Frequently Asked Questions

• What is Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)?
  Insulin Potentiation Therapy is a protocol for administering traditional chemotherapeutic drugs using Insulin to transport the chemotherapeutic drugs across the cell membrane into the cancer cells. A much lower dose of the highly toxic drugs is required, because IPT treatment targets primarily the cancer cells, sparing the good cells. The cancer cells get most of the chemotherapeutic drugs, not the normal cells. Therefore, the patient does not suffer the severe side effects so common with conventional chemotherapy – no hair loss, vomiting, or fevers. The quality of life remains high during treatment.

• What cancers respond to IPT?
  IPT treatment has been reported to work well for many different types of cancers. There are also reports of IPT bringing responses and remissions to patients with some very difficult cancers, even cancers in late stages. Of course, each patient is evaluated anew, depending upon the type of cancer, the virulence of the individual cancer cells and the stage of development of the cancer when the patient first comes for treatment

• Why is IPT needed?
  Over time, regular chemotherapy dosages may so compromise the patient's blood counts, immune system, and organ function as to preclude further treatment or even cause organ damage resulting in the patient's death. IPT eliminates the "lesser of two evils" decision all cancer patients face when diagnosed. Patients fare well as they experience a gentle and effective answer to cancer.

• What are the dangers of regular/conventional chemotherapy?
  Cancer cells are voracious in fighting for the life-sustaining glucose found in the blood stream. With 16 times the number of insulin and insulin-like receptors of a healthy cell, cancer cells steal any and all essential nutrients from the blood stream before the good cells can get any. This is why, in advanced stages of cancer, the tumor continues to grow while the patient becomes emaciated and simply wastes away. Added to this, because of the cancer cell’s amazing internal protection against toxins, standard administered chemotherapy must be in large enough quantities to force its penetration into the cancer cells. This results in the indiscriminate penetration and killing of healthy cells as well, frequently leaving the patient with fever, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and. Potentially, many other side effects and a substantially diminished quality of life.

• Are there any side effects of IPT treatment?
  Side effects are generally dependant on the chemotherapeutic agent given, as well as the overall health of the patient but generally side effects are mild. There may be occasional constipation, which is easily controlled by supplements, fiber, and colon hydrotherapy. Some mild nausea may be occasionally encountered for a few hours after the first couple of treatments, but this is also easily managed. A reduction in blood counts may be seen with IPT treatment but are generally less common and less severe than conventional treatment. There may also be some hair loss. Of course, unexpected side effects of any treatment can emerge but in our experience these are usually very mild and are easily controlled.

• What are the benefits of IPT treatment?
  

  • IPT can be very tough against tumors while being very gentle for the patient, who continues to live a normal, vital lifestyle while being treated.
  • If there is a chemotherapy drug that works against a particular type of tumor, it is believed to work better with IPT. The insulin employed enables the physician to direct most of the chemotherapeutic agents to the cancer cells only, bypassing the normal cells and thereby sparing the patient the typical side effects of conventional chemotherapy. Therefore, only approximately 10% of the customary dosage of conventional chemotherapy is required. And as a result of this low dosage, with far less toxicity, novel combinations of up to four different chemotherapeutic agents can be administered at each bi-weekly treatment.
  • Treatments are between 2 and 3 per week and are administered in the physician’s office. High dose Vitamin C therapy is included in most patients protocols.
  • Treatment costs are significantly less when compared to standard protocol.
  
  * The number and frequency of treatments vary with each patient. Patients start with a two day per week protocol for 4-8 weeks. Depending on tumor response, the schedule is reduced to once per week until maintenance schedule is achieved.