Pop-singer Selena Gomez has recently
revealed that she underwent chemotherapy treatment not for cancer but lupus, which immediately opened up more information on current mainstream treatment options - chemotherapy is not only used for cancer anymore. Chemo drugs are now also prescribed for a row of illnesses, especially autoimmune diseases.
"That's what my break was really about," she told
Billboard Magazine. "I could've had a stroke." Gomez said she underwent the treatment but did not specify whether she took chemo drugs or actual chemotherapy. According to one top lupus doctor, chemo drugs are now being used for the disease, believe it or not.
"Chemo kills cells that are rapidly dividing. What you are hoping is you hit the right dose of chemo to kill the problem and spare the cells you need to live,"
told Dr. Joan T. Merrill, medical director of the Lupus Foundation of America, to the Daily News.
Merill said the list of illnesses that chemo can be used for are: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, vasculitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis, and sceleroderma.
Comment: Considering the fact that Americans spend $34 billion on Alternative Medicine
it isn't surprising that Veterans are now turning to alternative healing modalities to deal with physical, mental and emotional trauma. It is obvious that War causes mental illness in soldiers, and prescription drugs aren't helping remedy the problem. Many returning soldiers are guinea pigs for big pharma and military suicides have hit epidemic levels. Veterans like Stan are seeking different healing modalities like Homeopathy, flower essences and cell salts because they are efficacious. To learn more about several different 'alternative healing modalities' listen to the following show: The Health and Wellness Show - Alternative Medicine Overview