Alternative Mesothelioma Treatment

HealthSavvy Sign In | In addition to medical treatment, some cancer patients want to try alternative mesothelioma treatments to ease stress or to reduce side effects and symptoms. Some patients feel that these alternative treatments offer some benefit.Some types of alternatives for treating mesothelioma include:Acupuncture Massage therapy Herbal products Vitamins or special diets Nutritional supplements Visualization Meditation Spiritual healing Yoga Biofeedback. Before you try treating your mesothelioma with an alternative therapy, you should discuss its possible benefits and side effects with your medical doctors. If you are using any alternative mesothelioma treatment, you need to tell your doctors about it. These alternative treatments should never be used instead of medical treatment. Be aware that these therapies may be expensive; some are not paid for by health insurance. You should consider asking the therapist for evidence of how the therapy has helped others, possibly by giving you references.You may want to ask your healthcare provider these questions:What benefits can I expect from this approach? What are its risks? Do the expected benefits outweigh the risks? What side effects should I watch for? Will this alternative treatment change the way my mesothelioma treatment works? Could this be harmful? Is this approach under study in a clinical trial? If so, who sponsors the trial? 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