People with mesothelioma may wish to try alternative treatments to supplement their standard treatment. Some patients have found that alternative treatments help ease stress or reduce side effects or symptoms. Types of alternative treatments for mesothelioma include acupuncture, massage therapy, herbal products, and meditation. Patients considering these options should talk to their healthcare provider to learn how it may affect standard treatment.

Alternative Mesothelioma Treatment: An Overview
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.

Alternative Treatment Options for Mesothelioma
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.

Recommendations
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?
* Will my health insurance pay for this approach

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