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My doctor is recommending IV Vitamin C for immune support. It is $80 per treatment and I am supposed to do it twice a week. seems a bit pricey for just some vitamin c and water in my veins. Has anyone had this and is it worth it?
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Razzle
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Doesn't need to be given IV to support immunity. You can take high doses orally if your stomach can handle it. Sodium Ascorbate is the best form for this in my understanding, because it is less irritating to the stomach lining than the Ascorbic Acid form.
Start at a low dose (500mg) and slowly work your way up in 500mg increments until you get diarrhea. Then decrease by 500mg per day until the diarrhea stops. Stay at this dose and you will have achieved "bowel tolerance" for the Vitamin C.
Be careful with long-term use of Vitamin C in high doses...some physicians urge caution in those with compromised kidney or liver function.
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Ive done them and my Dr wants me to stop again. Its really different I think than vitamin C pills. The dose should be around 6 grams or more and its directly available in your blood stream. So its kinda a different deal I think.
Do a few weeks and see if you notice any difference, thats kinda the best way youll klnow.
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I luuuuuuv my vit c IVs. My doc charges $400 for one so $80 sounds like a steal! I've done many and done my research and I don't think it's a problem. Drink plenty of water.
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Btw, IV vit C has been in the news a lot lately. It seems our govt thinks it needs to over regulate something as simple as vit c. Docs now have to get their IV c from a compounding pharmacy. I've priced out the cost of these IVs and I doubt your doc is making much money on this at all. It seems the average price around my town is $150, so my doc is way overpriced at $400, but that still makes $80 a steal.
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Well....I haven't posted in a long time. I remember being new to this all. Anyway, thought I'd chime in with my two cents. Consider researching lyposomal vitamin C. In a nutshell, it is vitamin C that is encapsulated in lyposomes (think fat). These lyposomes make the vitamin C theoretically (roughly) 90+% bio-available. Regular Vitamin C (orally) is roughly 12% bio-available (don't quote my numbers). Anyway, you can save yourself a TON of money. If you take two grams of lyposomal vitamin C, it would be something on the order of 16 grams orally. Again, don't quote my numbers, but lyposomal Vitamin C is the way to go (in my humble opinion).
In my personal opinion, vitamin C is a great immune supporter. I'll probably write a follow up as to what I did, but might I suggest your read about un-denatured whey protein, taken on an empty stomach, also as an immune booster.
Disclaimer: Always do your research and consult a physician before treatment :-)
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I agree about the lyposomal vitamin C. The same for the lyposomal glutathione. Doctors have said that these are just as effective as IV administration.
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thanks noodlydoo = Vit-C I been useing emergen - C
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My pleasure....over a decade of learning how to heal thyself has taught me many a trick. Lyposomal is powerful stuff....not a cure all...but a powerful tool.
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