is hyperbaric oxygen therapy safe to provide while patient on methotrexate therapy?
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I can't imagine why it wouldn't be, but you should really ask a doctor.
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I don't have the answer to  your question, just don't listen to the \nanswer above me!\nI've seen patients with your condition & know that can be very\nstressful. Listen to some of the answers given, check things out,\n& Good Luck!
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The only way I've been able to travel with my Rx oxygen is on Continental Airlines.  They seem to be only one who accomodate you.  Even so they first require  your Dr to fill out a form prescribing the required use of O2.  \n      Then there is a fee to be paid for the use of their oxygen, ($100.) ea. way.
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It depends on the protocol the child is on.  My daughter was dx with ALL last year and she is enrolled in a study at St. Jude.  She takes several different kind of chemo drugs a day and several more over a course of weeks and months.  Many children will have several BMA's, CBC's, MRI's, CT scans, and many other tests depending on their type of ALL and how far into their treatment they are.  You can check out the protocol for ALL at St. Jude by going to their web page.
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Registered Nurse here; Yes it is safe, providing the two medications named above where prescribed for the person taking them.  Also if one if not allergic to Ciprofloxacin or Wellbutrin XL, the combination of the two are completely safe taken together.  Thanks for the opportunity to answer your question.  One is an antibiotic, the other Wellbutrin as I'm sure you know is an antidepressant.  The combo doesn't share any of the same chemical chain.
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Tell that to the doctors that told me in December that my husband was going to die, that there was nothing that any of the medications, doctors or anyone else could do for him.\n\nask the same surgical team who could not understand why my husband was not on life support and was breathing on his own, oxygenating at 98% on 3L of oxygen when it should have been a vent breathing for him.\n\nThe same doctor that told me there was nothing that modern medicine could do saw my husband in the month of February for his check up and told him point blank that he KNEW my husband had a miraculous recovery.  Believe what you want about who you want, and respect the right of the born again to believe what they want...you won't change us, nor will you break our faith.
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Try:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001177.htm#Treatment
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If you are on home oxygen, following advise from this forum can be dangerous. Please don't try any home remedies, without consulting your physician. \n\nA note to anyone suggesting home remedies for increasing lung capacity. You don't know this persons history, and bad advice can be lethal. Think before you write.
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I would think no. Hyperbaric works by adding more oxygen to the blood and increasing blood flow to bodily tissues. Those are diseases would not benefit from increased blood flow
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No, any air put into her lungs at any depth would cause an Aretial Gas Embolism. An air bubble would go straight into her bloodstream and spell certain doom. So for your own personal referrance never ever take a breath off a scuba regulator if you are freedivng (holding your breath from the surface). The difference in pressure even 6 ft cold be fatal.
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it is a mixture not technically a solution. now if you are diving deep they mix nitrogen, oxygen, and hellium. i think it's called "trimax" i could be wrong about that name. the hellium helps keep your vision clear at deeper depths.
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It is up to her oncologist. Get a good one. Maybe she will be given radiotherapy. She should stop eating too much meat, do alot of deep breathing cos it seems cancer cells don't like and can't survive on oxygen but thrive on carbon dioxide. Take alot of fresh fruit juice (buy a juicer and start juicing). Take wheatgrass and more vegetables.  Read up on ovarian cancer on the internet.
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I am so sorry to hear about your family friend and hope you are providing support and understandin right now....the fact that she has secondarys (the cancer has spread to  another part of the body) is , I will be honest, worrying.  I know how awful this illness can be and how devastating it can be especially when the person has been healthy....my dad got cancer...he didn;t smoke, he was active and healthy....by the time he was diagnosed he had secondarys.  The chemo might be there to ease the side effects rather than cure or extend life...she needs to know which it is in her case....my thoughts are with your friend and all who love her right now...I do wish you well and hope that any news she has is positive.  Keep us updated? and if you need to chat...feel free to mail me
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What are you needing to know? Why, or if, it is beneficial? How often should pt engage in therapy?\n\nThe generic answer is that this type of therapy is particularly good for pts who have weight bearing issues- muscles can be strengthening by aquatic therapy without putting any actual wt on the joint- water resistance does the work. Any type of exercise that strengthens any of the muscles that help support and keep knee joint in proper alignment help decrease any pain or inflammation sxs that arise because of those conditions. How often? Depends on the severity of pts condition and how much time/money they can invest in this type of tx.
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I did 60 treatments of HBO (hyperbaric oxygen).  Each one was 2 hours long.  I am a brain cancer survivor and it helped to rid me of a particular type of seizure that I was experiencing.  There were many mouth, throat, and tongue cancer patients getting the treatment when I was.  I don't know anything about how it affected them, but I do know that it is now considered malpractice for a doctor to treat a patient for cancer of the mouth/throat/tongue and NOT refer them for HBO.  Glad to hear that it helped you.
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Oxygen, like a lot of substances our body needs, can be harmful in large quantities.  This is partly due to its highly electromagnetic and hydrophyllic nature.  As any patient that has been on oxygen therapy can tell you, your body is "set" to use a certain percentage of oxygen in the air we breathe.  If we get used to a higher amount, and then this amount is depreived, we feel light-headed and weak.  This is because at higher levels of oxygen, our lungs become accustomed to a smaller amount of effort to extract and use the oxygen from the air.  \n\nOxygen's corrosive nature is not found in the O2 form however, but the O and O3 (ozone) forms.  This is because oxygen is most stable in the O2 form.  This is where oxygen "wants" to be.  The O3 and O forms are unstable, and prone to reactions.    \n\n"Oxygen can be toxic at elevated partial pressures (i.e. high relative concentrations). This is important in some forms of scuba diving, such as with a rebreather.\n\nCertain derivatives of oxygen, such as ozone (O3), singlet oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals and superoxide, are also highly toxic. The body has developed mechanisms to protect against these toxic compounds. For instance, the naturally-occurring glutathione can act as an antioxidant, as can bilirubin which is normally a breakdown product of hemoglobin. To protect against the destructive nature of peroxides, nearly every organism on earth has developed some form of the enzyme catalase, which very quickly disproportionates peroxide into water and dioxygen.\n\nHighly concentrated sources of oxygen promote rapid combustion and therefore are fire and explosion hazards in the presence of fuels. The fire that killed the Apollo 1 crew on a test launchpad spread so rapidly because the capsule was pressurized with pure oxygen as would be usual in an actual flight, but to maintain positive pressure in the capsule, this was at slightly more than atmospheric pressure instead of the 1/3 pressure that would be used in flight. (See partial pressure.) Similar hazards also apply to compounds of oxygen with a high oxidative potential, such as chlorates, perchlorates, and dichromates; they also can often cause chemical burns.\n\nOxygen derivatives are prone to form free radicals, especially in metabolic processes. Because they can cause severe damage to cells and their DNA, they form part of theories of carcinogenesis and aging." (Wikipedia 2006)\n\n"Oxygen is the most abundant element on this planet. The earth's crust is 46.6% oxygen by weight, the oceans are 86% oxygen by weight, and the atmosphere is 21% oxygen by volume. The name oxygen comes from the Greek stems oxys, "acid," and gennan, "to form or generate." Thus, oxygen literally means "acid former." This name was introduced by Lavoisier, who noticed that compounds rich in oxygen, such as SO2 and P4O10, dissolve in water to give acids.\n\n"Fluorine is the only element that is more electronegative than oxygen. As a result, oxygen gains electrons in virtually all its chemical reactions. Each O2 molecule must gain four electrons to satisfy the octets of the two oxygen atoms." ("Chemistry of Oxygen" - Bodner Research Group)
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Challanging...You'll get a new person; the one you know will die, and a new one re-born.\n\nMy dad had a lung transplant...weirdly enough, my co-workers mom had a double lung transplant 5 months after my dad's.\n\nAnyways, when part/all of the lung is removed, oxygen is still needed.  Most HMO's start the poor patient off with heavy oxygen tanks (20-30 lbs).  This is crazy because the patient has a hard time breathing, and to carry heavy oxygen is defeating the purpose.  Have them ask for lighter oxygen tanks (some only weigh 5 lbs).\n\nMost likely, they will have to increase their "Prednisone".  This drug is freaky!  I've found that a side effect is it makes the person MEAN. My dad was one of the most patient, loving, and forgiving humans I've ever meet.  When he was on "Prednisone", I swear, he was possesed by a demone...like in the first Exorcist...just real foul things came out of his mouth...\n\nIf your friend has trouble after the removal of part/all of the lung, then you may suggest to them to look into "Pallitative" care.  This is when a person needs help but IS NOT terminally ill.  Then this person can get nurses to help with medications, monitoring vitals, administering medications, and showers (ect).\n\nHope this helps.