Posted on 02/20/2020 12:38:21 PM PST by Norski
More than 1.7 million Americans develop sepsis every year and incidence of the condition is on the rise. In severe cases, widespread inflammation leads to multiorgan failure and death. Results of a new study hold the tantalizing prospect that, for some patients with sepsis, intravenous (IV) vitamin C could increase survival and shorten intensive care unit (ICU) stays.
The findings, published in JAMA, are from the CITRIS-ALI (Vitamin C Infusion for Treatment In Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury) trial. Cleveland Clinic was one of seven enrollment sites across the country chosen for the study because of the diversity of its patients and the number of cases of sepsis it sees.
Conducted from September 2014 to November 2017, CITRIS-ALI was the first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial to assess vitamin C and its potential impact on sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
“We hypothesized that IV administration of vitamin C would lead to a decrease in inflammation, and hence, improved outcomes,” said co-author Abhijit Duggal, MD, MPH, MSC, Director of Critical Care Research. “But the organ dysfunction scores and inflammatory markers in patients who received vitamin C was not much different from that in the placebo group. However, there were significant differences in the hard outcomes of mortality and length of stay.”
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“Patients in the control arm were much more likely to die within the first three to five days in the ICU than were the patients on vitamin C. The mortality benefit associated with vitamin C seemed to continue for the duration of the ICU course,” says Dr. Duggal.
Vitamin C is an anti-oxident. Good for many things health wise. You cant take in too much. No downside to taking it.
Yes...wonder what it would do for corona virus??? I take 10,000 a day at least...
Dr. Mercola has been saying this for a while on his website - a protocol of IV Vit C, thiamine and hydrocortisone for sepsis.
unless taken orally then it can lead to a serious need for bathroom facilities.
You actually can take too much, such that a counter-inflammatory response is created.
Everything needs to be balanced; here there is severe inflammation, so high dose is indicated.
In normal life, about 500mg/day is probably right, although some say up to 1000/mg divided into two doses is good.
Yes...wonder what it would do for corona virus??? I take 10,000 a day at least...
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Quite a bit, I suppose. It is the reason I have posted the information.
Prevention Through Public Education and Natural Product Utilization (Excerpt)
People with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), SARS, and cytokine storms, do best when treated with a variety of antioxidants. Nathens et al showed that critically ill patients treated with vitamin C and E antioxidants suffered fewer multi-organ failures than others treated without these vitamins.
According to Heyland et al, antioxidants, particularly selenium, lowered death rates among critical care patients. DeFlora et al., showed that nutritional supplementation with N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC), a precursor of the antioxidant glutathione, significantly reduced flu patients’symptoms.
Lock and other medical doctors published that acetaminophen or paracetamol (Tylenol, Panadol) depletes glutathione in the body, while ibuprofen (motrin) does not. . . “
Source Article: Protect Yourself From Death By “Cytokine Storm”
https://www.preventdisease.com/news/09/111609_protect_yourself_cytokine_storm.shtml
Vitamin C comes from China too!
Japan did a study that showed high dose vitamin D helps to prevents the flu.
What doesnt?
Actually I have some Liposomal Vit C that IS made in USA
Anecdotal reports of this successful treatment have been floating around for a few(?) years
Well, it sure doesn’t take long to prove up the control group in a study does it.
Well..I do take 8-10,000iu vit D in winter, too...with vit K
Yes, 2017, more articles 2018. Not at the top of the money-making articles online. . .
Liposomal Vit C
Thank you.
I’ve taken 10,000 D last 2 winters and didn’t catch any of the bugs that went around the office.
Not if they are at death’s door, I suppose.
Hydrocortisone, Vitamin C, and Thiamine for the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
A Retrospective Before-After Study
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(16)62564-3/fulltext
Dr. Mercola. Yes. Thank you for reminding me.
I have not kept up on these items for the last year or two, and so was not aware that the sepsis protocol was now being used and discussed.
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/12/16/vitamin-c-health-effects.aspx
It is helpful to see a link to remain current.
“In normal life, about 500mg/day is probably right, although some say up to 1000/mg divided into two doses is good.”
Linus Pauling, et al, would disagree.
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