Intravenous Vitamin C Therapy

Very encouraging news here for alternative cancer treatment. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=30584

Have you used intravenous vitamin c therapy?  If so, please let me know if you had any side effects and your resuts.  Thanks so much.

On 1/23/2007 Irena wrote:

Have you used intravenous vitamin c therapy?  If so, please let me know if you had any side effects and your resuts.  Thanks so much.

Hello Irena At this time I have not used the intravenous vitamin c therapy because I have been so strong and healthy using the alternative methods recommended to me by my Naturopath when I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma in May 2004. I was told at that time that I had a 10cm x 10cm tumour in my chest and an enlarged lymph node on my heart that tested positive for cancer and would need the strongest chemo available in order to "perhaps" save myself. I declined that treatment and instead chose this alternative path. I have no symptoms at this time but out of curiosity as to what may be happening inside I am going to request a CT scan within the next month or so and if there is any cause for concern I definitely will take the intravenous vitamin C. There is a medical doctor/alternative practitioner who has a wellness clinic in a city close by who has had marvelous results using this treatment. I personally know of a number of people with different cancers who have been completely cured through this treatment. I understand that side effects are almost non existant. A very small percentage (less than 1%) of patients who have a pre existing kidney problem may experience stones. I hope this is helpful Shemay

 

On 1/23/2007 Shemay wrote:

 

On 1/23/2007 Irena wrote:

Have you used intravenous vitamin c therapy?  If so, please let me know if you had any side effects and your resuts.  Thanks so much.

 

Hello Irena At this time I have not used the intravenous vitamin c therapy because I have been so strong and healthy using the alternative methods recommended to me by my Naturopath when I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma in May 2004. I was told at that time that I had a 10cm x 10cm tumour in my chest and an enlarged lymph node on my heart that tested positive for cancer and would need the strongest chemo available in order to "perhaps" save myself. I declined that treatment and instead chose this alternative path. I have no symptoms at this time but out of curiosity as to what may be happening inside I am going to request a CT scan within the next month or so and if there is any cause for concern I definitely will take the intravenous vitamin C. There is a medical doctor/alternative practitioner who has a wellness clinic in a city close by who has had marvelous results using this treatment. I personally know of a number of people with different cancers who have been completely cured through this treatment. I understand that side effects are almost non existant. A very small percentage (less than 1%) of patients who have a pre existing kidney problem may experience stones. I hope this is helpful Shemay

Hi, Shemay.  Thanks for your reply.  I have read that IV vitamin C may interefere with conventional treatment; what are your thoughts?  Would you please give me some insight as to how you went about choosing an alternative medicine doctor?  The ones in our area are all very expensive and I don't know how to know whom to trust as I don't know anyone who has used them for cancer treatment.  Also, what types of alternative treatments have you used since your diagnosis?  Thanks for your insight.

Irena

 

Fortunately when I was first diagnosed in May 2004, a good friend of my son's who had survived cancer twice...once a brain tumour when he was thirteen and then stomach cancer 25 years later using alternative therapies only, referred me to a nearby clinic where they did BTA testing and dark field microscopy. Through these tests it was ascertained where my body was out of balance and what was needed to bring it back in order for my immune system to be at an optimum level for fighting disease. I was given a regimen for detoxification and regeneration along with the supplements I needed. As to cost.......the first visit is approximately three hours long and the cost at the clinic I attend is $150.00. This includes the BTA testing and blood work, the assessment and recommendations. Of course the supplements are extra. They can be purchased there or at a source of your choosing. Follow up appointments, an hour in duration are $50.00. I have no personal knowledge of the interactions of chemo and Intravenous Vitamin C but this website is informative on the subject. http://ict.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/63 " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ict.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/63 Hope this is of help Shemay http://ict.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/63 " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ict.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/63

I'm not sure what happened with the web address above...but in case it doesn't open............. Integrative Cancer Therapies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 63-82 (2006) DOI: 10.1177/1534735405285882 © 2006 SAGE Publications Should Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Be Prescribed Antioxidants? Ralph W. Moss, PhD Cancer Communications, Lemont, Pennsylvania, In September 2005, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians published a warning by Gabriella D’Andrea, MD, against the concurrent use of antioxidants with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, several deficiencies of the CA article soon became apparent, not least the selective omission of prominent studies that contradicted the author’s conclusions. While acknowledging that only large-scale, randomized trials could provide a valid basis for therapeutic recommendations, the author sometimes relied on laboratory rather than clinical data to support her claim that harm resulted from the concurrent use of antioxidants and chemotherapy. She also sometimes extrapolated from chemoprevention studies rather than those on the concurrent use of antioxidants per se. The article overstated the degree to which the laboratory data diverged in regard to the safety and efficacy of antioxidant therapy: in fact, the preponderance of data suggests a synergistic or at least harmless effect with most high-dose dietary antioxidants and chemotherapy. The practical recommendations made in the article to avoid the general class of antioxidants during chemotherapy are inconsistent, in that if antioxidants were truly a threat to the efficacy of standard therapy, antioxidant-rich foods, especially fruits and vegetables, ought also be proscribed during treatment. Yet no such recommendation is made. Furthermore, the wide-scale use by both medical and radiation oncologists of synthetic antioxidants (eg, amifostine) to control the adverse effects of cytotoxic treatments is similarly overlooked. In sum, this CA article is incomplete: there is far more information available regarding antioxidant supplements as an appropriate adjunctive cancer therapy than is acknowledged. Patients would be well advised to seek the opinion of physicians who are adequately trained and experienced in the intersection of 2 complex fields, that is, chemotherapeutics and nutritional oncology. Physicians whose goal is comprehensive cancer therapy should refer their patients to qualified integrative practitioners who have such training and expertise to guide patients. A blanket rejection of the concurrent use of antioxidants with chemotherapy is not justified by the preponderance of evidence at this time and serves neither the scientific community nor cancer patients. Shemay

Shemay,

Thank you for the information. I will check it out.

Irena

Shemay,

Also, I forgot - our local integrative medicine doctor charges $350 for an initial consultation.  It seems like a hefty price - I just wish I knew someone that had used him... Your doctor's price of $150 sounds a lot more reasonable.

 

On 1/25/2007 Irena wrote:

 

On 1/23/2007 Shemay wrote:

 

On 1/23/2007 Irena wrote:

Have you used intravenous vitamin c therapy?  If so, please let me know if you had any side effects and your resuts.  Thanks so much.

 

Hello Irena At this time I have not used the intravenous vitamin c therapy because I have been so strong and healthy using the alternative methods recommended to me by my Naturopath when I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma in May 2004. I was told at that time that I had a 10cm x 10cm tumour in my chest and an enlarged lymph node on my heart that tested positive for cancer and would need the strongest chemo available in order to "perhaps" save myself. I declined that treatment and instead chose this alternative path. I have no symptoms at this time but out of curiosity as to what may be happening inside I am going to request a CT scan within the next month or so and if there is any cause for concern I definitely will take the intravenous vitamin C. There is a medical doctor/alternative practitioner who has a wellness clinic in a city close by who has had marvelous results using this treatment. I personally know of a number of people with different cancers who have been completely cured through this treatment. I understand that side effects are almost non existant. A very small percentage (less than 1%) of patients who have a pre existing kidney problem may experience stones. I hope this is helpful Shemay

Hi, Shemay.  Thanks for your reply.  I have read that IV vitamin C may interefere with conventional treatment; what are your thoughts?  Would you please give me some insight as to how you went about choosing an alternative medicine doctor?  The ones in our area are all very expensive and I don't know how to know whom to trust as I don't know anyone who has used them for cancer treatment.  Also, what types of alternative treatments have you used since your diagnosis?  Thanks for your insight.

Irena

 

 

Hello Irene and Shemay. I'm a great believer in IV vitamin C although I never needed it. My agressive prostate cancer of 10 years ago is in quiet remission with triple hormone therapy and high-dose oral vitamin C. I never needed nor had surgery, radiation of any type or chemo. Basically I followed Dr. Abram Hoffer's vitamin therapy using standard, over the counter vitamins and supplements. My web site has much detail aimed at current cancer patients. Regarding vitamin C therapy, ascorbic acid (common vitamin C) reacts with free radicals in the body to form dehydroascorbate. This DHA is similar to glucose, cancer's favorite food. The DHA easily enters cancer cells through the channels that bring in all that extra glucose. The DHA then gets changed back to ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide--a strong oxidant that kills cancer cells. Normal calls are not harmed. It seems to be working for me and others I know. To simplify vitamin C therapy, realize that vitamin C kills cancer cells depending on both the concentration and the length of time. Thus a high concentration for a short time may be equivalent to a lower concentration (dose) for a longer time. Hoffer found that oral vitamin C given in 4 divided doses each day can be equivalent to strong IV doses which last during 4 to 6 hours or so out of 24. This is overly simplified so be cautious. To answer the question about expensive doctors to administer vitamin C. My experience based on tests by Hoffer, Pauling, Riordan and other big guns is to take high-dose vitamin C and other supplements to aid the vitamin C. I also talked my urologist into triple intermittent hormone therapy 10 years ago. Result: I could hire a dietician or nutritionist or a professional knowledgeable about vitamins. My preferrd email address is 

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