CoQ10 users?

I was told antioxidents may interfere with the action of my chemo meds.  I think it depends on what you're taking but they told me to stay away from all antioxidents (except what's in a regular vitamin pill and food) while on Adriamycin, Cytoxin, Taxol. No supplemental amounts, in other words.

However, this, like many, many areas of cancer and medicine in general, seems to be an area of conflicting information. I chose to take a cautious route: I can take whatever I want whenever chemo is over -- in the meantime, I'm taking a regular vitamin supplement (which gives me RDA's of all the vitamins, including antioxidents) and eating as healthy as I can.  That's probably the best source of vitamins and minerals anyway.

I took antioxident supplements for years and they certainly didn't stop me from getting cancer, not that I thought they would... and that's not why I took them anyway.  One possible use for them during chemo is to reduce side effects.  I haven't had any SE's that aren't addressed well anyway, so that part isn't an issue for me. If I sincerely thought they would help during chemo, I might argue it with my oncologist, but so far I'm not seeing anything that tells me I need the extra, so I'm doing what seems best for me.

I didn't realize CoQ10 was an antioxident -- good to know!

Thanks -- I've looked at that thread but haven't found the energy yet to read through 64 pages of posts to find what I'm looking for.  Too bad you can't search just a particular thread.  

I'm in too much pain from Taxol right now to sit at the computer for more than a few minutes.  This, too, shall pass!

Kath, thank you!  I just started Herceptin and can't afford for my muga to drop at all (I started at 52%) so I want to protect myself and keep up the Herceptin as well.  Also, thanks for the Sam's idea -- I wouldn't have thought of that for CoQ10.  My oncol. says OK so I'm going to give it a whirl.