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Intravenous Vitamin C for Cancer Therapy – Identifying the Current Gaps in Our Knowledge

Frontiers in Physiology, 2018
The use of intravenous vitamin C (IVC) for cancer therapy has long been an area of intense controversy. Despite this, high dose IVC has been administered for decades by complementary health care practitioners and physicians, with little evidence base ...
Anitra C. Carr, John Cook
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Interference of Intravenous Vitamin C With Blood Glucose Testing [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2014
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an integral component in the management of diabetes. However, it is important to understand the limitations of SMBG due to presence of interfering substances (1). We present a patient with diabetes and malignancy, who had falsely elevated blood glucose readings following administration of intravenous ascorbic ...
Sumangala Vasudevan, Irl B. Hirsch
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A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

, 2012
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Jörg Bojunga, Raffaele Malinverni, Gerlach, Tilman J., Gerlach, Tilman J, Tilman J Gerlach, Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group,, Berg, T., Kutalik, Z., Stephanie Bibert, Christian M Lange, Geier, Andreas, Dufour, Jean-François Jacques, Thomas Berg, Malinverni, Raffaele, Regenass, S., Burgisser, Philippe, Regenass, Stephan, Badenhoop, Klaus, Bojunga, Jörg, Lange, Christian M, Dufour, J. F., Stephan Regenass, Gerlach, Tilman Joern, Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group, Bochud, P. Y., Dufour, Jean-Francois, Bojunga, J., Andreas Geier, Stefan Zeuzem, Negro, F., Cerny, A., Zoltan Kutalik, Lange, Christian, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Sarrazin, C., Tobias Müller, Sarrazin, Christoph, Lange, C. M., Cerny, Andreas, Kutalik, Zoltán, Bibert, S., Malinverni, R., Moradpour, Darius, Christoph Sarrazin, Burgisser, P., Gerlach, T. J., Moradpour, D., Bibert, Stephanie, Klaus Badenhoop, Zeuzem, S., Negro, Francesco, Müller, Tobias, Badenhoop, K., Andreas Cerny, Bochud, Pierre-Yves, Geier, A., Heim, M. H., Muller, T., Francesco Negro, Berg, Thomas, Markus H Heim, Heim, Markus H., Darius Moradpour, Jean-Francois Dufour, Philippe Burgisser, Heim, Markus H, Zeuzem, Stefan   +66 more
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Stability of intravenous vitamin C solutions: a technical report

Critical Care and Resuscitation, 2018
There has recently been a surge of interest in intravenous (IV) vitamin C as a potential therapy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, particularly in those with septic shock. Establishing the safety and efficacy of IV vitamin C therapy through rigorously conducted randomised controlled trials is a priority.
Anitra, Carr, Christina, Wohlrab, Paul, Young, Rinaldo, Bellomo   +3 more
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Vitamin C supplementation in the critically ill: A systematic review and meta-analysis

SAGE Open Medicine, 2018
Background: Low plasma levels of vitamin C are associated with adverse outcomes, including increased mortality, in critically ill patients. Several trials have suggested that the administration of intravenous vitamin C in this setting may have beneficial
Michael Zhang, David F Jativa
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Mortality in septic patients treated with vitamin C: a systematic meta-analysis

Critical Care, 2021
Background Supplementation of vitamin C in septic patients remains controversial despite eight large clinical trials published only in 2020. We aimed to evaluate the evidence on potential effects of vitamin C treatment on mortality in adult septic ...
Sean S. Scholz, Rainer Borgstedt, Nicole Ebeling, Leoni C. Menzel, Gerrit Jansen, Sebastian Rehberg   +5 more
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Intravenous Vitamin C Administration Improved Blood Cell Counts and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patient with History of Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

Antioxidants, 2018
A 52-year-old female presented to Integrated Health Options Clinic in October 2014 with a history of relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML, diagnosed in 2009 and relapsed in 2014).
Mike N. Foster, Anitra C. Carr, Alina Antony, Selene Peng, Mike G. Fitzpatrick   +4 more
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Adjunctive intravenous then oral vitamin C for moderate and severe community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults: feasibility of randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports, 2023
Patients hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have low peripheral blood vitamin C concentrations and limited antioxidant capacity.
Stephen T. Chambers, Malina Storer, Amy Scott-Thomas, Sandy Slow, Jonathan Williman, Michael Epton, David R. Murdoch, Sarah Metcalf, Anitra Carr, Heather Isenman, Michael Maze   +10 more
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Effect of high-dose intravenous vitamin C on inflammation in cancer patients [PDF]

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2012
An inflammatory component is present in the microenvironment of most neoplastic tissues. Inflammation and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with poor prognosis and decreased survival in many types of cancer.Vitamin C has been suggested as having both a preventative and therapeutic role in a number of pathologies when administered at much
Mikirova Nina, Casciari Joseph, Rogers Andrea, Taylor Paul   +3 more
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Overall and Progression-Free Survival of Patients With Malignant Neoplasm Following Intravenous Vitamin C: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research
Background: This study aimed to determine whether administering intravenous vitamin C in patients with malignant neoplasm is associated with increased survival outcomes compared to no intravenous vitamin C administration.
Jinxiu Qu, Mingtao Yao, Shijie Yu, Yi Wang, Shuai Lu, Bing Wang, Jia He, Shiwan Wang, Yuan Zhao, Xin Wang, Xiaomei Tao, Xiaozhu Liu, Yizhong Rao, Yuru Li, Benqiang Rao   +14 more
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