Stephen -
I got a strong recommendation from a leading brain cancer oncologist (he appeared on Ben Williams' documentary) to take I.V. for Vitamin C with observational evidence of it significantly helping the patients. I am working on getting prescription next. I am finding lot of materials on web as well about Vitamin C against cancer, though FDA has not approved it. Any insights on this? thanks!
I got a strong recommendation from a leading brain cancer oncologist (he appeared on Ben Williams' documentary) to take I.V. for Vitamin C with observational evidence of it significantly helping the patients. I am working on getting prescription next. I am finding lot of materials on web as well about Vitamin C against cancer, though FDA has not approved it. Any insights on this? thanks!
I don't feel qualified to comment on IV vitamin C, as it's not a subject I've researched enough.
ReplyDeletePersonally I would not use this approach during radiotherapy, at the risk of making radiotherapy less effective.
"Pharmacological Doses of Daily Ascorbate Protect Tumors from Radiation Damage after a Single Dose of Radiation in an Intracranial Mouse Glioma Model"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266032/
My daughter has been receiving IV Vitamin C since January's MRI revealed a recurrent, inoperable GBM. Her doctors at Dana Farber Cancer Institute are supportive though they aren't able to administer it. We go to a natural healing center 4 times per week for treatment. Her team at DFCI have stated that she is doing "unexpectedly well".
ReplyDeleteIV Vitamin C is considered GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe). Vitamins cannot be patented, so pharmaceutical companies aren't clamoring to do clinical studies on it. There is a phase 2 study that looks interesting out of Iowa State.
What is the natural healing center you're referring to? I live in the Boston area. Thank you!
DeleteDo you maybe remeber what dosage/amount it is? Are you soing some other treatment? Like CUSP or other chemo ?
DeleteWhen I presented the IV Vitamin C to my daughter's NO, I asked for a metronomic dose of chemotherapy to give her daily. They originally prescribed 100mg of cyclophosphamide (they determined that Temodor doesn't work for her), but her blood counts went too low...so we lowered the dose to 50mg once per day.
DeleteEvery individual is different. They should do a blood test after the vitamin C treatment once in a while to make sure the levels are in cancer fighting range. Therapeutic levels are considered 350-400 mg/dL. At 75 grams, my daughter was above this level so we went down to 50 grams 3 times per week. They just drew blood this week to retest the levels. Once we get the results back, we will adjust accordingly.
If you want to read more about the IVC protocol, go to https://riordanclinic.org/research-study/vitamin-c-research-ivc-protocol/
I would not recommend the center for natural healing that we have been going to for ethical reasons...though I believe wholeheartedly in the treatment. We are starting treatment at the Rothfeld Center for Integrative Medicine in Waltham on Thursday. The other one we considered is Groton Wellness Center, but they were only able to do the treatment 2 times per week. There is also a place in Woburn called Optimal Wellness that I don't have experience with (they won't treat minors), but it is another option.
ReplyDeleteWhy high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170109134014.htm
Thank you for the link.
DeleteAnd this article from 2012 http://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-12-61
says that the most susceptible cancer cell lines to ascorbic acid are glioblastoma cell lines.