So... you jump from Vitamin C right over to Vitamin D, accuse me of telling lies about Vitamin D (even though I did not mention it), and go on to invent multitudes of people whose cancer was supposedly cured with Vitamin D without a single high-quality medical reference to back up the claim?
It is odd/funny that you would insist that I provide PubMed references to support the fact that overdosing on Vitamin C can and does cause kidney disease and failure, but then, in your next post, you link to Mercola’s site right at the beginning. Mercola is a notorious quack, who makes millions selling his supplements, and who makes numerous claims that are not backed up in the scientific literature. Or he’ll highlight the one study that, for whatever reason, produced an aberrant result and try to pass it off as the only “reliable” study on the subject, completely dismissing the consistency of the studies that show something else is going on.
Your link to a known quack snake-oil salesman saves me the trouble of having to read or refute anything further in that post. There is absolutely nothing from Mercola that is worth my time.
Apparently, you don’t like the fact that “Big Pharma” makes money (that it reinvests in development of new and better drugs), but it’s perfectly okay with you for someone to make millions selling unneeded supplements. I suppose if I were dishonest like Mercola (Burzynski, Null, Oz, and the rest of those snakes), I could make a fortune selling people things they not only do not need, but which can harm them. But, unfortunately, I’m honest, and rely too much on actual evidence of beneficial effect to try to sell anything. So, I’ll just keep plugging away at my research and hoping that someday, it will translate to new therapies.
As I said you’ve got a great gig schilling for the “ethical” read pharmaceutical industry.
Schilling for patent medicines that are exorbitantly overpriced, often addictive, have been shown to have FDA official in collusion with pharma, and most importantly are shown over time to be ineffectual and even harmful yet kept on the market by lawyers in bed with the industry.
I am sure there will never be an alternative med that will meet your ‘highest standards’
how much money can your employer make to treat the following illnesses by selling $13/lb Vitamin C????
the following peer-reviewed PubMed citations are specifically about ascorbic acid (vitamin C) treatment published just in the last 12 months - they detail that Vitamin C is CURRENTLY being used to treat:
epilepsy
methmoglobinemia
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
interlukin2 immunotherapy
Cancer
wound healing
Epstein-Barr VIRAL INFECTION
chronic INFLAMMATION
breast cancer
HEMOSTASIS IN BLEEDING ulcer
SEVERE SEPSIS
relief from cancer chemotherapy
tetanus
asthma and exercise induced bronchoconstriction
leukemia
radiation damage
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
search term “ascorbic acid treatment”
Returned 748 Pages - 20 citations per page
Sodium l-ascorbate enhances elastic fibers deposition by fibroblasts from normal and pathologic human skin.
Hinek A, Kim HJ, Wang Y, Wang A, Mitts TF.
J Dermatol Sci. 2014 Sep;75(3):173-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2014.05.011. Epub 2014 Jun 11.
PMID:
25015208
[PubMed - in process]
Prooxidant versus antioxidant brain action of ascorbic acid in well-nourished and malnourished rats as a function of dose: A cortical spreading depression and malondialdehyde analysis.
Mendes-da-Silva RF, Lopes-de-Morais AA, Bandim-da-Silva ME, Cavalcanti GD, Rodrigues AR, Andrade-da-Costa BL, Guedes RC.
Neuropharmacology. 2014 Jul 5;86C:155-160. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.06.027. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
25008558
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Vitamin C: a new auxiliary treatment of epilepsy?
Sawicka-Glazer E, Czuczwar SJ.
Pharmacol Rep. 2014 Aug;66(4):529-33. doi: 10.1016/j.pharep.2014.02.016. Epub 2014 Mar 11.
PMID:
24948051
[PubMed - in process]
Ascorbic Acid for the treatment of methemoglobinemia: the experience of a large tertiary care pediatric hospital.
Rino PB, Scolnik D, Fustiñana A, Mitelpunkt A, Glatstein M.
Am J Ther. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):240-3. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000028.
PMID:
24914501
[PubMed - in process]
Iron-rich drinking water and ascorbic acid supplementation improved hemolytic anemia in experimental Wistar rats.
Chaturvedi R, Chattopadhyay P, Banerjee S, Bhattacharjee CR, Raul P, Borah K, Singh L, Veer V.
Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2014 Jun 4:1-6. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
24896300
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Intravenous ascorbic acid as an adjuvant to interleukin-2 immunotherapy.
Wagner SC, Markosian B, Ajili N, Dolan BR, Kim AJ, Alexandrescu DT, Dasanu CA, Minev B, Koropatnick J, Marincola FM, Riordan NH.
J Transl Med. 2014 May 13;12:127. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-127.
PMID:
24884532
[PubMed - in process]
Intravenous Vitamin C and Cancer: A Systematic Review.
Fritz H, Flower G, Weeks L, Cooley K, Callachan M, McGowan J, Skidmore B, Kirchner L, Seely D.
Integr Cancer Ther. 2014 May 26;13(4):280-300. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
24867961
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
An adult case of cerebral malakoplakia successfully cured by treatment with antibiotics, bethanechol and ascorbic acid.
Fudaba H, Ooba H, Abe T, Kamida T, Wakabayashi Y, Nagatomi H, Fujiki M.
J Neurol Sci. 2014 Jul 15;342(1-2):192-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.006. Epub 2014 May 15.
PMID:
24863007
[PubMed - in process]
Vitamin C: a wound healing perspective.
Moores J.
Br J Community Nurs. 2013 Dec;Suppl:S6, S8-11. Review.
PMID:
24796079
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Effect of high dose vitamin C on Epstein-Barr viral infection.
Mikirova N, Hunninghake R.
Med Sci Monit. 2014 May 3;20:725-32. doi: 10.12659/MSM.890423.
PMID:
24793092
[PubMed - in process]
Ascorbic acid: its role in immune system and chronic inflammation diseases.
Sorice A, Guerriero E, Capone F, Colonna G, Castello G, Costantini S.
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2014 May;14(5):444-52.
PMID:
24766384
[PubMed - in process]
Acetylsalicylic acid and ascorbic acid combination improves cognition; via antioxidant effect or increased expression of NMDARs and nAChRs?
Kara Y, Doguc DK, Kulac E, Gultekin F.
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2014 May;37(3):916-27. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.02.019. Epub 2014 Mar 3.
PMID:
24699240
[PubMed - in process]
Toxic methemoglobinemia treated with ascorbic Acid: case report.
Topal H, Topal Y.
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2013 Dec;15(12):e12718. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.12718. Epub 2013 Dec 5.
PMID:
24693390
[PubMed]
Vitamin C and survival among women with breast cancer: a meta-analysis.
Harris HR, Orsini N, Wolk A.
Eur J Cancer. 2014 May;50(7):1223-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.02.013. Epub 2014 Mar 7. Review.
PMID:
24613622
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Chlorambucil and ascorbic acid-mediated anticancer activity and hematological toxicity in Dalton’s ascites lymphoma-bearing mice.
Kalita S, Verma AK, Prasad SB.
Indian J Exp Biol. 2014 Feb;52(2):112-24.
PMID:
24597143
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
[Glucose, ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide as ingredients of endoscopic hemostasis in bleeding ulcer].
Timen LIa, Machneva TV, Trubitsina IE, Chikounova BZ.
Eksp Klin Gastroenterol. 2013;(5):89-92. Review. Russian.
PMID:
24501952
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Phase I safety trial of intravenous ascorbic acid in patients with severe sepsis.
Fowler AA 3rd, Syed AA, Knowlson S, Sculthorpe R, Farthing D, DeWilde C, Farthing CA, Larus TL, Martin E, Brophy DF, Gupta S; Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit Nursing, Fisher BJ, Natarajan R.
J Transl Med. 2014 Jan 31;12:32. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-32.
PMID:
24484547
[PubMed - in process]
Relief from cancer chemotherapy side effects with pharmacologic vitamin C.
Carr AC, Vissers MC, Cook J.
N Z Med J. 2014 Jan 24;127(1388):66-70.
PMID:
24481389
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
High-dose vitamin C management in dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia.
Park SY, Lee KW, Kang TS.
Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;32(6):684.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.11.036. Epub 2013 Nov 26.
PMID:
24439259
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The effect of zinc and vitamin C supplementation on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels and immune response in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Zen Rahfiludin M, Ginandjar P.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2013 Sep;44(5):733-9.
PMID:
24437307
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The effect of intravenous vitamin C infusion on periprocedural myocardial injury for patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention.
Wang ZJ, Hu WK, Liu YY, Shi DM, Cheng WJ, Guo YH, Yang Q, Zhao YX, Zhou YJ.
Can J Cardiol. 2014 Jan;30(1):96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.08.018.
PMID:
24365194
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus.
Hemilä H, Koivula T.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Nov 13;11:CD006665. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006665.pub3. Review.
PMID:
24226506
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Hepatotoxicity of pentavalent antimonial drug: possible role of residual Sb(III) and protective effect of ascorbic acid.
Kato KC, Morais-Teixeira E, Reis PG, Silva-Barcellos NM, Salaün P, Campos PP, Dias Corrêa-Junior J, Rabello A, Demicheli C, Frézard F.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(1):481-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01499-13. Epub 2013 Nov 4.
PMID:
24189251
[PubMed - in process]
Vitamin C for asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.
Milan SJ, Hart A, Wilkinson M.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Oct 23;10:CD010391. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010391.pub2. Review.
PMID:
24154977
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Vitamin C-driven epirubicin loading into liposomes.
Lipka D, Gubernator J, Filipczak N, Barnert S, Süss R, Legut M, Kozubek A.
Int J Nanomedicine. 2013;8:3573-85. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S47745. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
PMID:
24101870
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Effect of ascorbic acid and X-irradiation on HL-60 human leukemia cells: the kinetics of reactive oxygen species.
Terashima S, Hosokawa Y, Yoshino H, Yamaguchi M, Nakamura T.
Oncol Rep. 2013 Dec;30(6):2653-8. doi: 10.3892/or.2013.2758. Epub 2013 Oct 1.
PMID:
24085115
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
A combination of pre- and post-exposure ascorbic acid rescues mice from radiation-induced lethal gastrointestinal damage.
Ito Y, Kinoshita M, Yamamoto T, Sato T, Obara T, Saitoh D, Seki S, Takahashi Y.
Int J Mol Sci. 2013 Sep 27;14(10):19618-35. doi: 10.3390/ijms141019618.
PMID:
24084715
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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