I was reading new scientist today that scientists at the University of Alberta have discovered a common compound that doesn’t exist in nature called Dichloroacetate or DCA for short appears to have a substantial effect on reducing and stopping the growth of some Cancers. Its also being implied that since the drug interferes with the mechanism of how Cancer grows that it could be used for many cancers.
Dr Evangelos Michelakis who is professor at the university in the department of medicine has already published results showing dichloroacetate (DCA) causes regression in several cancers, including lung, breast and brain tumours. The drug is easy for body to absorb and is thought it could be taken orally, which means it can get to places where other drugs can’t reach; even to the brain.
DCA does not occur in nature. It is a product of the chlorination of water and is produced by the metabolism of various chlorine-containing drugs or chemicals. It is typically prepared by the reduction of trichloroacetic acid. Thus its very easy and cheap to produce on a large scale, which is something that further annoys large pharmaceutical companies since the drug is not patented and therefore they can’t make any money from it. DCA is an acid and is extremely corrosive to tissue and cells so taking it improperly can be very bad indeed.
In September 2007 of last year, Health Canada approved the first human clinical trials of DCA and I guess were are all waiting for the outcome of that; For more information check out the university website; http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/
Moe said…
People are taking it , some claim they are being helped. http://www.thedcasite.com
Dichloroacetate is very very acidic, so they take sodium dichloroacetate instead, in water.
It is occasionally used for lactic acidosis in babies with malaria. They try to keep their ph high, about 7.5 as I recall. Side effects can be numbness and tinglin of the extremities, confusion, loss of balance. A compounding pharmacist with a doctors note can make it. Its cheap, about $2 a day. It turns the mitochondria back on in cancer cells, something that oncologists thought was impossible. It shuts down glycolysis , which is cancers rocket fuel for growth.
I know this drug is not sold in the US.
Is there any way a person in the US can buy it.?If so, where
would we find it and how can we get it.
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Hi,
Our lab has recently acquired DCA from Sigma (http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/ProductDetail/ALDRICH/347795) for research purposes. In an in vitro 96-well crystal violet assay, DCA had no effect up to 50mM on MDA-mb-231 breast adenicarcinoma cells. The concentration is very high with no effect. Is this the correct item? The next assay will be conducted on MCF-7 (estrogen receptor positive) breast adenocarcinoma cells and repeated on the MDA-mb-231’s.
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If you are looking for dca here another place to look for it:
puredca.com
Sodium Dichloroacetate (DCA)
TRY:
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buydca.com
good reading at thedcasite.com
works well on NHL b cell
I can tell that this is not the first time you write about this topic. Why have you chosen it again?