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Chemotherapy – Stomatitis

  • The recommendations for homeopathy for chemotherapy-related stomatitis are based on the Oberbaum study cited below.
  • For mouth ulcers and mucositis, see Chemotherapy-Side Effects or Radiation-side Effects.
  • Please work with a professional homeopath to meet your cancer support needs. You can find one here.
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  • Chemotherapy induced stomatitis
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Traumeel drops (originally called Traumeel-S)

  • Patients in study used as a mouth rinse in saline 5/daily
  • Until at least 2 days after stomatitis signs were gone
  • See study below*

 
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References

Kassab S, Cummings M, Berkovitz S, et al. Homeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009:(2):CD004845.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Drug Dictionary. Traumeel S. Retrieved on Sept 8, 2019 from https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-drug/def/traumeel-s

*Oberbaum M, Yaniv I, Ben-Gal Y, et al. A randomized, controlled clinical trial of the homeopathic medication TRAUMEEL in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced stomatitis in children undergoing stem cell transplantation. Cancer 2001; 92 (3):684-90.

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