A KEY TO VITAMIN POWER: THE IV

The Benefits of Intravenous Vitamin Therapy

I believe that intravenous vitamin therapy could be used effectively far more often by doctors and their patients.

After a person takes a supplement by mouth, only 20-30% of the ingredients will find its way into the bloodstream where it becomes effective for the body.
Intravenous administration achieves higher concentrations in the bloodstream providing for a greater therapeutic benefit.

Another reason for the effectiveness of IV Vitamin therapy is that many patients may suffer from a depletion of nutrients, and oral supplementation may not be effective in resolving this, especially if a person has digestive tract problems, such that oral supplements are either not tolerated, or just not absorbed well enough to make a difference. The IV infusion bypasses the problem of poor absorption through the GI tract. Intravenous vitamin infusions are very safe as well as effective.

A RICH VITAMIN MIX

The IV Vitamin infusions typically used contain Vit C, the B vitamins, Folic acid, magnesium, calcium, trace elements such as chromium, selenium and zinc. A vitamin-mineral infusion given weekly over a period of time helps patients with a variety of conditions. One recent example in my practice was that of a college student who recovered from Mononucleosis surprisingly quickly after a couple of infusions.

Another more elderly patient’s recovery from shingles was more rapid that anticipated. Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and people with other conditions report improvements that had eluded them and their doctors. Alan Gaby, MD a national leader in integrative Medicine and past president of the American Holistic Medical Association wrote in Let’s Live magazine, “While the value of nutritional therapies are becoming more accepted in mainstream medicine, many doctors are still unaware of the dramatic, almost unbelievable results that can be obtained by administering vitamins and minerals intravenously.” Dr Gaby states “I have given over 15,000 nutrient injections and have seen some remarkable results, (including with) attacks of acute asthma and migraine sufferers experiencing relief within a couple of minutes. Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia have found marked improvements after three or four weekly injections followed by maintenance treatments every two to four weeks.”

Both Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects

Thomas Levy, M.D. is a nutritionally oriented Board Certified Cardiologist who authored the book, Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins. Dr Levy supports his findings throughout his book referring to documented research referencing over 1,200 studies and articles about Vitamin C’s benefits in a variety of conditions. He particularly focused on the benefits seen when High dose Vitamin C is administered intravenously. Thus, this is a wonderful book for doctors and their patients providing an excellent reference for anyone considering the treatment, and questions whether there has been enough research regarding the benefits. The first part of Dr. Levy’s book focuses on infectious diseases.

He documents the studies showing that Vitamin C has shown great benefit in many common bacterial and viral conditions that plague both children and adults, and cites specific studies with regard to the herpes virus, the common cold, viral pneumonia, mononucleosis, influenza and others, concluding with the statement, “ Vitamin C is undoubtedly the ideal agent for treating virtually any viral infection.”

THE ULTIMATE ANTIDOTE

Dr Thomas Levy in his book Vitamin C Infectious Diseases and Toxins says that ” IV Vitamin C  has demonstrated the ability to neutralize a wide variety of toxic substances.” 

Mercury  

Dr Thomas Levy says, “early investigators established that Vitamin C was highly clinically protective against the toxicity of mercury”- study. Vitamin C by itself is not a major chelating substance which can be relied upon to significantly remove excess mercury from the body, but it protects against mercury’s toxicity by turning certain mercury containing compounds in the body into a more benign form.        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6940480/                                

Arsenic

Vitamin C counters the effects of arsenic poisoning.Clinical observations wwre published many decades ago- Dainow(1935) Desensitizing Action of Vitamin C   Ann Dermat et Syph. 6:830 and Bundesen (1941) The Detoxifying Action of Vitamin C in Arsenical therapy.

Cadmium 

Vitamin C protects against cadmium toxicity. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4303853/  Research published by  Kadrabova (1992) showed that Vitamin C was effective in preventing the accumulation of cadmium in the brain, heart and testes. 

Aluminum

Aluminum is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant from drinking water, aluminum containers and cookware, and antiperspirants. Vitamin C promotes the elimination of aluminum from the body as well as countering its toxic effects.

Among these are the toxic elements aluminum, mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium. He also discusses research studies regarding IV Vitamin C’s beneficial effects on those exposed to environmental pollutants such as industrial chemicals, and radiation. Dr Levy also discusses research regarding Vitamin C’s ability to counter the toxic effects of medications such as those used in chemotherapy with all of their side effects. And he points out the documented benefits with regard to immune system disorders, “There are very few human diseases or medical conditions that are not improved at least (to) some degree by the regular dosing of Optimal amounts of vitamin C.” Thomas Levy, MD Vitamin C infusions have a long history of reports of benefits to cancer patients suffering the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. Side effects like vomiting and diarrhea deplete the body of essential and crucial minerals like magnesium, selenium and zinc, all of which have an important role in the functions of the immune system.

Lead

IV Vitamin C helps against chronic lead poisoning’s detrimental effects documented in many studies. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3654245/

HIGH DOSE IV VITAMIN C IN CANCER CARE

High dose IV Vitamin C is finally receiving the attention it deserves as the new breakthrough in Holistic cancer treatment NEW RESEARCH says that Vitamin C added to chemotherapy benefits cancer patients.

The  Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa has just published a scientific study showing that advanced pancreatic cancer patients. who received the High Dose IV Vitamin C  had their survival time doubled. The title of their just published research is IV Vitamin C Doubles Pancreatic Cancer Patient Survival Time   https://apple.news/A3ZnXNHDHRkCIdEnky8PMRA

It has been well documented that High Dose vitamin C can help many conditions and has been a mainstay of Integrative/ Holistic Medicine for many years: https://drsobo.com/iv-vitamin-c-therapy/

In this new study participants were patients receiving chemotherapy under the care of oncologists during the time of the study. They were also given Intravenous Vitamin C at a dose of 75 grams of Vitamin C administered 3 times per week. Compared to patients with similar stage pancreatic cancer who had not received the IV Vitamin C, those who did received it lived twice as long. 

 Dr Cullen lead researcher for the University of Iowa study referenced above explains after testing vitamin C in the lab they found that HIgh dose IV Vitamin C “worked great” at killing cancer cells. Not only did it  extend disease progression free time, and extend survival time, but the cancer patients who received vitamin C also tolerated their chemotherapy treatments with less side effects and felt generally better than those who did not receive the Vitamin C.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15917185/

Henry C. Sobo, M.D. is a medical doctor practicing in Stamford, CT. For more information about Dr. Sobo’s practice visit www.drsobo.com or call 203-348-8805. You can e mail your questions or comments to [email protected]