Lyme Disease -- Wiped Out By Vitamin C

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Lyme Disease -- Wiped Out By Vitamin C

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Vitamin C has already been extensively and unequivocally documented to

readily cure a wide range of infectious diseases, including many viral

syndromes considered incurable even today (Stone, 1972; Smith, 1988, Levy,

2002).

In reviewing a great amount of this information, it becomes apparent that

for most infectious diseases, especially viral ones, the only clinical

failures of vitamin C appear to occur when a large enough amount of vitamin C

cannot be effectively delivered to the invading microorganisms. " ....

See Dr. Julian Whitaker and Dr. Tom Levy's notes below also read: _When

Antibiotics Fail: Lyme Disease and Rife Machines, with Critical Evaluation of

Leading Alternative Therapies _

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There is some useful information to convince your doctor in:

_How to Get Intravenous Vitamin C Given to a Hospitalized Patient_

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At the bottom you will also find a, do it yourself, Salt and Vitamin C

regimen developed by personal experiences of real lyme sufferers.

Chris Gupta

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_Below, information from Dr. Julian Whitaker, forwarded by Betty Martini:_

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" Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum. " <bettym19

22 May 2005, 02:16:09 AM

Lyme Disease -- Wiped Out In A Hurry, _Dr. Julian Whitaker _

(http://www.drwhitaker.com/)

Because so many aspartame victims suffer from Lyme (and especially for

Angel Hemming and Doris) this article may be helpful. For Dr. James Bowen's

article on Lyme Disease Reactivated by Aspartame and Sexually Transmitted go

to _www.dorway.com_ (http://www.dorway.com/) and scroll down to experts.

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International, 9270 River

Club Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097 770 242-2599 _http://www.wnho.net_

(http://www.wnho.net/) and _http://www.dorway.com_ (http://www.dorway.com/)

LYME DISEASE -- WIPED OUT IN A HURRY:

" At a recent meeting of the American College for Advancement in Medicine,

Hugh Riordan, M.D., of the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning

International in Wichita, Kansas, gave an extremely provocative

presentation on the power of IV vitamin C rekindled my interest and commitment

to this

therapy. Even more convincing is the research presented in a book by

_Thomas E. Levy_ (http://www.tomlevymd.com/) , M.D., J.D., Vitamin C, Infectious

Diseases and Toxins: Curing the Incurable -- a must-read for doctors and

patients. This 400 page volume with over 1,200 cited scientific references is

a litany of the unbelievable. It's all true.

Dr. Levy reports that in the late l940s,_ Frederick Klenner, M.D., F.C.P.,

used IV Vitamin C to cure 60 consecutive cases of polio._

(http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=16099) In one case,

a young girl

stricken with polio had already developed weakness and semi-paralysis in

her lower extremities. but with high-dose IV vitamin C this was reversed in

one week, and the entire disease was ultimately eliminated. Klenner

presented this information to the American Medical Association and published

his

results in several papers, but his findings were completely ignored by the

conventional medical community.

Dr. Levy's book also outlines how IV vitamin C has been used to cure

hundreds of cases of acute hepatitis, both B and C strains, which are thought

by

conventional physicians to be incurable. I recently spoke with Dr. Levy

about some of his personal experiences using IV Vitamin C.

One case in particular stands out. A woman suffering with severe and

debilitating Lyme disease had been seen by many doctors and had not responded

to

several courses of antibiotics. Her health was rapidly failing and her

husband called Dr. Levy.

The woman was immediately infused with 100 grams of Vitamin C and within

just two hours of treatment here husband reported that she looked 50 to 60

percent better. Over the next two days she received five more 50 gram

infusions of Vitamin C, and by hour 72 she was completely well. That was nearly

two years ago. She has since suffered no relapses, nor is there any

indication of a chronic infection.

LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN

 

_Vitamin C has been much maligned by conventional medicine._

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For years it was blamed for causing kidney stones and Vitamin B12

deficiencies -- accusations that were proven false (although this

misinformation

remains in textbooks everywhere).

At the Whitaker Wellness Institute we've used IV Vitamin C (up to 75 grams

per dose) as part of our standard protocol for over 20 years, with no sign

of toxicity. And virtually every orthomolecular physician I know uses IV

Vitamin C, but conventional physicians never do. If you want IV Vitamin C,

you're going to have to see a different kind of doctor.

RECOMMENDATIONS

To find a physician with experience in IV Vitamin C, visit the American

College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) Web site at _www.acam.org_

(http://www.acam.org/) , or call 800 532-3688.

For appointments: Hugh Riordan, M.D., in Wichita, KS, 316-682-3100 or

brightspot.org; Thomas E. Levy, M.D., J.D. in Denver, CO, 866-750-2121 or

peakenergy.com; Robert F. Cathcart, M.D., in Los Altos, CA, 650 949-2822.

Dr. Levy's book, Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing the

Incurable, can be ordered online at _www.amazon.com _ (http://www.amazon.com/)

or by calling 888-795-4274

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_Pulsed Intravenous Vitamin C (PIVC) Therapy_

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Vitamin C has already been extensively and unequivocally documented to

readily cure a wide range of infectious diseases, including many viral

syndromes considered incurable even today (Stone, 1972; Smith, 1988, Levy,

2002).

In reviewing a great amount of this information, it becomes apparent that

for most infectious diseases, especially viral ones, the only clinical

failures of vitamin C appear to occur when a large enough amount of vitamin C

cannot be effectively delivered to the invading microorganisms.

With this in mind, then, a more effective dosing and/or delivery system of

vitamin C to the various tissues of the body should further improve the

clinical efficacy of this agent._ In cancer, Riordan et al. (1995)

demonstrated the likelihood that vitamin C was an effective anti-tumor therapy

as long

as high enough concentrations of it could be achieved inside the tumor(s).

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(http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2004/07/20/vitamin_c_and_cancer_new_devel\

opments.htm) These researchers also concluded that oral vitamin C

supplementation was unlikely to produce blood levels of vitamin C high enough

to have a direct killing effect on a given tumor. Later, in studying a

certain line of cancer cells and the ability of vitamin C to kill those cancer

cells, Casciari et al. (2001) elegantly demonstrated this point. They

showed that the rapid intravenous infusion of vitamin C as sodium ascorbate in

combination with alpha lipoic acid was effective in reaching vitamin C

levels that were toxic to the cancer cells. They also showed that a fat soluble

analogue of vitamin C, phenyl-ascorbate, was able to kill cancer cells

effectively at a dose roughly three times lower than seen with unaltered

vitamin C.

All of the conclusions reached by Casciari et al. noted above support the

proposed concept that most clinical failures of vitamin C for infections or

other medical conditions relate to inadequate delivery. They administered

as much as 60,000 mg of vitamin C over an 80-minute period, a very sizable

dose and a fairly rapid administration by most standards of current usage.

Yet such a large and rapidly administered infusion of vitamin C will not

always be clinically effective. This still does not mean that the vitamin C

might not be the optimal treatment for a given condition.

At the Colorado Integrative Medical Center (www.coloradomedicalcenter.com)

in Denver, CO, we are starting to use a unique form of vitamin C therapy

known as pulsed intravenous vitamin C (PIVC) therapy. First and foremost,

this therapy utilizes the principle that the more rapidly a given dose of any

nutrient or medication is given, the higher the peak blood level of that

substance will be. This very rapid delivery of vitamin C was first reported

to be both safe and highly effective by Klenner (1971). In acute

barbiturate overdose Klenner gave as much as 42,000 mg of vitamin C " by vein as

fast

as a 20 gauge needle could carry the flow. " This dose awoke the patient and

began the reversal of the barbiturate toxicity without causing any side

effects of note. Klenner safely administered IV push vitamin C on multiple

occasions, often on very critically ill patients, with great clinical success

and no reported toxicity.

The concept of PIVC is to get acute blood levels of vitamin C as high as

possible. By simple diffusion physiology, an acute doubling or tripling of

the blood vitamin C levels will temporarily allow an acute doubling or

tripling of the amount of vitamin C that normally diffuses into perfused tissues

via the gradient that is present at the baseline concentration. The

temporary blood levels achieved can be substantial. If Casciari et al. can get

a

certain high blood level from infusing 60,000 mg of vitamin C over 80

minutes, then an IV push of 20,000 mg of vitamin C over 2 minutes can be

expected

to temporarily increase the peak blood concentration by 10-fold or more

over the rapid intravenous infusion. This amount has already been

administered safely on multiple occasions.

A physiological effect of such a rapid administration of vitamin C appears

to occasionally induce an acute hypoglycemia. Sylvest (1942) found that a

majority of people given intravenous vitamin C showed a clear lowering of

blood sugar. This effect is possibly due to a significant reflex release of

insulin from the pancreas. Such a conclusion is directly supported by the

work of Cheng et al. (1989), who found that vitamin C injected into rats

" produced a dose-dependent and marked hypoglycaemic effect after intravenous

injection. " They also found that the hypoglycemic effect was maximal at five

minutes after injection, coinciding with an increase in the plasma insulin

concentration. Vitamin C is a very similar molecule to glucose, and a rapid

spike of vitamin C released into the blood likely can induce the same

reflex insulin spike that is seen in a glucose tolerance test, where a large

dose of glucose is given to evaluate how quickly and effectively one can

restore glucose levels to normal by inducing insulin release. Clinically, this

hypoglycemic effect has been the most notable in patients who are ingesting

little food and drink, and in those patients who are generally sickest, as

in advanced neurological conditions. In such patients just an infusion of

vitamin C can cause hypoglycemia as well, not requiring the rapid IV push.

Such patients may need a bolus of 50% glucose to rapidly reverse the low

blood sugar, as it has been noted to occur even when the carrier IV fluid is

5% dextrose (sugar) in water. However, the IV push does seem to more

reliably cause the hypoglycemic symptoms, which fits with the animal literature

cited above.

This vitamin C-induced hypoglycemia should prove to be a very desirable

effect clinically, however. Severe hypoglycemia has already been safely and

deliberately induced in a protocol that has been in existence for over 70

years now. Known as insulin potentiation therapy (_www.iptq.org_

(http://www.iptq.org) ), intravenous insulin (roughly 20 to 40 units) is given

rapidly

to induce hypoglycemia. As hypoglycemia becomes manifest, minidoses of

cancer chemotherapeutic agents are administered. Such small doses, in the

presence of insulin-induced hypoglycemia, appear to be facilitated in their

transport across the cell membrane pathways such that the drugs reach killing

concentrations inside cancer cells at much lower dosage levels. Traditional

chemotherapy can often be given without causing the otherwise inevitable

loss of hair seen with the much larger doses.

Vitamin C and glucose actually directly compete with each other for

insulin-mediated transport into the various cells of the body (Washko et al.,

1991; Cunningham, 1998). Increased intracellular access should prove to be a

major leap forward in the effective treatment of most diseases already known

to be responsive to vitamin C, and in likely quite a few more diseases that

just need more effective dosing of vitamin C to show a positive response.

Proprietary protocols being developed at the Colorado Integrative Medical

Center are using such " Vitamin C-Enabled Intracellular Nutrition " (VEIN)

methodologies.

A side effect associated with high doses of vitamin C, along with other

nutrients given intravenously, and sometimes associated with concomitant

hyperbaric oxygen therapy, has been noted at our facility. On three occasions

patients have complained of bilateral mid-back discomfort. When this has

been reported, further intravenous nutrients are discontinued, oral hydration

and intravenous hydration are initiated, and oral or intravenous furosemide

is given. This has resolved the discomfort in all circumstances. No

associated abnormal laboratory findings have been seen to result. It is

hypothesized that when the solute load gets high enough in the blood perfusing

the

kidney, a dehydrating effect is acutely inflicted on the kidney cells,

causing the pain/discomfort reflex. Neglected, more serious complications could

occur. However, the regimen just outlined takes care of such situations

fairly promptly. Furthermore, such a side effect can actually give the health

care practitioner a practical point beyond which further intravenous

nutrition should not be pushed acutely.

Anecdotally, I have had the occasion to clinically cure a case of acute

Lyme disease with three days of intravenous vitamin C therapy. Whether this

is readily repeatable, or whether a chronic case of Lyme disease would

respond as well remains to be seen. At the Colorado Integrative Medical Center

we are now initiating a combination of therapies including those mentioned

in this newsletter to see precisely how much success we can have on a

regular basis with this particular disease. We are presently accepting new

patients at this time who have this condition and are looking for another

treatment option.

Contact Information:

Colorado Integrative Medical Center

1260 South Parker Road

Denver, CO 80231

Toll-free: 866-750-2121

FAX: 303-750-4992

Ask for Darren Green, office manager

 

Bibliography

Casciari, J., N. Riordan, T. Schmidt, X. Meng, J. Jackson, and H. Riordan.

(2001) Cytotoxicity of ascorbate, lipoic acid, and other antioxidants in

hollow fibre in vitro tumours. British Journal of Cancer 84(11):1544-1550.

Cheng, J., S. Hsieh-Chen, and C. Tsai. (1989) L-Ascorbic acid produces

hypoglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia in anaesthetized rats. The Journal of

Pharmacy and Pharmacology 41(5):345-346.

Cunningham, J. (1998) The glucose/insulin system and vitamin C:

implications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Journal of the American

College

of Nutrition 17(2):105-108.

Klenner, F. (1971) Observations on the dose and administration of ascorbic

acid when employed beyond the range of a vitamin in human pathology.

Journal of Applied Nutrition 23(3 & 4):61-88.

Levy, T. (2002) Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing the

Incurable.

Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation. (_www.xlibris.com_

(http://www.xlibris.com/) )

Riordan, N., H. Riordan, X. Meng, Y. Li, and J. Jackson. (1995)

Intravenous ascorbate as a tumor cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent. Medical

Hypotheses

44(3):207-213.

Smith, L. (1988) The Clinical Experiences of Frederick R. Klenner, M.D.:

Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C. Portland, OR: Life Sciences Press.

Stone, I. (1972) _The Healing Factor: " Vitamin C " Against Disease_

(http://vitamincfoundation.org/stone/) . New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap.

Sylvest, O. (1942) The effect of ascorbic acid on the carbohydrate

metabolism. Acta Medica Scandinavica 110:183-196.

Washko, P., D. Rotrosen, and M. Levine. (1991) Ascorbic acid in human

neutrophils. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54(6

Suppl):1221S-1227S.

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Vitamin C Regimen Developed By Personal Experiences Of Real Lyme Sufferers

 

*After 13 years of suffering with Lyme disease, a possible cure has been

stumbled upon. A cumulative effect of much research has produced the

possibility that salt and vitamin C may be all that is needed to beat this

elusive

illness. Without going into a lot of detail, our theory is that Lyme is

not just a bacterial disease, but also an infestation of microfilarial worms.

Bacteria, worms, internal mites and the possibility of other creatures have

been quite horrifying. Ticks can transfer many types of pathogens into the

body of their host. It is also possible that the tick could pick up a new

pathogen and pass it on to their next host, explaining why Lyme patients

have different types of organisms within their bodies. Shortly after starting

the treatment, we were shocked by the presence of the worms. Microfilarial

worms live symbiotically with bacteria. They protect the bacteria from

being exterminated by the antibiotics. Our theory is that the microfilarial

worm, though possibly a nematode, is a parasitic nematomorph which we name

Paragordius Lyme Incorporehumani. The Lyme bacteria is Borrelia burgdorferi,

named after Willy Burgdorfer. After experimenting with the treatment of

salt and vitamin C, we settled on a dosage of 12-one gram tablets of salt and

12-1,000 mg tablets of vitamin C, spaced throughout the day. The brand of

salt pill is CMC(Consolidated Midland Corporation), NDC#0223-1760-01,

ordered through a pharmacy (no prescription required) and the vitamin C used is

a

GNC product, though any good quality vitamin C pill should work. We have

no relationship with either company. The Treatment can be grueling; taking

it with food may aid in digestion. The results should be almost

instantaneous. The Herxheimer reaction is an excretion of toxins from dying

organisms;

this will be experienced. Diarrhea will occur as your body sheds itself of

the pathogens. The die-off will occur in cycles. Try to stick with it; it

is well worth the inconvenience. Remember to drink plenty of water. Water is

an important factor, not just in keeping yourself hydrated, but to make

sure the treatment is circulating through your entire body. Salt is an

electrolyte which your body needs to function properly. Please proceed through

the next 16 pages on our journey to a cure. You can click on any photo and

get a larger view and a little more info. The photographs are untouched and

no dyes were added. Our specimens have been saved in case the integrity of

the website is questioned. The last page will attempt to explain how this

conclusion was reached.**

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