Vitamin C IV infusions for stage 4 prostate cancer

[Gerald2022]

Has anyone tried Vitamin C IV infusions and what were your results?

[Tall_Allen]

They did a clinical trial -- it did nothing:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

They also tried it combined with docetaxel -- it still did nothing. This trial was terminated early by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board due to insufficient clinical response:

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show...

[Currumpaw]

Hey Gerald,

Copy all between the lines and place in your search bar,

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Intravenous High-Dose Vitamin C in Cancer Therapy - NCI

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"However, when ascorbate is administered intravenously or intraperitoneally the tight controls are bypassed, and pharmacologic millimolar plasma concentrations of vitamin C can easily be achieved. For example, a phase I clinical study revealed that ascorbate concentrations could safely reach 25-30 mM with intravenous infusion of 100 g of vitamin C. In this study, plasma concentrations around 10 mM were sustained for at least 4 hours which, based on preclinical studies, is sufficient to kill cancer cells. Given the fact that cancer patients were only treated with vitamin C orally in the Mayo Clinic studies, the studies do not disprove high dose vitamin C’s efficacy as a cancer treatment."

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Vitamin C Infusion for Cancer - Jean LaMantia

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"Although results obtained from preclinical studies demonstrated that millimolar ascorbate plasma concentrations achievable only after IVC administration were cytotoxic to fast-growing malignant cells and inhibited tumor growth as well as prolonged the survival of laboratory animals, such positive effects were not found in human studies with advanced-stage cancer patients."

Read these and other articles including T_A's posted links. Look for information on the net and then make your decision. A level in blood needs to be maintained for four hours. Any study that uses less C or time --well?

The vitamin C molecule resembles sugar's molecule so closely that it registers on diabetic test strips. This is how doctors that infuse C test to ascertain that the "therapeutic level" is reached. IV C is an oxidizer while C which is swallowed is an antioxidant.

COVID and IV C--

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The use of IV vitamin C for patients with COVID-19: a case series

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"Results: We identified a total of 17 patients who received IV vitamin C for COVID-19. The inpatient mortality rate in this series was 12% with 17.6% rates of intubation and mechanical ventilation. We noted a significant decrease in inflammatory markers, including ferritin and D-dimer, and a trend to decreasing FiO2 requirements, after vitamin C administration.

Conclusion: The use of IV vitamin C in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease may be feasible.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; mortality; sepsis; vitamin C."

Success depends on how much and if maintained long enough. You have some reading to do. I can pick one study that supports and another that denigrates IV C for whatever purpose. As someone that worked in pharmaceutical manufacturing, I know that the profit margin for ascorbic acid isn't tempting for those in that industry.

Currumpaw

[kaptank]

I tried them at stage 2, about 2004: psa low and rising.May be 6-8 months, 4 days a a week, first half dosage 120 g/l. Most docs will not go higher but I talked him in to trying 240g/l. It was the chemical nobel prizewinner Linus Pauling who argued that vitc will work only at v. high intravenous concentrations, unachieveable by oral injestion. The chemistry involved was interesting to a chemist (me). My results (PSA ) showed a marked placebo effect where it seemed a significant drop occurred but then PSA slowly rose until it got back to where it would have been without the interruption. So: great ideas don't always (or even often) work. On the other hand I didn't get a cold. It certainly stirs up your immune system.

BTW: very painful at higher concentrations around the infusion site. Goes away after stopping.

[Maya_83 in reply to kaptank]

hi.

Just wondering where you soured the vitamin c virals from or were they prescribed by a gp?

I have adrenal fatigue and wanted to see if it would help me at all.

many thanks

[kaptank in reply to Maya_83]

Prescribed by the doctor/naturopath who administered it. Fairly expensive. I'm not sure if it would help with fatigue.

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Although not germaine to this query, I was prescribed 2000 mg of Vitamin C daily during my six month clinical trial (18 infusions) in 2004, of two different agents (both cytotoxic) The reason: chemotherapy suppresses the immune system and Vitamin C is essential to help protect one’s immune system.

Gourd Dancer

[45yrsDenmark]

I tried it... All it really did was that it cost me a lot of money....

[Tmac27]

riordanclinic.org/journal-a...

[Tmac27]

I had focal laser ablation June 2020 with IVC both before and after. . I went to Riordan in Overland Park, KS. Just talking with many other patients, most are being referred by oncology docs at KU Med. KU Med was doing clinical trials with Riordan before Obamacare kicked in and insurance stopped paying for many of the integrative practices. I still go back for blood work periodically and would recommend giving IVC consideration.