Has anyone used or heard of high dosage Vitamin C IV to treat cancer?

Hi! I own it, just haven’t gotten to read all of it yet. I’ve added in walking every day. I’ve been getting more sleep - what about melatonin?

Thanks!

gamaryanne,

Can you provide a link to this clinical trial - and it's formal name?

beths77,

Can you provide citations to independent reviews of this book and the mechanisms it notes as being effective?

I was given high dose vitamin c, zinc and iron , magnesium too when I was in hospital and rehab , whether liquid thru IV or pills. Now I take Jevity 1.5 formula which gives me all that daily plus protein and calories to fight cancer.

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This came out recently (2024-11-11). U. of Iowa Carver College of Medicine:
https://medicine.uiowa.edu/content/high-dose-iv-vitamin-c-plus-chemotherapy-doubles-survival-advanced-pancreatic-cancer
"Results from a randomized, phase 2 clinical trial show that adding high-dose, intravenous (IV) vitamin C to chemotherapy doubles the overall survival of patients with late-stage metastatic pancreatic cancer from eight months to 16 months. "

“Not only does it increase overall survival, but the patients seem to feel better with the treatment," Cullen says. “They have less side effects, and appear to be able to tolerate more treatment, and we've seen that in other trials, too.”

Everyone has been sending this to me since it posted on line. It’s exciting for sure. Pls note their sample size is 34. We need to dig deeper to see if the patients presented with similar gene mutations, tumor load. Co-morbidities, etc. also-what chemotherapy regimen it was coupled with.
Finding a doctor that will do it may be difficult without more data. Pls let us know if you begin this therapy!

gamaryanne - The high dose Vit C IV treatment was coupled with IV gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel.

I was told by my dietician/oncologist/NP to stop taking all supplements except, Vitamin D3. I wanted to take Omega-3 but even this, they said to stop taking it.