Blue scorpion venom essence is being advertised to support the treatment and prevention of many types of cancer, but in fact it also spreads and increases the invasion of cancer cells. Many people "lose money and suffer" because of the mentality of "when sick, pray to all directions".

Risk of a big belly full of fluid due to taking blue scorpion venom essence

Dr. Trinh The Cuong - Department of Chemistry, Oncology Center, E Hospital - said that when people have cancer, they have the mentality of "when sick, pray to all directions", looking for every way to fight this disease, reduce the side effects of treatment, including complementary drugs.

Unfortunately, patients who use these complementary drugs underestimate the risk of interactions with cancer drugs or worse, ignore cancer treatments, depriving themselves of opportunities.

Many cases of cancer patients have paid the price for their health and lives because of using functional foods containing blue scorpion venom essence. Recently, Mr. Nguyen Van T., 67 years old (Hanoi), went to the doctor with late-stage liver cancer, a large belly full of fluid, and yellow skin like turmeric.

The patient pulled out a bottle of V. brand that he had been using to treat his illness from his pocket. He said that 6 months ago he discovered a liver tumor. The doctor advised surgery, but he did not agree because he heard that the venom of the Cuban blue scorpion was a miracle drug for treating cancer. His children contributed 6 million VND each month to buy V. brand products for their father to drink.

"V. is "deified" as a drug that can relieve pain, increase resistance, prevent and support cancer treatment. However, there is no research proving the effectiveness of this product. If it is effective, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will certainly approve it, but the FDA has not approved V. as a drug.

On the contrary, a recent study analyzed the effects of V. on patients with liver cancer (HCC), a common type of cancer in Vietnam. The results showed that V. increases the proliferation and invasion of liver cancer" - Dr. Cuong shared the results.

Similarly, Dr. Tran Duc Canh - Department of Endoscopy and Functional Exploration, K Hospital - said that the use of blue scorpion venom to prevent cancer is being spread by word of mouth as well as widely advertised on social networks, the product is being researched and produced by many countries, including Cuba.

However, many leading professors in Cuba said they do not use this product in treatment, claiming that the cancer treatment effect of products containing blue scorpion venom is only spread among the people, and is not used in hospitals.

Citing research in the journal Nature, it also said that blue scorpion venom supplements are not effective in treating cancer, and even spread and increase the invasion of cancer cells.

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"Patients need to understand that scorpion venom products are not a miracle drug as advertised. Many studies have shown that medicinal products have the effect of reducing pain and alleviating symptoms in patients with late-stage cancer, but their effect in treating cancer has not been confirmed.

On the market, scorpion venom products, both in medicinal and functional food forms, are advertised as hand-carried goods and are sold quite a lot. In fact, these are smuggled goods, even counterfeit goods, so the product labeling is very messy, and the instructions for use vary from place to place.

Patients should consult a doctor before using any medicine or other supplementary product, to avoid possible risks when using the medicine incorrectly. Research published in the journal Nature also shows that liver cancer patients can be in danger because of scorpion venom, even life-threatening" - Dr. Canh said.

Does scorpion venom work?

According to Dr. Hoang Khanh Toan - former head of the Oriental Medicine Department, 108 Central Military Hospital - scorpions are also known as toan yet, toan trung, spicy, neutral and poisonous.

Scorpions have been used as medicine for thousands of years, but only with the effects of inducing wind, shocking, eliminating toxins, clearing the channels and relieving pain, often used to treat children with convulsions, poisonous boils, slow-healing wounds, tuberculosis, stroke, hemiplegia, crooked mouth and eyes, migraines, rheumatism, epilepsy, but there is no mention of the effect of treating cancer.

Many experts believe that some businesses are taking advantage of the fear and despair of cancer patients, taking advantage of the trend of believing that "natural" treatments are better to advertise products that support cancer treatment and make a lot of money.

According to Dr. Quang, currently some businesses are advertising functional foods under the name of supporting cancer treatment to sell at sky-high prices, providing false information, and defrauding consumers.