[HN Gopher] L-Arginine potentiates radiation therapy for cancer
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       L-Arginine potentiates radiation therapy for cancer
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 76 points
       Date   : 2021-11-09 15:59 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | tomlockwood wrote:
       | Oh amazing! Personally I've never heard of or used L-Arginine and
       | know absolutely nothing about it. Not sure what other reasons
       | there'd be for using it but yeah, glad to hear it makes radiation
       | therapy better for cancer. Maybe there are other uses for it but
       | I wouldn't know, I don't have any reason to know about this
       | substance. It could do anything and I just simply wouldn't know
       | because I don't look up random chemicals in my spare time. I have
       | never stumbled across this chemical while googling things.
       | 
       | Great article.
        
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       | Traubenfuchs wrote:
       | If it's all about the NO and not the other effects of L-Arginine,
       | L-Citrulline might be the superior option.
       | 
       | "Ingested L-arginine is first delivered to the intestines and
       | liver where arginase, which converts L-arginine to ornithine and
       | urea, is concentrated. In contrast, L-citrulline avoids
       | intestinal or liver metabolism and enters the kidneys, where it
       | is rapidly converted into L-arginine"
       | 
       | https://lmreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Citrulline-A...
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       | https://lmreview.com/l-citrulline-restoring-erectile-functio...
        
         | Alex3917 wrote:
         | Or just garlic, pomegranates, hawthorne, beets, etc. It's not
         | like there is any shortage of foods that boost NO, and don't
         | have any major safety issues associated with them.
        
         | jdhn wrote:
         | L-Citrulline DL Malate gives you a fantastic pump in the gym.
        
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           | treerunner wrote:
           | And in the bedroom
        
           | Traubenfuchs wrote:
           | In the body building world, it seems to be right behind all
           | stars like creatine.
           | 
           | Personally I am more excited about the improved erections, as
           | described in my sources.
        
             | LurkingPenguin wrote:
             | Better erections, better pumps in the gym, better
             | chemotherapy. Now that's my holy trifecta!
        
               | metadaemon wrote:
               | Disregard cancer, acquire erections.
        
             | usejoymode wrote:
             | Fun to see this here. This is actually what we're doing
             | over at usejoymode.com. We call it a pre-workout, but for
             | sex. Email me shane at usejoymode dot com if you want to
             | chat.
        
       | sniperjoe360 wrote:
       | Radiation oncologist here, the radiation dose delivered (32Gy
       | whole brain in 1.6Gy BID) with boost to tumors is highly unusual
       | and outdated. It causes short term memory loss at a higher rate
       | than stereotactic radiosurgery - which is the preferred standard
       | of care for unresectable BM if the disease is limited.
       | 
       | Stereotactic radiosurgery regularly achieves control rates >70%
       | without any radiosensitizers.
       | 
       | That said, solid work, and bravo if L-Arginine works. Next most
       | obvious work would be to test in stereotactic radiosurgery.
        
         | panabee wrote:
         | What makes for a good radiosensitizer? It seems gold is pretty
         | popular at the moment as well, so curious what properties in
         | particular are amenable to rendering a substance a good
         | radiosensitizer?
         | 
         | Thanks for sharing!
        
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