Has anybody taken High does vitamin C?? Does it work? - Hepatitis Message Board

vankay · 10-19-2003, 08:08 PM

Hi everyone!

Just wondering if anyone has taken vitamin c therapy?

Did it improve your conditions and or viral loads?

Thanks!

vankay

dianasaska · 10-19-2003, 08:53 PM

I take one 500 mg Ester C tablet and a natural source 400 mg Vit E capsule twice per day with food and find this helps. In the past I tried higher doses of Ester C or Vit C (avoiding cheap brands containing sodium ascorbate, use pure acerola or ascorbate acid) with no improvements. I tried really expensive brands of Vit C and found liver enzymes actually got worse.

Diana

restless · 10-19-2003, 10:53 PM

Hi
Here is the deal about vitamin C. I have no idea about its effect on Hep C, but I took a client to the doctor a couple of years ago and she was taking alot of vitamin C. He told her that new (at that time) studies showed that vitamin can cause damage to the heart in doses over 500mg daily. I am very wary of anything I hear regarding self-treatment. Please check with your doctor before you do anything to treat your illness, even if it seems harmless. Look down to my post from 10/15/03 when I was talking to Thaneby and follow it back to my post from 10/10. I have been very frighteningly sick with no clue what was going on. It was just salt. Salt was killing me. Not lots of salt, just the normal amount you eat every day. I ran my car off the road several times. I felt drunk and like I was passing out. We can't assume that our bodies are going to process anything the same way other peoples bodies do. Pleas check with your doctor before you try anything new. Stay safe, be happy and live a long time.
Peace
Restless

vankay · 10-20-2003, 10:25 AM

Thanks for your replies.

But my mother is taking 50,000 mg intraveneuosly of Vitamin C for ten days. And she is expected to see what the results are tommorow.

That was why I was asking. Didn't know if anyone else had this treatment?

van

kackles · 10-20-2003, 06:06 PM

Hi Van - I know someone on another list who doesn't have HCV but does have a compromised liver among other ailments. She has periodically been on IV Vit. C given to her by her Holistic doc, and she swears by it. Let us know how your mom makes out.

Love & Blessings, Karolyn