Anyone on DCA

Hi Andy,

I'm so sorry you have reason to join us here.  From your other posts, it seems that your wife's doctors have a reasonable plan in place.  Stage IV BC is not considered "curable," but it can be treatable. 

A word of caution, however. There are a LOT of scams out there and a lot of people happy to sell you the miracle cure of the day and take advantage of your emotions and fears.  By all means, look into every possibility, but keep in mind the old saying that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  Since coming here to BCO after my diagnosis a few years ago, I've been horrified to see how much harmful information is out there.  All I can say is to take *everything* you read here with a grain of salt and confirm everything with credible and reliable sources.  

The search feature here is pretty good, and DCA (dichloroacetate) has been discussed lots of times.  

Here are just a few resources that I consider to be credible and reliable.  Of course, one of my admirers (not) will probably be along shortly to accuse me of being a troll or a drug rep or the Big Bad BoogeyWoman or something, but you can decide which resources you choose to rely on.   I wish you and your wife nothing but the very best. 

http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/PharmacologicalandBiologicalTreatment/dichloroacetate--dca- 

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-latest-chapter-in-the-seemingly-never-ending-saga-of-dichloroacetate-as-a-cancer-treatment/ 

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/curious/resources.shtml 

http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/resources-for-professionals/clinical-tools-and-resources/cimer/index.html 

http://www.cancer.org/AboutUs/DrLensBlog/post/2010/05/14/More-On-Dichloroacetate-%28DCA%29-In-Cancer-Treatment.aspx 

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer-treatment/CM00002/METHOD=print