vit.c infusion

kae_md99

hi all,

has anyone done vit. c infusion to supposedly help kill cancer cells? i am going to a naturopath end of the month and i was told i might get it. any side effects and how many mg do you take? also,how often do youget it? thanks in advance

dtad

I would love to do this but I heard it was very expensive. Its suppose to be great for the immune system...

kae_md99

dtad, it costs 200 usd per infusion...

mkinoly

I don't have an answer, but I'm also interested in this topic. I think I've heard Chris from ChrisBeatCancer dotcom say he had it twice a week? I could be totally misremembering.

Here is some info I found: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/vitamin-c-pdq#section/_3

wallycat

There are some preliminary studies that show vit. c infusions as beneficial.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/1701...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/1703...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/1703...

Brandy3

is there anyone out there that is finding success curing breast cancer with alternative therapies and or Budwig protocol?

MTwoman

Brandy, Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival.

(full article here: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/110/1/djx145/4064136/Use-of-Alternative-Medicine-for-Cancer-and-Its])

macb04

I got High Dose IV Vitamin C ( 50 to 60 grams Vitamin C)a number of times. You have to get to a blood test called G6PD (glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase) before you can get IV Vitamin C because it can cause a very rare bleeding problem. Then they gave me gradually increasing doses with each infusion. It is really expensive, $200 plus per infusion. I sometimes got Artesunate IV before getting the IV Vitamin C. I have had it for the immune boosting and potentially cancer cell killing effects, as well as for treatment of infections associated with the many reconstruction surgeries I have been forced to have.

I had very little side effects associated with the IV Vitamin C, except for having to pee frequently and once I had an epidode of hypoglycemia when I hadn't brought snacks or eaten enough before the IV. One other issue was that my veins got harder and harder to access over repeated IV Vitamin C infusions (I am talking 20 plus infusions over several years) So I would recommend getting a Normal Saline flush through the IV after IV Vitamin C to decrease the risks of having vein sclerosis, especially if you plan to continue with regular IV Vitamin C every 1 to 2 months for a while, maybe years. I am now weight lifting to try and improve my veins so I can go back to getting more IV Vitamin C infusions. I used to have great energy after getting IV Vitamin C, would feel really good.

Intravenously administered vitamin C as cancer therapy: three cases

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1405876/

FireSally

I don't know any CLEAR evidence if Vitamin C could be beneficial. Apparently, the father of this idea got a Nobel prize for it.

Later on I searched for more information on the topic - what do you think off this article "Vitamin C, Linus Pauling was right all along. A doctor's opinion" (google) ?

Lillybee

I have been doing high doses of Vitamin C with other minerals for at least 5 months. I do 75 mg's now - you work up slowly - and I am currently doing just once per week but I was doing it 3 times week. It is very pricey! I have also done artusenate, ozone, and glutathione intravenously on a regular basis. I was stage 4 with mets to lymph, bones and liver and now there is only a very small amount left in my breast. That said, i am on hormone therapy and lots of alternative therapies so hard to know what did what. I do believe the iv's have helped my immune system. It is important to make sure you get a whole foods source of Vitamin C. Synthetic has not been shown to have the same results. I get a little dozy while getting my iv but that is likely from he magnesium that is also in the bag. And I have thrown up once when I didn't eat enough protein before. I HAVE to eat protein or I get very sick.

santabarbarian

I received C IVs 2 times a week, and glutathione once a week, during my treatment. I got artesunate w the C until artesunate became unavailable. I had no trouble with it. I think it helped me a lot.

Husband11

Pauling's work relating to Vitamin C was not the work that gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Linus Pauling was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances." He was awarded another Nobel in 1962, for peace, for his crusade to stop the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons; it was awarded on October 10, 1963, the date that the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty went into effect.

There is no definitive evidence that vitamin C infusions help wrt to cancer, but there is research that suggests it might. Let's hope more research is done and that it supports the use of this treatment. My wife used to get them, but it was very expensive. She also had trouble with setting up the IV, and doing that 2-3x a week was getting to be too much for her to handle. So, she quit.

VIPattie

I definitely would have tried vitamin c but because I have my recurrence in my pleura, the naturopath was worried about all the fluid you intake and whether it would exacerbate the fluid in my pleura. I had read that Linus Pauley did a study with 6 to 8 (can’t quite remember any more) very advanced cancer patients and was able to demonstrate an increase of up to 5 years of longevity as a result of IV infusions of vit c. The US cancer center that tried to replicate the study used oral vitamin c and dismissed his claims. I don’t have the citation any more because I read this when I had my initial diagnosis 22 years ago. At that time it was impossible to get anybody to consider vitamin c. Lots of eye rolling.

santabarbarian

I had eye rolling from my MO until chemo #3 when my tumor was no longer palpable. He grinned and said, "keep doing what you're doing!"

macb04

I used to get IV Vitamin C frequently, but sadly my veins are inaccessible anymore for 99% of people who try and draw blood or start an IV. I am sure the IV Vitamin C sclerosed my veins. I have even tried in my feet. . I exercise and hydrate really well too. No go.☹

I used to feel sooo GOOD after 50grams of IV Vitamin C.