Episode 61: How to Use Intravenous Vitamin C

Intravenous Vitamin C enjoys wide use across the globe for viral and bacterial infections, cancer therapy, cardiovascular disease, and as a general tonic. Today we will discuss what we have learned from research and clinical use.

I am Jeanne Drisko, MD, a professor emeritus at the University of Kansas Medical Center. I have spent my academic career conducting translational research in intravenous vitamin C. Today we will clear up outdated misconceptions and old prejudices that have followed the use of intravenous vitamin C for cancer. When vitamin C is given in the vein it bypasses tight control of absorption at the gut and becomes a drug. While it may retain some of its vitamin-like properties, it now becomes a drug and a prooxidant. As with any drug, dosing and infusion rates are critical. The practice of intravenous vitamin C will be more understandable for practitioners and patients alike.