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by | Nov 1, 2012

Post Categories: Chronic and Infectious Diseases | Health Conditions | Integrative Medicine

Vitamin C Cures Two Cases of Serious Illness

Case Report

Two patients, one suffering from acute pancreatitis with multiple organ failure (serum amylase 550 mg/dl and CRP 440 mg/dl), the other with hepatitis C stage 2.

Both treated only with intravenous vitamin C (IV/C) and intravenous glutathione, and both recovered and cured in 10 days.

Treatment Protocol

Acute pancreatitis due to viral infection.

CRF raised serum creatinine, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, ascites, raised ALTs.

First 2 days: IV/glutathione 2.8 g twice daily.

The remaining 8 days: glutathione 2.8 g twice daily along with IV/C 80 g

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twice daily.

Treatment Rationale

1. Glutathione for the effusions and ascites: In my 7 years of using glutathione, I have found it the most effective agent for resolving pulmonary edema, pleural effusions and ascites…..in so many patients whom I have treated it disappears in 2 to 3 days of daily treatment with glutathione.

2. IV/C for its antiviral and anti inflammatory effects. Dropping the amylase from 550 to 50 in 10 days.

3. No diuretics or peritoneal tap or dialysis. (In answer to a question: Lasix causes more harm than good; personally I am not in favor of using it.

4. Lastly, Gluta multiplies the effect of IV/C dose.

Notes

The person with acute pancreatitis wasn’t my patient. He was admitted in another hospital and was on life support machines/therapy, age 80 plus comatose, with CRF, Pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, raised ALTs.

The doctors had given up hope, when one of the family members called me to see him. I took permission from the treating physician to intervene since they planned to dialyze him the next day. I requested him to delay it for another 24 hours.

Initially in their hearts they were laughing and cynical about IV/C and glutathione.

Believe me that after 36 hours the person started recovering and was shifted from the ICU to his room and in the next 10 days was discharged and walked out of the hospital on his own feet.

My question is, why are we so tunnel-visioned and against IVC and orthomolecular drugs? I am an MD myself but open to all options and treatment modalities.

Anonymous MD

Reported by Owen Fonorow

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