Vitamin C has been in the public consciousness for years; it became even more famous when the Nobel prize-winning chemist, Linus Pauling, began promoting it as a sort of universal cure-all.
We don’t claim that Vitamin C can solve all your problems, but we DO believe that Vitamin C has an important place in the treatment and prevention of a variety of diseases. This belief is based on an ever-increasing body of scientific evidence.
Infusions of 10-20 g are given routinely. Doses of 100 g can be given with no side effects, for the appropriate patient.
A small group of patients, particularly those of Middle Eastern descent, may have a genetic disorder called G6PD deficiency; those patients should not receive high-dose Vitamin C therapy. Therefore, we use a simple blood test to rule out this condition before initiating treatment.
We often give Vitamin C as a part of a combination intravenous nutrient therapy: Myers’ Cocktail.
This allows us to take advantage of synergistic biochemical effects.
