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How about Folic acid. i read prostate's have receptors that can help trigger cancer when induced by folic acid

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I have taken 5 mg per day folic acid for the last 11 years to help reduce methotrexate side effects for my Rheumatoid arthritis and now have prostate cancer. It may be a coincidence, but I thought I would ask if others had heard about this.

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Tall_Allen

Folic acid is one of the most ubiquitous nutrients. You can't avoid intake. There are many low level studies on every side. Patients are well-advised to ignore such twaddle, and understand that almost all studies of supplements are low level and display similar patterns.

No effect

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/240...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/231...

Bad

academic.oup.com/ije/articl...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/248...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Good

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/310...

scielo.br/j/ibju/a/LQfTRRKs...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/235...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/229...

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upington in reply to Tall_Allen

RE DUGeh

Please following link:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10...

It appears that methotrexate can speed up the spread of prostate cancer. In a year after starting methotrexate (for rheumatoid arthritis) my brother's PSA increased to the point that when he had a PSMA scan the prostate cancer had metastised in his abdomen and a lymph node.

Worth following up with your doctors.

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Murk

Tall_Allen is more knowledgeable and has science behind his responses. But when my arthritis flares up I drink Rebbl Turmeric for three days and it makes a world of difference.

rebbl.com

j-o-h-n profile image
j-o-h-n

I think drinking cold water is the culprit...........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

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Mgtd in reply to j-o-h-n

In that case Phoenix AZ is the place to live.

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j-o-h-n in reply to Mgtd

side order of ashes to go again.................

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

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