My mom (64) was diagnosed with AML in March of 2006. She was in the hospital for 30 days from the first round of chemo. She followed up with 4 3-day visits for more chemo for 4 months. She was in remission until last month Jan (08). She is now in the middle of another 30 day chemo treatment for this. Not sure what she is going to do for the next step. Either Stem Cell or let it go and see what happens.
They never have said anything about taking supplements or vitamins. The chemo is such nasty stuff that I think it does not matter. It basically destroys everything in sight and you slowly build all your blood counts back up by the end of 30 days. Keep her strong between days 10-20 they are really tough.. fevers, nausea, no appetite.