Cancer: Intravenous Vitamin C Effective Treatment
Studies during the 1970s first suggested administration of high doses of ascorbate might provide a clinical benefit for treating cancer, but later studies using the same high doses found no benefit.
However, researchers now say the original studies used intravenous and oral ascorbate, while subsequent studies used only oral administration. Recognizing those differences might account for the disparate clinical outcomes, Mark Levine and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health reexamined intravenous ascorbate therapy in cultured cancer cell lines.
The researchers found ascorbate killed cancer cells at concentrations that would only be achievable through intravenous infusion. Normal cells were not affected by ascorbate at any concentration.
Additionally, the scientists report ascorbate treatment led to the formation of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical that can kill cells, suggesting a potential mechanism for the therapy.
The research appears in this week's online, early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
From: Phys.org Vitamin C: possible cancer-killing promise
See also Web MD Study: Vitamin C May Fight Cancer
Jonathan Campbell wrote, providing further references.
This treatment has been used for several decades at Riordan's clinic in Wichita, KA, http://www.brightspot.org. Here is a current link describing the therapies:
http://www.canceraction.org.gg/first-steps/last-resort description of the therapy
I recommend this intravenous therapy as an adjunct to the Rath oral cancer therapy, which is described in general at
http://www.stopping-cancer-naturally.org and explicitly in my cancer manual, info at http://www.cqs.com/cancertherapy.htm and available at http://www.cqs.com/manuals.htm.End of Jonathan's comment.
We should also make a distinction between ascorbic acid (generally called vitamin C) and mineral ascorbates, that is vitamin C bound to a mineral such as calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium. This latter one is the form utilized by the human body. Since intravenous vitamin C is always in ascorbate form, perhaps that could explain why a difference in efficacy is observed between oral and the intravenous vitamin C.
According to Hickey, vitamin C has an extremely short half life in the body -around 30 minutes - so a constant supply, either by intravenous drip or by multiple doses during the whole day, is important to obtain the full beneficial effect.
See also:
Observations On the Dose and Administration of Ascorbic Acid When Employed Beyond the Range Of A Vitamin In Human Pathology
by Frederick R. KlennerThe Stonewalling of Vitamin C by Chris Gupta
Intravenous Vitamin C Kills Cancer Cells
High Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Fights Cancer
Intravenously administered vitamin C as cancer therapy: three cases
The March 28, 2006 issue of the Canadian Medical Journal, reports three cases of individuals with terminal cancer who experienced unexpectedly long survival times following the administration of high dose intravenous vitamin C.Philadelphia Inquirer: Vitamin C: Cancer cure?
Is mainstream medical science ignoring an inexpensive, painless, readily available cure for cancer? Mark Levine mulls this loaded question. The government nutrition researcher has published new evidence that suggests vitamin C can work like chemotherapy - only better. But so far, he hasn't been able to interest cancer experts in conducting the kind of conclusive studies that, one way or the other, would advance treatment.
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Tuesday September 13 2005
updated on Wednesday December 8 2010URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/09/13/cancer_intravenous_vitamin_c_effective_treatment.htm
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