Hi, Marshall's Mom:

Did you ever find out more about Artemisinin ? I am still looking for reliable info and where to buy. Found one online vet who suggested dogs need vigorous exercise after taking it. I wonder why? Also, there are apparently two kinds of it.

I would love to try it. I have ordered a couple Chinese Herb mixtures, but haven't found the artemisinin yet. My dog Blumi was (better: seemed) cancer-free for a year after amputation, Chemo, and metronomic therapy, but they just found it in her lungs, so I'm scrambling.

My conventional vet oncologist even mentioned artemisinin ... but the cancer hospital Blumi goes to is great in conventional techniques, but little informed about alternatives. And we are pretty much following their "last protocol" for Blumi with Palladia added to Leukeran. So far Blumi is not reacting too badly to it.

Any addiitional info appreciated.

ilse

Hi Marshall's Mom and Ilse,

Just a quick suggestion -- use the advanced search function on Tripawds to search the forums for Artemix (a combo that supposedly works well) as well and do a separate search for Artemesinin (make sure it's spelled correctly since I'm on a tablet and may not be spelling it right). Several other people have posted here about it, including links for where to buy it.

Also, search for posts from Ellen (Charley's mom) who is a big fan and is or was the moderator of a related yahoo group. She also has a blog, and another owner blogged about using it as well.

I'm thinking about trying it with Lexie and just started with a holistic vet/Chinese herb specialist. He wants Lexie to try a couple of other things for two weeks and then wait to add the Artemix or Artem.

Not sure if either of your dogs have lung mets but Lexie does. I had been using another herb, Yunnan Baiyo, since she was diagnosed with tumors (STS) and I put her back on it when I thought I saw another growth a few weeks ago. I stopped the YB when it appeared to be just a bite of some kind, and after that she seemed to start panting more often (which can indicate met progression). I put her back on the YB and it seems to make her breathing easier and has resulted in less panting. I've never heard of YB being used for mets, but thought I'd mention input just for what it's worth.

We stopped doing X rays/Chest scans since Lexie doesn't appear to be having bad symptoms now so I can't say that the YB is helping to slow them definitively, but it might be worth asking a holistic vet about YB depending on your dog's type of cancer.

Good luck, and please keep us posted if you do try the Art.