Vitamin K2 andor Vitamin D3
 

Hi All,can anyone give me some feedback please on whether ,they have tried, or had experience somehow ,with these two vitamins, in the treatment of MDS I have read it on the net in relationto a Japanese study in 2000 in a med Journal. but would like to know, if anyone has tried it, or heard of someone who has??thanks heaps:)

There was some discussion on this a while back on this forum. If you do a search on Vitamin K2 and/or D3 you should find some interesting posts.

Vitamin K2 and D3
 

Hi Danielle,
I tried these vitamins together Oct 2012 - Feb 2013 without effect.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
75 yo dx MDS Interm-1 2006. Good response when I first took Thalidomide 2010 - 2013 and since July 2013 Revlimid.

thanks re viamink2and D3
 

thanks ladies for the replies im not sure I know where to type in, to find posts Cheryl, can you give me a bit of a hand with it please?? I wasnt told anything about my bone marrow tests other than I was low grade MDS.I see the Dr. soon so I will ask for a print out of the results, although I feel as chirley said, I might need a new BM done, as I was diagnosed some 2and a 1/2 years ago. thanks ladies(and gentlemen) I am so glad your there this site is great.

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Vit K2/D3
 

Hi Danielle,

My mother has been on Vitk2 + D3 since Sep 2013, no improvement yet on hemoglobin (her other counts have been stable). She started with the recommended dose, as per the Japanese study, at 45 mg/day, but has now reduced it to 30 mg/day. Since she was deficient in Vit D, she takes 3,000 i.u per day.

All the best!!

I've had 2 blood tests that showed Vit D deficiency but my counts were fine.
Same thing with B12 came up deficient but counts were fine. That said I started taking 1000 IU of Vitamin D and my platelets went from 80(on diagnosis) to 130 in a month and never went back. My Heme said it was possible but not probable whatever that means and if you think about it makes no sense that it would work that fast but..I take the vit d now.

Essaic tea?
 

Has anyone tried this tea? Any results?
I am doing my 7 th round of dacogen. My blast count is down to 2 percent from a high of 10 percent. The doctors don't want to rush into transplant although I have a couple of 10/10 donors waiting. Anyone have any thoughts on maybe clearing this up with Essaic tea so I can skip this whole transplant?
I do take these vitamins together and haven't noticed any changes.