Intravenous vitimin C Cure for COVID19

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I don't think we'll be hearing much about this so I'll start a thread here so the information doesn't get lost. Big Pharma (jews) can't patent this cure and make money with it so we're not likely to hear much of anything about it.



https://worldhealth.net/news/official-statement-china-recommended-treatment-covid-19/




Official Statement From China For Recommended Treatment of COVID-19

The announced official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high doses of intravenous vitamin C come as welcomed news as the virus continues to spread. The dosage recommendation will vary with the severity of illness ranging from 50-200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 16,000 mg/kg/day. The doses are ranging from approximately 4,000 to 16,000 mgs for an adult which is administered by an IV. Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD who is President of the Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy states that this specific method of administration is very important because vitamin C’s effects are at least 10 times more powerful when taken by IV rather than orally, and that “Intravenous vitamin C is a safe, effective, and broad-spectrum antiviral.”


Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD (https://www.drwlc.com/blog/2010/07/29/about-dr-richard-cheng/) is the associate director for the clinical trials. We are proud to say that Dr. Cheng is a Fellow and board certified anti-aging physician by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) as well as being a Fellow and board certified A4M Integrative Cancer Therapy. Dr. Cheng has been working closely with medical and government authorities through China and has been instrumental in facilitating at least 3 of the clinical IV vitamin C studies in China. Despite most of his work being sensored and blocked by most media Dr. Cheng has been trying to bring this information to the public and will continue his efforts to encourage more hospitals to implement IV vitamin C therapy along with high doses of oral vitamin C as well. Additionally, both Dr. Cheng and Dr. Yanagisawa recommend oral vitamin C for prevention of COVID-19.


Comments from Dr. Cheng in February reads:


“Vitamin C is very promising for prevention, and especially important to treat dying patients when there is no better treatment. Over 2,000 people have died of the COIV-19 outbreak and yet I have not seen or heard large dose intravenous vitamin C being used in any of the cases. The current sole focus on vaccine and specific antiviral drugs for epidemics is misplaced.”


“Early and sufficiently large doses of intravenous vitamin C are critical. Vitamin C is not only a prototypical antioxidant, but also involved in virus killing and prevention of viral replication. The significance of large dose intravenous vitamin C is not just at antiviral level. It is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that kills most people from coronaviral pandemics (SARS, MERS and now NCP). ARDS is a common final pathway leading to death.
The official statement from Xi’an Jiaotong University Second Hospital reads:


“On the afternoon of February 20, 2020, another 4 patients with severe new coronaviral pneumonia recovered from the C10 West Ward of Tongji Hospital. In the past 8 patients have been discharged from hospital. . . [H]igh-dose vitamin C achieved good results in clinical applications. We believe that for patients with severe neonatal pneumonia and critically ill patients, vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission. . .[E]arly application of large doses of vitamin C can have a strong antioxidant effect, reduce inflammatory responses, and improve endothelial function. . . Numerous studies have shown that the dose of vitamin C has a lot to do with the effect of treatment. . . [H]gh-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels, but more importantly, can prevent and treat acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress (ARDS).”
The protocol from the Chinese government can be read here (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11-chi.shtml), they are not blocking this news.


Then why are we not hearing more about this on the news when you can find it published online in many places, it does make one wonder. But this can be corrected at any time by people sharing the news, we have included various links that will take you to the information including the clinical trials.
To be blunt not sharing or withholding information from the public of potential treatments should be seen as negligence. Vitamin C is not new, it is available, and has been proven and used as an antiviral since the 1930s(1). Vitamin C has been injected at high doses since the 1940s(2), and has been used for influenza, SARS, and viral pneumonia in the decades since then(3).


“At my hospital in Daegu, South Korea, all inpatients and all staff members have been using vitamin C orally since last week. Some people this week had a mild fever, headaches and coughs, and those who had symptoms got 30,000 mg intravenous vitamin C. Some people got better after about two days, and most had symptoms go away after one injection.” (Hyoungjoo Shin, M.D.)


“We need to broadcast a message worldwide very quickly: Vitamin C (small or large dose) does no harm to people and is the one of the few, if not the only, agent that has a chance to prevent us from getting, and can treat, COVID-19 infection. When can we, medical doctors and scientists, put patients’ lives first?” (Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, International Vitamin C China Epidemic Medical Support Team Leader).


“We therefore call for a worldwide discussion and debate on this topic,” says Dr. Cheng.

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Dr. Richard Cheng video on intravenous vitimin C March 18 2020





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54D62zap67c

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An interview here on using Chloroquine to cure Covid19.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Oy4AJP8nAPg&feature=emb_lo go

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Shanghai Government Officially Recommends Vitamin C for COVID-19

by Andrew W. Saul

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Mar 3, 2020
(OMNS Mar 3, 2020) The government of Shanghai, China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C. (1) Dosage recommendations vary with severity of illness, from 50 to 200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 200 mg/kg/day.


These dosages are approximately 4,000 to 16,000 mg for an adult, administered by IV. This specific method of administration is important, says intravenous therapy expert Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, because vitamin C's effect is at least ten times more powerful by IV than if taken orally. Dr. Yanagisawa is president of the Tokyo-based Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy. He says, "Intravenous vitamin C is a safe, effective, and broad-spectrum antiviral."


Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, a Chinese-American specialist physician, has been working closely with medical and governmental authorities throughout China. He has been instrumental in facilitating at least three Chinese clinical IV vitamin C studies now underway. Dr. Cheng is presently in Shanghai continuing his efforts to encourage still more Chinese hospitals to implement vitamin C therapy incorporating high oral doses as well as C by IV.
Dr. Cheng and Dr. Yanagisawa both recommend oral vitamin C for prevention of COVID-19 infection.


An official statement from Xi'an Jiaotong University Second Hospital (2) reads:
"On the afternoon of February 20, 2020, another 4 patients with severe new coronaviral pneumonia recovered from the C10 West Ward of Tongji Hospital. In the past 8 patients have been discharged from hospital. . . [H]igh-dose vitamin C achieved good results in clinical applications. We believe that for patients with severe neonatal pneumonia and critically ill patients, vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission. . .[E]arly application of large doses of vitamin C can have a strong antioxidant effect, reduce inflammatory responses, and improve endothelial function. . . Numerous studies have shown that the dose of vitamin C has a lot to do with the effect of treatment. . . [H]gh-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels, but more importantly, can prevent and treat acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress (ARDS)."


For more information, below is a list of previous reporting by OMNS on COVID-19 and vitamin C:


Mar 1, 2020
News Media Attacks Vitamin C Treatment of COVID-19 Coronavirus (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6444)


Feb 28, 2020
Vitamin C and COVID-19 Coronavirus (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6417)


Feb 23, 2020
TONS OF VITAMIN C TO WUHAN: China Using Vitamin C against COVID (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6418)


Feb 21, 2020
Three Intravenous Vitamin C Research Studies Approved for Treating COVID-19 (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6419)


Feb 16, 2020
Early Large Dose Intravenous Vitamin C is the Treatment of Choice for 2019-nCov Pneumonia (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6420)


Feb 13, 2020
Coronavirus Patients in China to be Treated with High-Dose Vitamin C (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6421)


Feb 10, 2020
VITAMIN C AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF nCoV CORONAVIRUS: How Vitamin C Reduces Severity and Deaths from Serious Viral Respiratory Diseases (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6422)


Feb 2, 2020
Hospital-based Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment for Coronavirus and Related Illnesses (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6423)


Jan 30, 2020
Nutritional Treatment of Coronavirus (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6424)


Jan 26, 2020
Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6425)




References

1. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bF2YhJKiOfe1yimBc4XwOA (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6445)
2. http://2yuan.xjtu.edu.cn/Html/News/Articles/21774.html (https://orthomolecular.acemlna.com/lt.php?notrack=1&i=142A146A1A6446)
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The COVID19 pandemic may be and I think probably is fake but it looks to me like vitamin C and chloroquine may be a possible cure for the common flu, colds and COVID19 so that's why I'm posting these things here.

These things could work against the jews that have control of banking, governments and media around the world and I'm sure they are and will continue to suppress information about them.



Thomas Levy, MD, JD. Dr. Levy is a board-certified cardiologist and a bar-certified attorney. After practicing adult cardiology for 15 years, he began to research the enormous toxicity associated with much dental work, as well as the pronounced ability of properly-administered vitamin C to neutralize this toxicity.

This is from a post by Owen Fonorow on the vitamin C foundation forum from Dr. Levy that is interesting.



https://vitamincfoundation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14741&p=56486&hilit=intravenous+C#p56486




Dr. Levy on the Coronavirus



Dr. Levy wrote:Owen, you might want to disseminate this regarding treating the coronavirus:

If the virus is actually as contagious as is being currently asserted, modern air travel and the purported time of incubation and asymptomatic status (about 2 weeks) means it can spread anywhere on the planet. As with nearly all other contagious viruses, spread is most commonly due to airborne virus in microdroplets from sneezing, coughing, and the exhalation of infected individuals. Similarly, when the virus gets on the hands in a sufficient amount, touching the nose, eyes, and mouth can initiate the process of transmission as well.

The measures that most readily inhibit transmission include regular hand washing or sanitizing, containment of the microdroplets with high virus concentration (protective masks), and avoidance of areas with multiple infected individuals. And even when these measures do not completely block the transmission of virus, they massively decrease the amount of viral exposure, and a strong immune system will often do the rest.

A strong immune system is really the only significant protection an individual has, unless, of course, an individual can completely eliminate the possibility of virus exposure, which is virtually impossible.

A great deal of immune system strength, possibly most of it, comes from the vitamin C content in the immune cells. When the levels of vitamin C in the body are low, the immune system can never function at full capacity. There are many measures that can strengthen and support the immune system, but regular supplementation of vitamin C with multi-gram doses (2,000 mg daily or more) is probably the single most important preventive measure. Much larger doses can be given if it is determined that the virus has already been contracted. If IV vitamin C is available, this is optimal. But always take as much as can be afforded and tolerated, in both liposome-encapsulated form and sodium ascorbate powder and by intravenous administration.

Follow the magnesium chloride regimen discussed above, but take the recommended doses four times daily during a time of active infection.

The virus grows rapidly in the mucosa of the naso- and oropharynx. It is this quickly-growing "reservoir" of virus that continues to feed the viral presence throughout the body and sustain the infected state. Nebulization with 3% hydrogen peroxide quickly destroys all or most of this source of virus, and the body, with the help of vitamin C and magnesium, can then "mop up" the rest of the virus and rapidly accelerate clinical resolution. This is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT intervention to rapidly eradicate any systemic viral infection. Also, if available, ozone treatments of the blood can further accelerate the clinical resolution of infections such as the coronavirus.

The magnesium chloride regimen note in #5 is this:

Magnesium chloride can significantly augment the anti-toxin and pro-immune effect of vitamin C. Mix 25 grams in a quart of water. Depending on body size, give 1 TBSP to 1/2 cup (15 to 125 ml) of this solution at least once and preferably twice daily in the days leading up to vaccination. As with vitamin C, the solution is salty (and a little bitter) and to be palatable is best diluted further in juice.

All of this is in my new article: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n05.shtml

Vaccinations, Vitamin C, Politics, and the Law

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This is the full article that the above post was taken from.


http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n05.shtml


Vaccinations, Vitamin C, Politics, and the Law

This article may be reprinted free of charge provided 1) that there is clear attribution to the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, and 2) that both the OMNS free subscription link and also the OMNS archive link are included.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Jan 29, 2020
Commentary by Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD

(OMNS January 29, 2020) The ability of properly-dosed vitamin C before and after a vaccination to block any potential short- and long-term toxic side effects while enhancing the antibody-forming aim of the injection was covered in an earlier OMNS article. [1] The points made in that article, along with their validation in the scientific literature, remain pertinent 8 years later. As emphasized in that article, the purpose of this article is not to praise or condemn the administration of vaccinations. Most who know me know my stance on this issue, coming from what I consider to be a purely scientific perspective. But that is not the purpose of this article.


Even the most ardent of vaccine supporters should be able to admit that vaccinations, however infrequently, sometimes result in an undesired outcome on the health status of the recipient. The "argument" then shifts as to whether the chance of such an outcome is so rare as to be reasonably and permissibly ignored. The pro-vaccine community maintains that population-wide vaccinations confer a high degree of protection against even more morbidity and mortality that would otherwise be inflicted by the diseases or conditions for which the vaccines are being given. However, here I emphasize the need for mitigation of the side effects of vaccination.


To fully appreciate the toxic origins of all disease, it is very important to understand the critical roles played by vitamin C and other major antioxidants in counteracting and minimizing the impact of new toxin exposures and old toxin damage. All toxins, whether originating from an infection, food or water intake, or environmental source, or even as an unintended consequence of a vaccination, inflict their damage on the body by directly or indirectly causing the oxidation of critical biomolecules in the body. When biomolecules are oxidized (depleted of electrons), they lose some or all of their natural chemical roles throughout the body and inside the cells. Essentially, oxidation inactivates the natural physiological role of a biomolecule.


Biomolecules include proteins, sugars, fats, enzymes, nucleic acid, or structural molecules. Depending on the chemical nature of a given toxin, it will oxidize a unique array of biomolecules, varying in location, concentration, and degree. These are the primary factors that determine the resulting clinical medical condition. And the presence of sufficient antioxidants can either prevent this oxidation from taking place by directly donating electrons to the electron-seeking toxins, or it can repair the toxin-oxidized biomolecules by contributing electrons back to them (reduction). However, it essential to realize that the oxidized state of the biomolecules is the disease, or toxicity. There is no additional ill-defined "disease" that is impacting the cells and tissues with the increased numbers of oxidized biomolecules. Once enough biomolecules are restored to the reduced state, "disease" no longer exists. [2]


With this concept of the etiology of all diseases in mind, it can then be appreciated that any potential toxic side effect of a vaccination (or any other toxin exposure) can literally always be blocked or rapidly repaired by counterbalancing it with sufficient levels of antioxidants (primarily vitamin C). When this is combined with the established concept that vitamin C is essential for a fully competent immune system capable of producing an optimal antibody response to an antigen presented by a vaccination, it is only logical that optimizing the vitamin C status of a baby, child, or adult (as with influenza vaccinations) should always be an essential clinical goal.


Numerous articles in the mainstream medical literature clearly indicate that the infectious diseases for which vaccinations are given are effectively prevented by vitamin C. [1-3] Furthermore, when vitamin C levels are low in the body, infectious diseases are effectively eradicated by vitamin C-centered protocols (that can include other anti-pathogen interventions). [1-5]


The pharmaceutical industry makes billions of dollars on selling vaccinations and continuing to develop new vaccines for different conditions in an ongoing basis. However, in the current environment of politics, big business, and the law, such billion-dollar businesses will arguably never lose. They also will never be minimized and their profits will never be substantially decreased. Such businesses have many congressmen and senators owing them for campaign contributions, along with many judges as well. Furthermore, most of those politicians and members of the judicial system actually believe that opposing vaccinations is tantamount to opposing the most significant intervention available supporting optimal public health. Many of us understand how much this enrages those who are convinced that vaccinations are doing a great deal of harm.
With all of these issues in mind, the overriding concern is how to protect as many babies, children, and adults from any possibility of a negative vaccine side effect. Even if, say, 10 years from now the scientific community finds that some vaccines are doing more harm than good and largely eliminates them, how many more lives (and families) will have been devastated in the meantime? Whether autism ever results from vaccination is actually not the primary issue. The issue is how to protect the infants that will be vaccinated today. All old and new evidence of any vaccination-induced toxicity should continue to be revisited and given its due publicity. But protection needs to take place now.


Also, while it will likely displease most of the anti-vaccination community, a successful vitamin C-centered vaccine-protection protocol will make the vaccine manufacturers look like the good guys. Very few individuals will sustain side effects, and the vaccine companies will ultimately be given credit for making "better and safer" vaccines, and they will ultimately make more money rather than less. However, and this cannot be overemphasized, the vaccine damage will drop, and even largely disappear. The immediate protection of everyone's health has to be the top priority.


My personal recommendations for an effective program of toxin protection with optimization of a vaccine antibody response are as follows:
Start the supplementation at least 7 days before a planned vaccination (the longer, the better since everyone at any age should regularly supplement vitamin C). This regimen should be followed as well on the day of vaccination and continued for at least one week following the vaccination. However, it will be best to continue the recommended vitamin C dosing for life. [1-5]


For infants and very young children, 1,000 mg of liposome-encapsulated vitamin C. This can readily be mixed in a flavored yogurt or other favorite baby food. This higher dose is possible relative to the sodium ascorbate powder below since liposomes only rarely cause the loose bowel effect seen with higher doses of vitamin C. Liposomes also allow a much better intracellular uptake of vitamin C to occur.
When liposome-encapsulated vitamin C is not available, proceed with sodium ascorbate powder (this can also be done in addition to the liposome form for even better protection). Infants under 10 pounds can be given 500 mg daily in a favorite juice (just a salty taste). For infants between 10 and 20 pounds, this can be increased to as much as 1,000 mg daily, in divided doses. Very roughly, the daily amount of non-liposome-encapsulated vitamin C can be increased by 1,000 mg per year of life.


Magnesium chloride can significantly augment the anti-toxin and pro-immune effect of vitamin C. [6,7] Mix 25 grams in a quart of water. Depending on body size, give 1 TBSP to 1/2 cup (15 to 125 ml) of this solution at least once and preferably twice daily in the days leading up to vaccination. As with vitamin C, the solution is salty (and a little bitter) and to be palatable is best diluted further in juice.


Vitamin D3 and zinc supplementation can also afford additional benefits. Again, depending on body size, 1,000 to 25,000 units of D3 can be given daily. These doses should not be continued in small children beyond a week after the vaccination. However, D3 is a valuable supplement, and it is of value for everyone. Long-term dosing requires validation that the regularly administered dose is raising the blood level to the range of 50 to 100 ng/ml. 10 to 50 mg of zinc (as zinc gluconate or other well-absorbed form) daily can be given by pill or drops for the week before and the week after vaccination. Long-term supplementation with zinc (and D3) should be done in concert with the advice of your integrative physician.


Finally, if a vaccination simply can't wait, taking the recommended doses of vitamin C, magnesium chloride, vitamin D3, and zinc the same day or just following the vaccination, and continuing for several weeks can also offer enormous protection. The above regimen simply aims to help optimize the protection being provided.


An addendum regarding a practical treatment approach to coronavirus, currently at epidemic levels in China:



If the virus is actually as contagious as is being currently asserted, modern air travel and the purported time of incubation and asymptomatic status (about 2 weeks) means it can spread anywhere on the planet. As with nearly all other contagious viruses, spread is most commonly due to airborne virus in microdroplets from sneezing, coughing, and the exhalation of infected individuals. Similarly, when the virus gets on the hands in a sufficient amount, touching the nose, eyes, and mouth can initiate the process of transmission as well.





The measures that most readily inhibit transmission include regular hand washing or sanitizing, containment of the microdroplets with high virus concentration (protective masks), and avoidance of areas with multiple infected individuals. And even when these measures do not completely block the transmission of virus, they massively decrease the amount of viral exposure, and a strong immune system will often do the rest.





A strong immune system is really the only significant protection an individual has, unless, of course, an individual can completely eliminate the possibility of virus exposure, which is virtually impossible.





A great deal of immune system strength, possibly most of it, comes from the vitamin C content in the immune cells. When the levels of vitamin C in the body are low, the immune system can never function at full capacity. There are many measures that can strengthen and support the immune system, but regular supplementation of vitamin C with multi-gram doses (2,000 mg daily or more) is probably the single most important preventive measure. Much larger doses can be given if it is determined that the virus has already been contracted. If IV vitamin C is available, this is optimal. But always take as much as can be afforded and tolerated, in both liposome-encapsulated form and sodium ascorbate powder and by intravenous administration.





Follow the magnesium chloride regimen discussed above, but take the recommended doses four times daily during a time of active infection.





The virus grows rapidly in the mucosa of the naso- and oropharynx. It is this quickly-growing "reservoir" of virus that continues to feed the viral presence throughout the body and sustain the infected state. Nebulization with 3% hydrogen peroxide quickly destroys all or most of this source of virus, and the body, with the help of vitamin C and magnesium, can then "mop up" the rest of the virus and rapidly accelerate clinical resolution. This is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT intervention to rapidly eradicate any systemic viral infection. Also, if available, ozone treatments of the blood can further accelerate the clinical resolution of infections such as the coronavirus.

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Note:
By way of disclosure, I am a paid consultant to LivOn Labs. I am only comfortable recommending their liposome-encapsulated products, including vitamin C. Although "liposome" products are available from a variety of other vendors, many contain no liposomes at all. Also, contrary to popular belief, there are no liposomes in many homemade versions of "liposome" vitamin C. (See my article https://www.peakenergy.com/articles/nh20140411/Exposing-the-truth-about-liposomal-nutrients)
References:

1. Levy TE (2012) Vitamin C prevents vaccination side effects; increases effectiveness. OMNS 8:7.http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v08n07.shtml
2. Levy TE (2011) Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins. 3rd Edition, Medfox Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-0977952021.
3. Levy TE (2011) Primal Panacea. Medfox Publishing; 2nd Printing edition, ISBN-13: 978-0983772804.
4. Carr AC, Maggini S. (2017) Vitamin C and Immune Function. Nutrients. 9. pii: E1211. doi: 10.3390/nu9111211. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29099763.
5. Spoelstra-de Man AME, Elbers PWG, Oudemans-Van Straaten HM. (2018) Vitamin C: should we supplement? Curr Opin Crit Care. 24:248-255. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29864039 .
6. Dean C (2017) The Magnesium Miracle, Second Edition, Ballantine Books; ISBN-13: 978-0399594441.
7. Levy TE (2019) Magnesium: Reversing Disease. Medfox Publishing. ISBN-13 978-0998312408.
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From the orthomolecular news site.


http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml




News Releases





Volume 16 (2020)


Release #
Date
Subject


Vol. 16, No. 20
March 22, 2020
Published Research and Articles on Vitamin C as a Consideration for Pneumonia, Lung Infections, and the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n20.shtml)


Vol. 16, No. 19
March 21, 2020
High-dose Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment for COVID-19 (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n19.shtml)


Vol. 16, No. 18
March 18, 2020
Successful High-Dose Vitamin C Treatment of Patients with Serious and Critical COVID-19 Infection (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n18.shtml)







Vol. 16, No. 17
March 5, 2020
Vitamin C Saves Wuhan Family from COVID-19 (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n17.shtml)




Vol. 16, No. 16
March 3, 2020
Shanghai Government Officially Recommends Vitamin C for COVID-19 (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n16.shtml)

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I wouldn't say "cure". Vit C helping is probably showing a nutrient deficiency.

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I wouldn't say "cure". Vit C helping is probably showing a nutrient deficiency.



cure

/kyo͝or/


verb



[*=center]
relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
"he was cured of the disease"

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Bill Still again and he says we'll have enough chloroquine to cure everyone of COVID-19 by Easter.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=323&v=N_BB9YEyofM&feature=emb_ logo

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https://icmr.nic.in/sites/default/files/upload_documents/HCQ_Recommendation_22March_final_MM_V2.pdf




Recommendation for empiric use of hydroxy-chloroquine for prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Background:



Hydroxy-chloroquine is found to be effective against coronavirus in laboratory studies and in-vivo studies. Its use in prophylaxis is derived from available evidence of benefit as treatment and supported by pre-clinical data. The following recommendation for the use of hydroxy-chloroquine as a prophylactic agent against SARS-CoV-2 infection is based on these considerations, as well as risk-benefit consideration, under exceptional circumstances that call for the protection of high-risk individuals.



The National Taskforce for COVID-19 recommends the use of hydroxy-chloroquine for prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection for selected individuals as follows:



Eligible individuals:





 Asymptomatic healthcare workers involved in the care of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19



 Asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory confirmed cases Dose:



 Asymptomatic healthcare workers involved in the care of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19: 400 mg twice a day on Day 1, followed by 400 mg once weekly for next 7 weeks; to be taken with meals



 Asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory confirmed cases: 400 mg twice a day on Day 1, followed by 400 mg once weekly for next 3 weeks; to be taken with meals



Exclusion/contraindications:




 The drug is not recommended for prophylaxis in children under 15 years of age.



 The drug is contraindicated in persons with known case of retinopathy, known hypersensitivity to
hydroxychloroquine, 4-aminoquinoline compounds Key considerations:






 The drug has to be given only on the prescription of a registered medical practitioner.



 Advised to consult with a physician for any adverse event or potential drug interaction before
initiation of medication



 The prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine to be coupled with the pharmacovigilance for
adverse drug reactions through self-reporting using the Pharmacovigilance Program of India
(PvPI) helpline/app.



 If anyone becomes symptomatic while on prophylaxis he/she should immediately contact the
health facility, get tested as per national guidelines and follow the standard treatment protocol.



 All asymptomatic contacts of laboratory confirmed cases should remain in home quarantine as
per the national guidelines, even if they are on prophylactic therapy.



 Simultaneously, proof of concept and pharmacokinetics studies be taken up expeditiously. Findings from these studies and other new evidence will guide any change in the
recommendation.



Note - It is reiterated that the intake of above medicine should not in still sense of false secuirity. The hydroxy-chloroquine may not be replaced by any other compound.

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ny doctor says hundreds cured giving this for 4 or 5 days

200mg 2x daily Hydroxy Chloroquine
500mg 1x daily Azithromycin
220mg 1x daily Zinc sulfate

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Interview with two doctors on Hydroxychloroquine.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=207&v=hPPkhmPOwi0&feature=emb_ logo

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https://conservativepapers.com/news/2020/03/24/covid-19-the-story-of-rio-giardinieri-that-the-media-does-not-want-you-to-know-about/#.Xnq9US2ZMWo



Rio Giardinieri, 52, told Los Angeles’ Fox 11 (https://www.foxla.com/news/a-man-with-coronavirus-who-works-in-la-says-the-drug-used-to-treat-malaria-saved-his-life) that he struggled with horrendous back pain, headaches, cough and fatigue for five days after catching COVID-19, possibly at a conference in New York.



Doctors at the Memorial Regional Hospital in South Florida diagnosed him with the coronavirus and pneumonia and put him on oxygen in the ICU, he told the outlet.



After more than a week, doctors told him there was nothing more they could do and, on Friday evening, Giardinieri said goodbye to his wife and three children.



“I was at the point where I was barely able to speak and breathing was very challenging,” Giardinieri said. “I really thought my end was there.”



Then a friend sent him a recent article about hydroxychloroquine, a prescription drug that’s been used to treat malaria (https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/these-are-the-drugs-being-tested-in-fight-against-coronavirus/) for decades and auto-immune diseases like lupus.



Overseas studies have found it to be promising as a treatment for COVID-19, though it hasn’t been approved by health officials (https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/trump-fauci-differ-on-possible-game-changer-coronavirus-drug/).



Giardinieri said he contacted an infectious disease doctor about the drug.
“He gave me all the reasons why I would probably not want to try it because there are no trials, there’s no testing, it was not something that was approved,” said Giardinieri.



“And I said, ‘Look, I don’t know if I’m going to make it until the morning,’ because at that point I really thought I was coming to the end because I couldn’t breathe anymore,” Giardinieri continued.
“He agreed and authorized the use of it and 30 minutes later the nurse gave it to me.”



After about an hour after taking the pills, Giardinieri said, it felt like his heart was beating out of his chest and, about two hours later, he had another episode where he couldn’t breathe.



He says he was given Benadryl and some other drugs and that when he woke up around 4:45 a.m., it was “like nothing ever happened.”



He’s since had no fever or pain and can breathe again. Giardinieri said doctors believe the episodes he experienced were not a reaction to the medicine but his body fighting off the virus.



Giardinieri, the vice president of a company that manufactures cooking equipment for high-end restaurants in Los Angeles, said he had three doses of the medicine Saturday and is hoping to be discharged from the hospital in five days.



“To me, there was no doubt in mind that I wouldn’t make it until morning,” said Giardinieri. “So to me, the drug saved my life.”



Related:
FDA to fast-track testing of hydroxychloroquine (https://conservativepapers.com/news/2020/03/24/this-is-how-we-could-beat-this-virus-by-april-a-massive-medical-study-started-today/#.Xnq0t-pKg7Y)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Mar 1, 2020
News Media Attacks Vitamin C Treatment of COVID-19 Coronavirus

Yet Ascorbate is a Proven, Powerful Antiviral

by Andrew W. Saul, Editor-in-Chief

(OMNS Mar 1, 2020) First of all, the naysayers are too late. Vitamin C is already being used to prevent and treat COVID-19 in China and in Korea. And it is working.


Here is a verified official statement from China's Xi'an Jiaotong University Second Hospital:



"On the afternoon of February 20, 2020, another 4 patients with severe coronavirus pneumonia recovered from the C10 West Ward of Tongji Hospital. In the past 8 patients have been discharged from hospital. . . [H]igh-dose vitamin C achieved good results in clinical applications. We believe that for patients with severe neonatal pneumonia, and for critically ill patients, vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission. Numerous studies have shown that the dose of vitamin C has a lot to do with the effect of treatment. High-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels, but more importantly, can prevent and treat acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress (ARDS)."


Here is a report from Korea:


"At my hospital in Daegu, South Korea, all inpatients and all staff members have been using vitamin C orally since last week. Some people this week had a mild fever, headaches and coughs, and those who had symptoms got 30,000 mg intravenous vitamin C. Some people got better after about two days, and most had symptoms go away after one injection." (Hyoungjoo Shin, M.D.)


There are at least three high-dose intravenous vitamin C studies underway in China. Literally by the truckload, tons of vitamin C has been sent into Wuhan.


Here is a report from a physician in China:


"We need to broadcast a message worldwide very quickly: Vitamin C (small or large dose) does no harm to people and is the one of the few, if not the only, agent that has a chance to prevent us from getting, and can treat, COVID-19 infection. When can we, medical doctors and scientists, put patients' lives first?" (Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, International Vitamin C China Epidemic Medical Support Team Leader)


News media attacks on vitamin C are centered on false allegations of dangers with megadoses. This tactic lets the media ignore the truth that even LOW doses of vitamin C reduce symptoms and death rates. Do not let the media spin this issue. Advocates of vitamin C are medical doctors, not spin doctors. They are experienced, credentialed clinicians who have read the science, a small sample of which follows:


Even small supplemental amounts of vitamin C can keep severely ill patients from dying.
[Hunt C et al. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1994;64:212-19.]


Infants with viral pneumonia treated with vitamin C had reduced mortality.
[Ren Shiguang et al. Hebei Medicine 1978,4:1-3]


17,000 mg/day vitamin C given intravenously shortened intensive care unit stay by 44%.
[Hemilä H, Chalker E. Nutrients. 2019 Mar 27;11:4.]


200 mg of vitamin C reduced duration of severe pneumonia in children. Oxygen saturation was improved in less than one day.
[Khan IM et al. J Rawalpindi Med Coll (JRMC); 2014;18(1):55-57]


The Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, and its editorial board of nearly four dozen physicians, academics and health professionals (listed below) feel it is necessary to report on what the advertiser-supported, corporate-controlled commercial media refuses to acknowledge: even small amounts of vitamin C dramatically decrease severity of symptoms, and increase survival rates, among severely ill viral patients. Large doses work better. Intravenous large doses work better still.


OMNS has been relentlessly reporting on this for weeks:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 23, 2020
TONS OF VITAMIN C TO WUHAN
China Using Vitamin C Against COVID

by Andrew W. Saul, Editor-in-Chief
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service


(OMNS February 23, 2020) We can all agree that 50 tons of vitamin C pretty much qualifies as a megadose. We can also likely agree that trucking 50 tons of vitamin C, straight into Wuhan, full in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, qualifies as news.


The news media are not reporting this, or any other, significantly positive megavitamin news.


http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n13.png

Loving the photo, but needing authentication, I consulted my physician correspondent in China, Richard Cheng, MD. He confirmed it, saying: "This was reported in the Chinese media about 2 weeks ago." Another translator has also independently verified the accuracy of the translation.


DSM, by the way, simply stands for Dutch State Mines, the Netherlands-based parent of DSM Jiangshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The Chinese division has been recognized as a "China Enterprise with Outstanding Contribution to Social Responsibility." https://www.dsm.com/countrysites/locations/jiangshan/en_us/home.html There is another DSM factory in Scotland, which also manufactures vitamin C.


We are so used to being lied to that the truth is like a diamond in a five-and-dime store: you can't believe it is real because it is mixed in with the fakes. News of nutrition-centered treatment of COVID-19 has been branded "fake news" and "false information." I say that what is "false" and "fake" is the deliberate omission of any news of health-saving, life-saving measures already underway to help the people of China and the rest of our planet. .



Here is more verified but still unreported news of high-dose intravenous vitamin C against COVID-19 in China:


Summary


1) Three repeatedly confirmed vitamin C for COVID-19 research studies are going on in China now. http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n12.shtml


2) Confirmation has also been obtained that 50 tons (yes, tons) of vitamin C has been donated by a major C manufacturer and trucked to Wuhan.


3) The concerned public is receiving only "be-scared-until-we-vaccinate-you" news.


4) Sharing information on COVID-19 vitamin therapy research has now been systematically blocked by Facebook and other social media giants.


5) The news media are not reporting on any of this. Therefore, I ask that you take it upon yourselves to do so and share all this with everyone you can.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 21, 2020


Three Intravenous Vitamin C Research Studies Approved for Treating COVID-19


by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS February 21, 2020) Intravenous vitamin C is already being employed in China against COVID-19 coronavirus. I am receiving regular updates because I am part of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board to the International Intravenous Vitamin C China Epidemic Medical Support Team. Its director is Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD; associate director is Hong Zhang, PhD. Among other team members are Qi Chen, PhD (Associate Professor, Kansas University Medical School); Jeanne Drisko, MD (Professor, University of Kansas Medical School); Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD; and Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD. (Professor, Kyorin University, Tokyo). To read the treatment protocol information in English: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml(Protocol in Chinese at http://www.doctoryourself.com/Coronavirus_Chinese_IV_C_Protocol.pdf


Direct report from China


OMNS Chinese edition editor Dr. Richard Cheng is reporting from China about the first approved study of 12,000 to 24,000 mg/day of vitamin C by IV. The doctor also specifically calls for immediate use of vitamin C for prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0SO9KDG7U


A second clinical trial of intravenous vitamin C was announced in China on Feb. 13th. In this second study, says Dr. Cheng, "They plan to give 6,000 mg/day and 12,000 mg/day per day for moderate and severe cases. We are also communicating with other hospitals about starting more intravenous vitamin C clinical studies. We would like to see oral vitamin C included in these studies, as the oral forms can be applied to more patients and at home." Additional information at http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml


And on Feb 21, 2020, announcement has been made of a third research trial now approved for intravenous vitamin C for COVID-19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDX0RSDp1k&feature=youtu.be


Dr. Cheng, who is a US board-certified specialist in anti-aging medicine, adds: "Vitamin C is very promising for prevention, and especially important to treat dying patients when there is no better treatment. Over 2,000 people have died of the COIV-19 outbreak and yet I have not seen or heard large dose intravenous vitamin C being used in any of the cases. The current sole focus on vaccine and specific antiviral drugs for epidemics is misplaced."


He adds that: "Early and sufficiently large doses of intravenous vitamin C are critical. Vitamin C is not only a prototypical antioxidant, but also involved in virus killing and prevention of viral replication. The significance of large dose intravenous vitamin C is not just at antiviral level. It is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that kills most people from coronaviral pandemics (SARS, MERS and now NCP). ARDS is a common final pathway leading to death.


"We therefore call for a worldwide discussion and debate on this topic."


News of vitamin C research for COVID-19 is being actively suppressed


Anyone saying that vitamin therapy can stop coronavirus is already being labeled as "promoting false information" and promulgating "fake news." Even the sharing of verifiable news, and direct quotes from credentialed medical professionals, is being restricted or blocked on social media. You can see sequential examples of this phenomenon at my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/themegavitaminman .


Indeed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has, literally, met with Google and Facebook and other media giants to stop the spread of what they declare to be wrong information. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/02/14/facebook-google-amazon-met-with-who-to-talk-coronavirus-misinformation.html?__twitter_impression=true


Physician-directed, hospital-based administration of intravenous vitamin C has been marginalized or discredited. Scientific debate over COVID-19 appears to not be allowed.


Ironically, Facebook, blocking any significant users' sharing of the news of approved vitamin therapy research, is itself blocked in China by the Chinese government. As for the internet, yes, China has it. And yes, it is censored. But, significantly, the Chinese government has not blocked this real news on how intravenous vitamin C will save lives in the COVID-19 epidemic. Here is the protocol as published in Chinese: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11-chi.shtml


Medical orthodoxy obsessively focuses on searching for a vaccine and/or drug for coronavirus COVID-19). While they are looking for what would be fabulously profitable approaches, we have with vitamin C an existing, plausible, clinically demonstrated method to treat what coronavirus patients die from: severe acute respiratory syndrome, or pneumonia.


And it is available right now.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 16, 2020
Early Large Dose Intravenous Vitamin C is the Treatment of Choice for 2019-nCov Pneumonia


Richard Z Cheng, MD, PhD; Hanping Shi, MD, PhD; Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD; Thomas Levy, MD, JD; Andrew Saul, PhD.


(OMNS February 16, 2020) The 2019-nCov (coronavirus) epidemic originated in Wuhan, China and is now spreading to many other continents and countries, causing a public fear. Worst of all, there is no vaccine or specific antiviral drugs for 2019-nCov available. This adds to the public fear and gloomy outlook. A quick, rapidly deployable and accessible, effective and also safe treatment is urgently needed to not only save those patients, to curtail the spread of the epidemic, but also very important in the psychological assurance to people worldwide, and to the Chinese in particular. Acute organ failure, especially pulmonary failure (acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS) is the key mechanism for 2019-nCov's fatality. Significantly increased oxidative stress due to the rapid release of free radicals and cytokines etc. is the hallmark of ARDS which leads to cellular injury, organ failure and death. Early use of large dose antioxidants, especially vitamin C (VC), therefore, plays a key role in the management of these patients. We call upon all those in the leadership, and those providing direct assistance patients, to bravely and rapidly apply large dose intravenous vitamin C (IVC) to help those patients and to stop this epidemic.


2019-nCov is a rapidly developing epidemic with a high morbidity and mortality.


Wang et al reports 26% ICU admission rate and a 4.3% mortality rate in their 138 confirmed cases [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref1). Chen et all report that out of 99 confirmed 2019-nCov patients, 17 (17%) patients developed ARDS and, among them, 11 (11%) patients worsened in a short period of time and died of multiple organ failure.


Increased oxidative stress, an underlying "cytokine storm," leads to ARDS which is the key pathology of high mortality of these pandemic viral infections. Cytokine storm-induced ARDS is the key pathology leading to death of these patients [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref2). Intravenous vitamin C effectively counters oxidative stress.
Cytokine storm


Coronaviruses and influenza are among the pandemic viruses that can cause lethal lung injuries and death from ARDS [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref3). Viral infections cause a "cytokine storm" that can activate lung capillary endothelial cells leading to neutrophil infiltration and increased oxidative stress (reactive oxygen and nitrogen species) that further damages lung barrier function [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref3). ARDS, which is characterized by severe hypoxemia, is usually accompanied by uncontrolled inflammation, oxidative injury, and the damage to the alveolar-capillary barrier [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref4). The increased oxidative stress is a major insult in pulmonary injury such as acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), two clinical manifestations of acute respiratory failure with substantially high morbidity and mortality [5,6] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref5).


In a report of 29 patients confirmed of 2019-nCov pneumonia patients, 27 (93%) showed increased hsCRP, a marker of inflammation (and oxidative stress) [7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref7). Transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a major regulator of antioxidant response element- (ARE-) driven cytoprotective protein expression. The activation of Nrf2 signaling plays an essential role in preventing cells and tissues from injury induced by oxidative stress. Vitamin C is an essential element of the antioxidant system in cellular response [8] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref8).


Part of vitamin C's biological effects in critical care management are well reviewed in a recent article by Nabzdyk and Bittner from Mass Gen Hospital of Harvard Medical School on World's Journal of Critical Care Medicine [9] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref9):




Antioxidant, radical oxygen scavenger protecting cells from oxidative Steroid- and catecholamine synthesis, cofactor in catecholamine, vasopressin and steroid synthesis, improves hemodynamics, may accelerate resolution of shock


Immune cell function. Increases neutrophil phagocytosis and chemotaxis, affects macrophage migration, enhances T and NK cell proliferation, modulates their function, may increase antibody formation.


Endothelial cell function. Decreases endothelium ICAM expression and leukocyte adhesion, improves endothelial barrier function, improves microcirculation


Carnitine production, modulates fatty acid metabolism, may improve microcirculation and cardiac function


Wound healing, cofactor of collagen synthesis, mitogen for fibroblasts




Antioxidants, especially large dose IV vitamin C (IVC) in the management of ARDS.


It's clear that increased oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of ARDS and death. Cytokine storm is observed in both viral and bacterial infections [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref3). Cytokine storm leads to increased oxidative stress, ARDS and death seems to be a common and non-specific pathway. This is important in clinical management. Since the prevention and management targeting increased oxidative stress with large dose of antioxidants seems a logical step and can be applied to these deadly pandemics, without the lengthy waiting for pathogen-specific vaccines and drugs, as is the case of the current 2019-nCov epidemic.


As a matter of fact, large dose intravenous vitamin C (IVC) has been used clinically successfully in viral ARDS and also in influenza [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref10). Fowler et al described a 26-year-old woman developed viral ARDS (rhinovirus and enterovirus-D68) [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref3). She was admitted to ICU. After failure to routine standard management, she was placed on ECMO on day 3. High dose IVC (200mg/kg body/24 hour, divided in 4 doses, one every 6 hours) was also started on ECMO day 1. Her lungs showed significant improvement on day 2 of high dose IVC infusion on X-ray imaging. She continued to improve on ECMO and IVC and ECMO was discontinued on ECMO day 7 and the patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital on hospital day 12, without the need of supplemental oxygen. One month later, X-ray of her lungs showed complete recovery. Gonzalez et al (including one of the authors, Thomas Levy) reported recently a severe case of influenza successfully treated with high dose IVC [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref10). 25-year-old MG developed flu-like symptoms which was rapidly deteriorating to the degree that, about 2 weeks later, the patient barely had the energy to use the toilet. He was placed on high dose IVC (50,000 mg of vitamin C in 1000 ml Ringer's solution, infused over 90 minutes). The patient immediately reported significant improvement the next day. On day 4 of IVC infusion he reported to feel normal. He continued oral VC (2,000 mg twice daily) [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref10). Another story has been widely circulating on the social media that large dose IVC reportedly was used in 2009 to save a New Zealand farmer, Alan Smith (Primal Panacea). One of us (Thomas Levy) was consulted upon in this case [11] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref11) [12] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref12). Hemila et al reported that vitamin C shortens ICU stay in their 2019 meta-analysis of 18 clinical studies with a total of 2004 ICU patients on the journal Nutrients [13] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref13). In this report, 17,000 mg/day IVC shortened the ICU stay by 44%. Marik et al reported their use of IVC in 47 sepsis ICU cases. They found a significant reduction in mortality rate in the IVC group of patients [14] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref14).


Dietary antioxidants (vitamin C and sulforaphane) were shown to reduce oxidative-stress-induced acute inflammatory lung injury in patients receiving mechanical ventilation [15] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref15). Other antioxidants (curcumin) have also been shown to have promising anti-inflammatory potential in pneumonia [16] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref16).


High dose IVC has been clinically used for several decades and a recent NIH expert panel document states clearly that high dose IVC (1.5 g/kd body weight) is safe and without major side effects [17] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n11.shtml#Ref17).


Summary


2019-nCov pneumonia is a rapidly developing disease with high morbidity and mortality rate. The key pathogenesis is the acute lung injury causing ARDS and death. Coronaviruses, influenza viruses and many other pandemic viral infections are usually associated with an increase oxidative stress leasing to oxidative cellular damage resulting in multi-organ failure. Antioxidants administration therefore has a central role in the management of these conditions, in addition to the standard conventional supportive therapies. Preliminary clinical studies and case reports show that early administration of high dose IVC can improve clinical conditions of patients in ICU, ARDS and flu. It needs to be pointed that pandemics like 2019-nCov will happen in the future. Specific vaccines and antiviral drugs R&D take long time to develop and are not available for the current nCov epidemic and won't be ready when the next pandemic strikes. IVC and other antioxidants are universal agents for ARDS that can be rapidly applied clinically. Given that high dose IVC is safe, can be effective, we call on the involved leadership and healthcare professionals to look into high dose IVC without further delay. More clinical studies of the IVC and oral VC (such as liposomal-encapsulated VC) are needed to develop standard protocols for the current use and future uses are urgently needed. We hope when the next pandemic strikes, we won't be so helpless and we'll be ready.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 13, 2020
Coronavirus Patients in China to be Treated with High-Dose Vitamin C


by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS February 13, 2020) Breaking news: China is conducting a clinical trial of 24,000 mg/day of intravenous vitamin C to treat patients with coronavirus and severe respiratory complications. Participants will receive IV vitamin C for 7 days straight at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. Honor and thanks are due to Zhiyong Peng, MD, for making this happen. He is chief physician and professor at the hospital, which is close to ground zero for coronavirus. This important study was filed and announced yesterday and details may be confirmed at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04264533


At Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, China, 24,000 mg of vitamin C will be administered to coronavirus patients, intravenously, each day for 7 days.

To fight a dangerous virus for which there is no existing medical treatment, you must rely on your own immune system. It is well established, in every nutrition textbook ever written, that you need vitamin C to make your immune system work well, or to even work at all. Inadequate vitamin C intake is a worldwide problem that can be immediately and economically fixed. With even modest amounts of supplemental vitamin C, deaths will decrease. In one study, a mere 200 mg of vitamin C/day resulted in an 80% decrease in deaths among severely ill, hospitalized respiratory disease patients. [Hunt C et al. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1994;64:212-19.] http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml


Another recent study used this same low 200 mg dose for infants and children under five years of age, with severe pneumonia. The authors concluded that "Vitamin C is effective in reducing duration of severe pneumonia in children less than five years of age. Oxygen saturation was improved in less than one day." [Khan IM et al. J Rawalpindi Med Coll (JRMC); 2014;18(1):55-57 http://www.journalrmc.com/volumes/1405749894.pdf ]


A lack of vitamin C has been long known, literally for decades, to increase susceptibility to viruses. http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml It is one thing to be sick from a virus and another thing entirely to die from a viral-instigated disease. The greatest danger with coronavirus is escalation to pneumonia. For this, much higher doses of vitamin C are indicated, preferably by IV.


How to administer high-dose intravenous vitamin C in hospital, Chinese language edition, is now posted for free access at http://www.doctoryourself.com/Coronavirus_Chinese_IV_C_Protocol.pdfThis information is now being publicized all over Asia. Just because it is not on the American news channels doesn't mean it's not happening. It is. This is real news. The fake news is the media's neglect in not reporting it. And here is the protocol in English, to make reporting all the easier: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml


(OMNS Editor-in-Chief Andrew W. Saul is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board to the International Intravenous Vitamin C China Epidemic Medical Support Team. Its director is Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD; associate director is Hong Zhang, PhD. Other team members that American readers will recognize include Jeanne Drisko, MD (Professor, University of Kansas Medical School); Thomas Levy, MD, JD; and Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD. (Professor, Kyorin University, Tokyo).


Intravenous Vitamin C Protocol in English: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml)

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 10, 2020
VITAMIN C AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF nCoV CORONAVIRUS


How Vitamin C Reduces Severity and Deaths from Serious Viral Respiratory Diseases


by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS February 10, 2020) Most deaths from coronavirus are caused by pneumonia. Vitamin C has been known, for over 80 years, to greatly benefit pneumonia patients.


In 1936 Gander and Niederberger found that vitamin C lowered fever and reduced pain in pneumonia patients. [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref1)


Also in 1936, Hochwald independently reported similar results. He gave 500 mg of vitamin C every ninety minutes. [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref2)


McCormick gave 1000 mg vitamin C intravenously, followed by 500 mg orally every hour. He repeated the injection at least once. On the fourth day, his patient felt so well that he voluntarily resumed work, with no adverse effects. [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref3)


In 1944 Slotkin and Fletcher reported on the prophylactic and therapeutic value of vitamin C in bronchopneumonia, lung abscess, and purulent bronchitis. "Vitamin C has greatly alleviated this condition and promptly restored normal pulmonary function." [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref4)


Slotkin further reported that "Vitamin C has been used routinely by the general surgeons in the Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, as a prophylactic against pneumonia, with complete disappearance of this complication." [5] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref5)


According to the US Centers for Disease Control, there are about 80,000 dead from annual influenzas, escalating to pneumonia, in the USA. Coronavirus is a very serious contagious disease. But contagion to a virus largely depends on the susceptibility of the host. It is well established that low vitamin C levels increase susceptibility to viruses. [6] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref6)


Vitamin C lowers mortality


It is one thing to be sick from a virus and another thing entirely to die from a viral-instigated disease. It must be emphasized that a mere 200 mg of vitamin C/day resulted in an 80% decrease in deaths among severely ill, hospitalized respiratory disease patients. [7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref7)


A single, cheap, big-box discount store vitamin C tablet will provide more than twice the amount used in the study above.


And yes, with vitamin C, more is better.


Frederick R. Klenner and Robert F. Cathcart successfully treated influenza and pneumonia with very high doses of vitamin C. Klenner published on his results beginning in the 1940s; [8] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref8)Cathcart beginning in the 1970s. [9] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref9) They used both oral and intravenous administration.



"Vitamin C is effective in reducing duration of severe pneumonia in children less than five years of age. Oxygen saturation was improved in less than one day." [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref10)

A recent placebo controlled study concluded that "vitamin C should be included in treatment protocol of children with pneumonia so that mortality and morbidity can be reduced." In this study, the majority of the children were infants under one year of age. By body weight, the modest 200 mg dose given, to tiny babies, would actually be the equivalent of 2,000-3,000 mg/day for an adult. [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n09.shtml#Ref10)


Although many will rightly maintain that the dose should be high, even a low supplemental amount of vitamin C saves lives. This is very important for those with low incomes and few treatment options.


We're talking about twenty cents' worth of vitamin C a day to save lives now.

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 2, 2020


Hospital-based Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment
for Coronavirus and Related Illnesses


by Andrew W. Saul and Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD


(OMNS February 2, 2020) No matter which hospital a coronavirus patient may seek help from, the question is, Will they be able to leave walking out the front door, or end up being wheeled out the basement backdoor? Prompt administration of intravenous vitamin C, in high doses, can make the difference.


Abundant clinical evidence confirms vitamin C's effectiveness when used in sufficient quantity. [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref1)


Physicians have demonstrated the powerful antiviral action of vitamin C for decades. [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref2)


Specific instructions for intravenous vitamin C


The Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy (JCIT) recommends intravenous vitamin C (IVC) 12.5/25g (12,500 - 25,000 mg) for acute viral infections (influenza, herpes zoster, common cold, rubella, mumps, etc.) and virus mimetic infections (idiopathic sudden hearing loss, Bell's palsy). In adults, IVC 12.5g is given for early stage illness with mild symptoms, and IVC 25g for moderate to severe symptoms. IVC is usually administered once or twice a day for 2-5 continuous days, along with or without general treatments for viral infections.





IVC 12.5g cocktail


Sterile water
125 mL


50% Vitamin C
25 mL (12. 5g)


0.5M Magnesium sulfate
10 mL


Add Vitamin B complex




Drip for 30-40 min






IVC 25g cocktail


Sterile water
250 mL


50% Vitamin C
50 mL (25g)


0.5M Magnesium sulfate
20 mL


Add Vitamin B complex




Drip for 40-60 min






Patients with acute viral infections show a depletion of vitamin C and increasing free radicals and cellular dysfunction. Such patients should be treated with vitamin C, oral or IV, for neutralizing free radicals throughout the body and inside cells, maintaining physiological functions, and enhancing natural healing. If patients progress to sepsis, vitamin C should be added intravenously as soon as possible along with conventional therapy for sepsis.


Toronto Star, 30 May 2003: "Fred Hui, MD believes that administering vitamin C intravenously is a treatment worth trying. And he'd like to see people admitted to hospital for the pneumonia-like virus treated with the vitamin intravenously while also receiving the usual drugs for SARS. 'I appeal to hospitals to try this for people who already have SARS,' says Hui. Members of the public would also do well to build up their levels of vitamin C, he says, adding that there is nothing to lose in trying it. 'This is one of the most harmless substances there is,' Hui states. 'There used to be concern about kidney stones, but that was theoretical. It was never borne out in an actual case.' Hui says he has found intravenous vitamin C effective in his medical practice with patients who have viral illnesses." [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref3)

Additional administration details are readily obtained from a free download of the complete Riordan Clinic Intravenous Vitamin C Protocol. [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref4) Although initially prepared for cancer patients, the protocol has found widespread application for many other diseases, particularly viral illnesses.


"Research and experience has shown that a therapeutic goal of reaching a peak-plasma concentration of ~20 mM (350- 400 mg/dL) is most efficacious. (No increased toxicity for posoxidant IVC plasma vitamin C levels up to 780 mg/dL has been observed.) . . . [T]he administering physician begins with a series of three consecutive IVC infusions at the 15, 25, and 50 gram dosages followed by post IVC plasma vitamin C levels in order to determine the oxidative burden for that patient so that subsequent IVCs can be optimally dosed."


Pages 16-18 of the Riordan protocol present IVC administration instructions.


http://www.doctoryourself.com/RiordanIVC.pdf or https://riordanclinic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/RiordanIVCprotocol_en.pdf


There are four pages of supporting references.


"Given the rapid rate of success of intravenous vitamin C in viral diseases, I strongly believe it would be my first recommendation in the management of corona virus infections."

(Victor A. Marcial-Vega, MD)
Puerto Rico

"It is of great importance for all doctors to be informed about intravenous vitamin C. When a patient is already in hospital severely ill, this would be the best solution to help save her or his life."

(Karin Munsterhjelm, MD)
Finland
Winning the hospital game


When faced with hospitalization, the most powerful person in the most entire hospital system is the patient. However, in most cases, the system works on the assumption that the patient will not claim that power. If on your way in you signed the hospital's legal consent form, you can unsign it. You can revoke your permission. Just because somebody has permission to do one thing doesn't mean that they have the permission to do everything. There's no such thing as a situation that you cannot reverse. You can change your mind about your own personal healthcare. It concerns your very life. The rights of the patient override the rules of any institution.


If the patient doesn't know that, or if they're not conscious, or if they just don't have the moxie to do it, the next most powerful person is the spouse. The spouse has enormous influence and can do almost as much as the patient. If the patient is incapacitated, the spouse can, and must, do all the more. If there is no spouse present, the next most powerful people in the system are the children of the patient.


When you go to the hospital, bring along a big red pen, and cross out anything that you don't like in the hospital's permission form. And before you sign it, add anything you want. Write out "I want intravenous vitamin C, 25 grams per day, until I state otherwise." And should they say, "We're not going to admit you," you reply, "Please put it in writing that you refuse to admit me." What do you think their lawyers are going to do with that? They have to admit you. It's a game, and you can win it. But you can't win it if you don't know the rules. And basically, they don't tell you the rules.


This is deadly serious. Medical mistakes are now the third leading cause of death in the US.Yes, medical errors kill over 400,000 Americans every year. That's 1,100 each day, every day. [5] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref5)


There are mistakes of commission and mistakes of omission. Failure to provide intravenous vitamin C is, literally, a grave omission. Do not allow yourself or your loved ones to be deprived of a simple, easy to prepare and administer IV of vitamin C.


"If a family member of mine died due to coronavirus infection, after a doctor refused to use intravenous vitamin C, I would challenge his or her treatment in a court of law. I would win." (Kenneth Walker, MD, surgeon)
It can be done


Vitamin IVs can be arranged in virtually any hospital, anywhere in the world. Attorney and cardiologist Thomas E. Levy's very relevant presentation is free access. [6,7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref6)http://www.doctoryourself.com/VC.NZ.Sept.2010.pdf and http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v06n26.shtml.


Both the letter and the intent of new USA legislation now make this easier for you.


"The new federal Right to Try Act provides patients suffering from life-threatening diseases or conditions the right to use investigational drugs... It amends the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt investigational drugs provided to patients who have exhausted approved treatment options and are unable to participate in a clinical trial involving the drug. Advocates of right to try laws have sought to accelerate access to new drugs for terminally ill patients who are running out of options. Arguably, the law does not represent a radical change in this and several other states, however, because in 2016, California had already joined the majority of other states in adopting a law enabling physicians to help terminally ill patients pursue investigational therapies, without fear of Medical Board or state civil or criminal liability. . . The new Right to Try law should give physicians, as well as drug manufacturers, some added comfort about FDA enforcement in these cases." [8] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n07.shtml#Ref8)


Therefore, in regards to intravenous vitamin C, do not accept stories that "the hospital can't" or "the doctor can't" or that "the state won't allow it." If you hear any of this malarkey, please send the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service the text of the policy or the law that says so. In the meantime, take the reins and get vitamin C in the veins.

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Jan 30, 2020


Nutritional Treatment of Coronavirus



by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS January 30, 2020) Abundant clinical evidence confirms vitamin C's powerful antiviral effect when used in sufficient quantity. Treating influenza with very large amounts of vitamin C is not a new idea at all. Frederick R. Klenner, MD, and Robert F. Cathcart, MD, successfully used this approach for decades. Frequent oral dosing with vitamin C sufficient to reach a daily bowel tolerance limit will work for most persons. Intravenous vitamin C is indicated for the most serious cases.


Bowel tolerance levels of vitamin C, taken as divided doses all throughout the day, are a clinically proven antiviral without equal. Vitamin C can be used alone or right along with medicines if one so chooses.


"Some physicians would stand by and see their patients die rather than use ascorbic acid. Vitamin C should be given to the patient while the doctors ponder the diagnosis." (Frederick R. Klenner, MD, chest specialist)

Dr. Robert Cathcart advocated treating influenza with up to 150,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily, often intravenously. You and I can, to some extent, simulate a 24 hour IV of vitamin C by taking it by mouth very, very often. When I had pneumonia, it took 2,000 mg of vitamin C every six minutes, by the clock, to get me to saturation. My oral daily dose was over 100,000 mg. Fever, cough and other symptoms were reduced in hours; complete recovery took just a few days. That is performance at least as good as any pharmaceutical will give, and the vitamin is both safer and cheaper. Many physicians consider high doses of vitamin C to be so powerful an antiviral that it may be ranked as a functional immunization for a variety influenza strains. [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref1)


Dr. Cathcart writes:


"The sicker a person was, the more ascorbic acid they would tolerate orally without it causing diarrhea. In a person with an otherwise normal GI tract when they were well, would tolerate 5 to 15 grams of ascorbic acid orally in divided doses without diarrhea. With a mild cold 30 to 60 grams; with a bad cold, 100 grams; with a flu, 150 grams; and with mononucleosis, viral pneumonia, etc. 200 grams or more of ascorbic acid would be tolerated orally without diarrhea. The process of finding what dose will cause diarrhea and will eliminate the acute symptoms, I call titrating to bowel tolerance.


"The ascorbate effect is a threshold effect. Symptoms are usually neutralized when a dose of about 90% or more of bowel tolerance is reached with oral ascorbic acid. Intravenous sodium ascorbate is about 2½ times more powerful than ascorbic acid by mouth and since for all practical purposes huge doses of sodium ascorbate are non-toxic, whatever dose necessary to eliminate free radical driven symptoms should be given."


The coronavirus, in acute infections, may be expected to be just as susceptible to vitamin C as all of the other viruses against which it has been proven to be extremely effective. There has never been a documented situation in which sufficiently high dosing with vitamin C has been unable to neutralize or kill any virus against which it has been tested.


Even the common cold is a coronavirus. A "new" opportunistic virus is a not a big surprise. History is full of them.


Flu Pandemic of 1919-1920


About 10 million soldiers were killed in World War I (1914-1918), charging machine guns and getting mowed down month after month. There were nearly a million casualties at the Somme and another million at Verdun. A terrible slaughter went on for four years. Yet, in just the two years following the war, over 20 million people died from influenza. That is more than twice as many deaths from the flu in one-half the time it took the machine guns.


With a century's worth of accumulated scientific hindsight, we must today ask this: Was a lack of vaccinations really the cause of those flu deaths, or was it really wartime stress, and especially war-induced malnutrition, that set the stage in 1918? And now, once again, we have an alarming and rather similar scenario: between nutrient-poor processed convenience foods, McNothing meals and TV news scare stories, we have the basic ingredients for an epidemic.


Influenza is a serious disease, and historically, has been the Reaper's scythe. There is no way to make light of that. It warrants a closer look at how the medical profession and government have approached different types of influenza.


Swine Flu


In the mid-1970s, there was the colossal Swine Flu panic. Here is what the government of the United States said about the infamous Swine Flu vaccine, in a 1976 mass-distributed FDA Consumer Memo on the subject:


"Some minor side effects - tenderness in the arm, low fever, tiredness - will occur in less than 4% of (vaccinated) adults. Serious reactions from flu vaccines are very rare."


Many will remember the very numerous and very serious side effects of Swine Flu vaccine that forced the federal immunization program to a halt. So much for blanket claims of safety.


As far as being essential, in the same memo the FDA said this of the same vaccine:


"Question: What can be done to prevent an epidemic? Answer: The only preventive action we can take is to develop a vaccine to immunize the public against the virus. This will prevent the virus from spreading."


This was seen to be totally false. The public immunization program for Swine Flu was abruptly halted and still there was no epidemic. If vaccination were the only defense, one might expect that tens of millions of Americans would have been struck down with the Swine Flu, for a large percentage of the population of the U.S. was not vaccinated.


"Vaccines are being used as an ideological weapon. What you see every year as the flu is caused by 200 or 300 different agents with a vaccine against two of them. That is simply nonsense." (Tom Jefferson, MD, epidemiologist) [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref2)

Bird Flu


Robert F. Cathcart, MD, writes: "Treatment of the Bird Flu with massive doses of ascorbate would be the same as any other flu except that the severity of the disease indicates that it may take unusually massive doses of ascorbic acid orally or even intravenous sodium ascorbate. (Why the dose needed is somewhat proportional to the severity of the disease being treated is discussed in my paper published in 1981, Titrating to Bowel Tolerance, Anascorbemia, and Acute Induced Scurvy.) I have not seen any flu yet that was not cured or markedly ameliorated by massive doses of vitamin C but it is possible that the bird flu may require even higher doses such as 150 to 300 grams a day. Additionally, this flu could be primarily respiratory. This means that hospitalization might be necessary. If massive doses of ascorbate are not used, they may not be adequate. Most hospitals will not allow adequate doses of ascorbate to be given.


"Initial oral doses of ascorbic acid should also be massive. I would suggest like 12 grams every 15 minutes until diarrhea is produced. Then, however, doses should be reduced but not much. Listen to your body. If there are many symptoms, keep taking doses that cause a little diarrhea. You do not want constant runs because it is the amount you absorb that is important, not the amount you put in your mouth." [1,3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref1)


BBC - 9 April 2006: "The chances of bird flu virus mutating into a form that spreads between humans are 'very low,' the government's chief scientific adviser has said. Sir David King said any suggestion a global flu pandemic in humans was inevitable was 'totally misleading.'" [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref4)

SARS


The coronavirus outbreak in China seems to be due to a virus similar to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which was also a coronavirus. You may remember SARS from 2002. I most certainly do, as I was in Toronto, Canada at the time, smack in the middle of it. I took a lot of vitamin C preventively and had zero symptoms. [5] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref5)


"The common cold is a coronavirus, and SARS is a coronavirus, so they are the same viral type." (David Jenkins, MD, Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science, University of Toronto)

Waiting for a vaccine?


"We have set up a situation where a fear is created, and then we try to create the treatment for this fear. The public gets the idea that the flu is going to kill them and the vaccine will save them. Neither is true." (Marc Siegel, MD, author of False Alarm: The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear) [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref2)

Robert F. Cathcart: "All this talk about a vaccine is too late; a waste of time now, especially when we know how to cure the disease already. Every flu I have seen so far (since 1970) has been cured or ameliorated by massive doses of ascorbate. All of these diseases kill by way of free radicals. These free radicals are easily eliminated by massive doses of ascorbate. This is a matter of chemistry, not medicine. The time has come to stop hiding our ability to treat these acute infectious diseases with massive doses of ascorbate.


"Ideally, however, in serious cases this disease should be treated first with at least 180 grams or more of sodium ascorbate intravenously every 24 hours running constantly until the fever is broken and most of the symptoms are ameliorated. If after a few hours that rate of administration does not have an obvious ameliorating effect, the rate should be increased." [6] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref6)


What dosage?


Vitamin C fights all types of viruses. Although the dose should truly be high, even a low supplemental amount of vitamin C saves lives. This is very important for those with low incomes and few treatment options. For example, in one well-controlled, randomized study, just 200 mg/day vitamin C given to the elderly resulted in improvement in respiratory symptoms in the most severely ill, hospitalized patients. And there were 80% fewer deaths in the vitamin C group.[7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref7)


But to best build up our immune systems, we need to employ large, orthomolecular doses of several vital nutrients. The physicians on the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service review board specifically recommend at least 3,000 milligrams (or more) of vitamin C daily, in divided doses. Vitamin C empowers the immune system and can directly denature many viruses. It can be taken as ascorbic acid (which is sour like vinegar), either in capsules or as crystals dissolved in water or juice. It can also be taken as sodium ascorbate, which is non-acidic. To be most effective, it should be taken to bowel tolerance. This means taking high doses several (or many) times each day. See the references below for more information.


Nebulized hydrogen peroxide


Thomas E. Levy, MD: "Viral syndromes start or are strongly supported by ongoing viral replication in the naso- and oropharynx. When appropriate agents are nebulized (into a fine spray) and this viral presence is quickly eliminated, the rest of the body "mops up" quite nicely the rest of the viral presence. The worst viral infections are continually fed and sustained by the viral growth in the pharynx. Probably the best and most accessible agent to nebulize would be 3% hydrogen peroxide for 15 to 30 minutes several times daily." [10] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref10)


An example of successful treatment by ascorbate:


"Chikungunya is a viral illness characterized by severe joint pains, which may persist for months to years. There is no effective treatment for this disease. We treated 56 patients with moderate to severe persistent pains with a single infusion of ascorbic acid ranging from 25-50 grams and hydrogen peroxide (3 cc of a 3% solution) from July to October 2014. Patients were asked about their pain using the Verbal Numerical Rating Scale-11 immediately before and after treatment. The mean Pain Score before and after treatment was 8 and 2 respectively (60%) (p < 0.001); and 5 patients (9%) had a Pain Score of 0. The use of intravenous ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide resulted in a statistically significant reduction of pain in patients with moderate to severe pain from the Chikungunya virus immediately after treatment." [11] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref11)


Available evidence indicates that supplementation with multiple micronutrients with immune-supporting roles may modulate immune function and reduce the risk of infection. Micronutrients with the strongest evidence for immune support are vitamins C and D and zinc. [8,9] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref8)

Additional recommended nutrients


Magnesium: 400 mg daily (in citrate, malate, chelate, or chloride form). Many people are deficient in magnesium, because modern agriculture often does not supply adequate magnesium in the soil, and food processing removes magnesium. It is an extremely important nutrient that is essential for hundreds of biochemical pathways. A blood test for magnesium cannot correctly diagnose a deficiency. A long-term deficiency of magnesium can build up in the body that may take 6 months to a year of higher than normal doses to replete.


A very cheap and highly beneficial adjunct for any acute infection, especially viral, is oral magnesium chloride. Amazingly, just as intravenous vitamin C has been shown to cure polio, an oral magnesium chloride regimen has been shown to do the same thing, as or even more effectively than the vitamin C. [12-14] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref12)


Mix 25 grams MgCl2 in a quart of water. Depending on body size (tiny infant to an adult), give 15 to 125 ml of this solution four times daily. If the taste is too salty/bitter, a favorite juice can be added.


Vitamin D3: 2,000 International Units daily. (Start with 5,000 IU/day for two weeks, then reduce to 2,000). Vitamin D is stored in the body for long periods but takes a long time to reach an effective level. If you are deficient (e.g. if you haven't taken vitamin D and it's near the end of winter when the sun is low in the sky) you can start by taking larger than normal doses for 2 weeks to build up the level quickly. The maintenance dose varies with body weight, 400-1000 IU/day for children and 2000-5000 IU/day for adults.


William Grant, PhD, says: "Coronaviruses cause pneumonia as does influenza. A study of the case-fatality rate from the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States showed that most deaths were due to pneumonia. The SARS-coronavirus and the current China coronavirus were both most common in winter, when vitamin D status is lowest." [15-19] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref15)


"I have found the value of bolstering immune function with Vitamin D to be incredibly powerful." (Dr. Jeffrey Allyn Ruterbusch)

Zinc


Zinc is a powerful antioxidant and is essential for many biochemical pathways. It has been shown to be effective in helping the body fight infections. [20,21] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref20) A recommended dose is 20-40 mg/day for adults.


Selenium: 100 mcg (micrograms) daily. Selenium is an essential nutrient and an important antioxidant that can help to fight infections. Dr. Damien Downing says: "Swine flu, bird flu and SARS (another coronavirus) all developed in selenium-deficient areas of China; Ebola and HIV in Selenium-deficient areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. This is because the same oxidative stress that causes us inflammation forces viruses to mutate rapidly in order to survive. 'When Se-deficient virus-infected hosts were supplemented with dietary Se, viral mutation rates diminished and immunocompetence improved.'" [22] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n06.shtml#Ref22)


B-complex vitamins and vitamin A: A multivitamin tablet with each meal will supply these conveniently and economically.


Nutritional supplements are not just a good idea. For fighting viruses, they are absolutely essential.

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Jan 26, 2020


Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus



by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS January 26, 2020) The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C. Physicians have demonstrated the powerful antiviral action of vitamin C for decades. There has been a lack of media coverage of this effective and successful approach against viruses in general, and coronavirus in particular.


It is very important to maximize the body's anti-oxidative capacity and natural immunity to prevent and minimize symptoms when a virus attacks the human body. The host environment is crucial. Preventing is obviously easier than treating severe illness. But treat serious illness seriously. Do not hesitate to seek medical attention. It is not an either-or choice. Vitamin C can be used right along with medicines when they are indicated.


"I have not seen any flu yet that was not cured or markedly ameliorated by massive doses of vitamin C."

(Robert F. Cathcart, MD)

The physicians of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service and the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine urge a nutrient-based method to prevent or minimize symptoms for future viral infection. The following inexpensive supplemental levels are recommended for adults; for children reduce these in proportion to body weight:


Vitamin C: 3,000 milligrams (or more) daily, in divided doses.


Vitamin D3: 2,000 International Units daily. (Start with 5,000 IU/day for two weeks, then reduce to 2,000)


Magnesium: 400 mg daily (in citrate, malate, chelate, or chloride form)

Zinc: 20 mg daily


Selenium: 100 mcg (micrograms) daily


Vitamin C [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref1), Vitamin D [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref2), magnesium [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref3), zinc [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref4), and selenium [5] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref5) have been shown to strengthen the immune system against viruses.


The basis for using high doses of vitamin C to prevent and combat virus-caused illness may be traced back to vitamin C's early success against polio, first reported in the late 1940s.[6] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref6) Many people are unaware, even surprised, to learn this. Further clinical evidence built up over the decades, leading to an anti-virus protocol published in 1980.[7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref7)


It is important to remember that preventing and treating respiratory infections with large amounts of vitamin C is well established. Those who believe that vitamin C generally has merit, but massive doses are ineffective or somehow harmful, will do well to read the original papers for themselves. To dismiss the work of these doctors simply because they had success so long ago sidesteps a more important question: Why has the benefit of their clinical experience not been presented to the public by responsible governmental authorities, especially in the face of a viral pandemic?

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This is an interesting article on Ivermectin being used against viral infections. I've used it a lot on cattle and I've spilled the liquid form I've used on myself and maybe that's why I never get the flu and seldom ever get a cold. On cattle it's recommended to put 2ml per hundred weight on them. So I guess 2 to 4 ml on me of the stuff I use for cattle should cure the flu or a cold in 48 hours. I've got some generic ivermectin at the moment on hand and I may have the regular ivermectin on hand too. I'll have to check and maybe give it a try.


https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-04-05-single-dose-of-agricultural-drug-ivermectin-eliminate-coronavirus.html




BREAKTHROUGH? Single dose of common agricultural drug Ivermectin found to “essentially eliminate all viral material” of COVID-19 coronavirus within 48 hours


Ivermectin is sold at agricultural supply stores and online retailers such as Amazon.com. It’s normally sold as an edible paste or a sterile solution for injection into cattle and other livestock. The drug is FDA-approved for certain treatments, although not yet FDA approved for treatment of COVID-19. We are not recommending it for human consumption until more data are available.


The study, found here (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011), is entitled, “The FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.”
Here’s a screen shot of the study title, journal, publish date, study authors WBA-4780.html (http://gold-silver.us/forum/safari-reader://www.naturalnews.com/WBA-4780.html)and permalink:

The abstract of the study describes the very strong potential of Ivermectin to inhibit viral replication in vitro. This was not a human clinical trial, of course, but the results make Ivermectin an immediate candidate for further study:

We report here that Ivermectin, an FDA-approved anti-parasitic previously shown to have broad-spectrum anti-viral activity in vitro, is an inhibitor of the causative virus (SARS-CoV-2), with a single addition to Vero-hSLAM cells 2 hours post infection with SARS-CoV-2 able to effect ?5000-fold reduction in viral RNA at 48 h. Ivermectin therefore warrants further investigation for possible benefits in humans.



Ivermectin is well known to exhibit strong anti-viral properties and is even documented to inhibit HIV replication. This is important to note, since the Wuhan coronavirus, an engineered biological weapon, uses HIV components as part of its infection and replication machinery. As described in the abstract:



Ivermectin is an FDA-approved broad spectrum anti-parasitic agent that in recent years we, along with other groups, have shown to have anti-viral activity against a broad range of viruses in vitro. Originally identified as an inhibitor of interaction between the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) integrase protein (IN) and the importin (IMP) ?/?1 heterodimer responsible for IN nuclear import, Ivermectin has since been confirmed to inhibit IN nuclear import and HIV-1 replication.



According to the published study, Ivermectin is known to inhibit the replication of:


Simian virus (SV40), which was placed into polio vaccines for many years in the United States.
Dengue virus (DENV)
West Nile Virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV)
Influenza
Pseudorabies virus (PRV)



“Essentially all viral material” was gone within 48 hours



Study authors describe how a single dose of Ivermectin achieved a 93% reduction of viral RNA was achieved within just 24 hours, with “essentially all viral material” gone in 48 hours.
At 24 h, there was a 93% reduction in viral RNA present in the supernatant (indicative of released virions) of samples treated with ivermectin compared to the vehicle DMSO. Similarly a 99.8% reduction in cell-associated viral RNA (indicative of unreleased and unpackaged virions) was observed with ivermectin treatment. By 48h this effect increased to an ?5000-fold reduction of viral RNA in ivermectin-treated compared to control samples, indicating that ivermectin treatment resulted in the effective loss of essentially all viral material by 48 h.


Furthermore, no toxicity was observed in the testing so far:
As we have observed previously no toxicity of ivermectin was observed at any of the timepoints tested, in either the sample wells or in parallel tested drug alone samples.



We now add Ivermectin to the list of candidates for low-cost, readily available treatments and possible cures



It’s criminal that Dr. Fauci and the Big Pharma establishment won’t talk about low-cost prescription drugs (like hydroxychloroquine) or simple nutritional supplements (zinc) that are available now and have a long track record of safe, effective use. Instead, they want the world to suffer and die while demanding we all wait for a vaccine that may or may not work.



In the context of this global pandemic, the active censorship of alternative treatments is nothing less than a crime against humanity.



Here are the drugs and nutrients we now list as the best candidates for urgent clinical trials, as these may turn out to be highly effective treatments or even cures for the coronavirus, especially in combination:





Hydroxychloroquine
Zinc
Vitamin D
IV vitamin C therapy
Ivermectin



Note that two out of the five on the list are FDA-approved prescription drugs. With trillions of dollars being thrown around as bailout money, we aren’t we spending just a few million dollars to run clinical trials on these low-cost candidates?



The answer, of course, is money. Big Pharma wants to skim big money off the pandemic, and they can’t earn billions from off-patent, generic prescription drugs like hydroxychloroquine.



We are now watching the entire world be strangled to death by Big Pharma because they don’t want a natural substance or a low-cost drug to be the “hero” of this story. They want to roll out mandatory vaccines, which means they must suppress all other therapies until they have their vaccines ready (with the medical police state vaccine tracking chips installed on everyone, to boot).



That’s why I say the people dying from coronavirus right now aren’t merely dying from coronavirus alone: They’re dying from ignorance that has been put in place by Big Tech censorship, Big Pharma disinformation and the pharma-controlled fake news media establishment that suppresses truthful information about treatments that could be working right now.

[BrewTech]

I'll add this here as well...

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/bill-sardi/emergency-room-doctor-doesnt-realize-major-signs-symptoms-of-covid-19-coronavirus-cases-match-evidences-of-zinc-deficiency/

[RatHoler]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Jan 26, 2020


Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus



by Andrew W. Saul, Editor


(OMNS January 26, 2020) The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C. Physicians have demonstrated the powerful antiviral action of vitamin C for decades. There has been a lack of media coverage of this effective and successful approach against viruses in general, and coronavirus in particular.


It is very important to maximize the body's anti-oxidative capacity and natural immunity to prevent and minimize symptoms when a virus attacks the human body. The host environment is crucial. Preventing is obviously easier than treating severe illness. But treat serious illness seriously. Do not hesitate to seek medical attention. It is not an either-or choice. Vitamin C can be used right along with medicines when they are indicated.


"I have not seen any flu yet that was not cured or markedly ameliorated by massive doses of vitamin C."

(Robert F. Cathcart, MD)

The physicians of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service and the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine urge a nutrient-based method to prevent or minimize symptoms for future viral infection. The following inexpensive supplemental levels are recommended for adults; for children reduce these in proportion to body weight:


Vitamin C: 3,000 milligrams (or more) daily, in divided doses.


Vitamin D3: 2,000 International Units daily. (Start with 5,000 IU/day for two weeks, then reduce to 2,000)


Magnesium: 400 mg daily (in citrate, malate, chelate, or chloride form)

Zinc: 20 mg daily


Selenium: 100 mcg (micrograms) daily


Vitamin C [1] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref1), Vitamin D [2] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref2), magnesium [3] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref3), zinc [4] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref4), and selenium [5] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref5) have been shown to strengthen the immune system against viruses.


The basis for using high doses of vitamin C to prevent and combat virus-caused illness may be traced back to vitamin C's early success against polio, first reported in the late 1940s.[6] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref6) Many people are unaware, even surprised, to learn this. Further clinical evidence built up over the decades, leading to an anti-virus protocol published in 1980.[7] (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n04.shtml#Ref7)


It is important to remember that preventing and treating respiratory infections with large amounts of vitamin C is well established. Those who believe that vitamin C generally has merit, but massive doses are ineffective or somehow harmful, will do well to read the original papers for themselves. To dismiss the work of these doctors simply because they had success so long ago sidesteps a more important question: Why has the benefit of their clinical experience not been presented to the public by responsible governmental authorities, especially in the face of a viral pandemic?


I don't consider 3 grams of vitamin C a massive dose. I take 5 grams per day.

In early February I wasn't feeling well. Had flu like symptoms which including what felt like a chill coming out of my back. I took a gram of vitamin C every 90-120 minutes starting at 6:00 am until 8:00 pm. My bowel handled the 10-11 grams I took in that 14 hour span with no problem. I also took zinc, vitamin B complex, vitamin D, magnesium, curcumin, ubiquinol, and oregano oil gels. I felt much better the next morning and never looked back.

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I don't consider 3 grams of vitamin C a massive dose. I take 5 grams per day.



I don't consider that a massive dose either. For a long time I used to take 20 grams a day but I've cut back now to about 10. At the vitamin C Foundation website it's recommended to find your bowel tolerance then back off a little.

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I did a search to see if Ivermectin like we pour on cattle is considered safe for humans and what I found was kind of entertaining. I've got about three gallons of it on hand at the moment.

(https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=is+ivermectin+safe+for+humans&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
is ivermectin safe for humans (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=is+ivermectin+safe+for+humans&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)



"Ivermectin has continually proved to be astonishingly safe for human use. Indeed, it is such a safe drug, with minimal side effects, that it can be administered by non-medical staff and even illiterate individuals in remote rural communities, provided that they have had some very basic, appropriate training."

I guess ranchers like me are those illiterate individuals in rural communities. :)

[Jewboo]

I've got about three gallons of it on hand at the moment. :)

BREAKING MSNBC HEADLINE: South Dakota cattle rancher cures his state of COVID-19 for pennies then cures Montana, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho a week later!

:)

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I don't consider 3 grams of vitamin C a massive dose. I take 5 grams per day.


Andrew Saul did an interview on facebook about the uses of vitamin C. He explains the difference in amounts of vitamin C for prevention and for curing people of flu or pneumonia. It's a good interview and it's worth the time spent watching. He also recommends other vitamins that should be taken along with V C for prevention.


https://www.facebook.com/themegavitaminman/videos/210527670215873/

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This video is of a nurse working in a New York hospital. It's pretty good I think on how they're killing people. She talks about the use of hydroxychloriquine and at about the 50 minute mark she also talks about the use of intravenous vitamin C where she questions a doctor and he blows her off. I don't know if this video has been posted elsewhere on the forum but it's good and I'm even more wary of going to a hospital for any reason.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTOktbV85IQ&amp;feature=youtu.be

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A link here to a doctor that says corona viruses can be cured very easily with Ivermectin, zinc and an anti-biotic. Safe, cheap and effective.


https://www.altcensored.com/watch?v=6qkP_hS_vRk



Interview on the Australian Foxtel Sky News program Outsiders with Professor Thomas Borody MB,BS, BSc (Med), MD PhD, DSc, FRACP, FACP, FACG, AGAF - Ivermectin Triple Therapy, which he reports evidences positive results for COVID-19 to fight the pandemic.

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I posted this in the general discussion forum but thought I'd post it again here so it would be easy to find. It's the interview with professor Thomas Borody on sky news.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6A6RFDprIs

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Here's another video on using ivermectin for colds and flu. He has to avoid using certain words that trigger the jews that don't like truth but he gets it done. You could skip to about the 10:00 mark and start listening there to avoid the technical stuff.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJq4u_120U&amp;feature=emb_logo



The comments below the video are pretty interesting because there's a lot of discussion on the use of ivermectin for animals and dosages. I use a liquid pour on and there is a syringe attached to a two gallon jug that measures the dosage according to the weight of the animal.


A link here where you can obtain the human version.

https://www.unitedpharmacies.md

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Another video here that's interesting if you have a cold or flu. You have to stop the video to read it and the comments under it should be read too.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXak82Uqg1g

[woodman]

Here's another video on using ivermectin for colds and flu. He has to avoid using certain words that trigger the jews that don't like truth but he gets it done. You could skip to about the 10:00 mark and start listening there to avoid the technical stuff.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJq4u_120U&amp;feature=emb_logo



The comments below the video are pretty interesting because there's a lot of discussion on the use of ivermectin for animals and dosages. I use a liquid pour on and there is a syringe attached to a two gallon jug that measures the dosage according to the weight of the animal.


A link here where you can obtain the human version.

https://www.unitedpharmacies.md







Someone correct me if I am wrong. According to Martenson in the vid, it takes 400 mcg per Kg of body weight, per day, for a total of 1600 mcg/kg. Now if I weigh 200 lbs, that is 91 Kg. So 91 Kg times 1600 = 145,600 mcg total over 4 days. That is 36,400 mcg per day. This comes out to 36.4 mg per day. So one would need a total of 12, 12 mg pills for a 4 day course.

This is assuming that there is a Covid 19. I don't know if there is or not. I kinda don't think so but I don't want to take a chance of my wife, who is suffering from COPD, dying. I think the pandemic itself is a total fraud.

ETA: Don't get me started on the mask shit. I was refuse service at Harbor Freight today because I won't wear a mask.

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I haven't really looked at the dosage for using Ivermectin but I would if I got a cold or flu. When I treat animals you give them a single dose. I'd guess if you were going to use it your self you'd figure out what they recommend for a single dose and divide that up for how ever many days you'd want to dose yourself for.

I used some Ivermax pour on recently and I believe it was 65 mg for a 1200 pound cow. There's not much ivermectin but it's in a liquid with a solvent so it will be absorbed through the skin. I've spilled it on myself and absorbed it through gloves. If I were going to try it I'd probably try to maybe put 10 mg on my skin spread over four or five days and se how that felt. My vet knows you can substitute ivermectin for hydroxychloroquine so I'd probably call her and see what she'd recommend. She's had plenty of ivermectin spilled on herself with no adverse side effects.

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I haven't really looked at the dosage for using Ivermectin but I would if I got a cold or flu. When I treat animals you give them a single dose. I'd guess if you were going to use it your self you'd figure out what they recommend for a single dose and divide that up for how ever many days you'd want to dose yourself for.

I used some Ivermax pour on recently and I believe it was 65 mg for a 1200 pound cow. There's not much ivermectin but it's in a liquid with a solvent so it will be absorbed through the skin. I've spilled it on myself and absorbed it through gloves. If I were going to try it I'd probably try to maybe put 10 mg on my skin spread over four or five days and se how that felt. My vet knows you can substitute ivermectin for hydroxychloroquine so I'd probably call her and see what she'd recommend. She's had plenty of ivermectin spilled on herself with no adverse side effects.

There's a thread on stormfront where the use of ivermectin is discussed and I'll post a link to it and also one of the members posts where he states how much he uses. He gets the apple flavored horse wormer and takes a whole tube of it over several days. It's also stated that eBay has stopped people from selling it so you'd probably have to go to a vet or farm supply store to get some.



https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t1326267/



actually you can get a tube containing 1.87% ivermectin for around $10 over on ebay.

Call it 2% for quick calculation, and a 6 gram tube contains almost 120 milligrams.

The dose they use in the data studies is 200 to 400 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. If you are uncomfortable with simple arithmetic, that's ok, because it's not really a dangerous drug. It's not like messing with fentanyl or something where several milligrams too much might kill you.

What I personally will do, if I turn up sick with covid, will be to take the whole tube divided in 4 daily doses of 30 mgs a day. The half life is 19 hours.

I have three tubes, and go through about a tube every couple months for prevention.

YMMV

here's a place where I got 3 tubes for a total of $17.. Less than $6 a tube.
Durvet Ivermectin Paste Apple Horse Wormer Bots Tube Parasites 1.87% | eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Durvet-Ivermectin-Paste-Apple-Horse-Wormer-Bots-Tube-Parasites-1-87/164163228711?hash=item2638e41427:g:CzwAAOSwClNemFd n)

Don't worry about it being veterinary meds, as ivermectin is ivermectin.

Interestingly ivermectin also seems to be also a strong anti-cancer chemical.. Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=ivermectin+cancer+treatment&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart)

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Valley vet supply has a sale on apple flavored ivermectin 1.87% similar to that mentioned in the post above. $2.79 per tube that will treat a 1500 lb. horse. I ordered some and will give it a try.



https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=602a2353-023d-474a-b09b-32b0d067afe8&itemguid=60b4dfe6-d768-420a-8cea-8db966240ef0&sfb=1&grp=M000&grpc=M200&grpsc=M210&sp=e&utm_content=42096&ccd=IFH003&gclid=CjwKCAiA8ov_BRAoEiwAOZogwV7_sG2FUiPgvOYOqA-SAf9FkiAWX4A4NTDxeu_l4AVdL7wKU7sEbhoCXcoQAvD_BwE

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There's some good information at a link I'll post below and the use of ivermectin. There's a kit called ZIVERDO with all the ingredients for early treatment of the flu. If you go to the link and scroll down the amounts of ivermectin, Zinc and Doxycycline are listed.


https://covexit.com/did-you-hear-about-the-ziverdo-therapy-for-covid-19/



While Professor Borody did not make public the precise dosage of his therapy, the producers of ZIVERDO opted for the following:
“ZIVERDO Kit Contains Zinc Acetate 50 mg, Doxycycline 100 mg & Ivermectin 12 mg Dispersible Tablets.”

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Valley vet supply has a sale on apple flavored ivermectin 1.87% similar to that mentioned in the post above. $2.79 per tube that will treat a 1500 lb. horse. I ordered some and will give it a try.



https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=602a2353-023d-474a-b09b-32b0d067afe8&itemguid=60b4dfe6-d768-420a-8cea-8db966240ef0&sfb=1&grp=M000&grpc=M200&grpsc=M210&sp=e&utm_content=42096&ccd=IFH003&gclid=CjwKCAiA8ov_BRAoEiwAOZogwV7_sG2FUiPgvOYOqA-SAf9FkiAWX4A4NTDxeu_l4AVdL7wKU7sEbhoCXcoQAvD_BwE


Got my horse wormer today and tried some out. It's apple flavored alright but it still tastes like shit. It's no wonder horses try to spit it out when you give it to them.

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Got my horse wormer today and tried some out. It's apple flavored alright but it still tastes like shit. It's no wonder horses try to spit it out when you give it to them.

I finished off that tube of horse wormer in about six days. There are marks on the plunger and also numbers that correspond to the weight of the animal being treated. I didn't have any side effects that I know of for sure. Seemed like my eyes were a little more sensitive to light when I was taking it but I don't know if that was caused by the wormer. I think the doses could be cut in half the amount that I took. If I should feel like I'm getting a cold or I've been around someone who's sick I'll probably take a little of it everyday as a preventative along with all the other supplements I take.

[Bigjon]

I finished off that tube of horse wormer in about six days. There are marks on the plunger and also numbers that correspond to the weight of the animal being treated. I didn't have any side effects that I know of for sure. Seemed like my eyes were a little more sensitive to light when I was taking it but I don't know if that was caused by the wormer. I think the doses could be cut in half the amount that I took. If I should feel like I'm getting a cold or I've been around someone who's sick I'll probably take a little of it everyday as a preventative along with all the other supplements I take.

You took enough to treat a 1500 lb horse?
Why so much?
It just seems like enough for a 200 lb man would be the correct dose?

[ziero0]

Homeopathy would dilute the dose to one millionth and use it sparingly on a healthy man. Watch for symptoms produced. The goal would be to produce a symptom equivalent to COVID. When the body responds to that symptom then it will also be solving the COVID puzzle.

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Looks like ivermectin is an anti cancer drug too.


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043661820315152





Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug

Highlights

•Ivermectin effectively suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells and promotes cancer cell death at doses that are nontoxic to normal cells.
•Ivermectin shows excellent efficacy against conventional chemotherapy drug-resistant cancer cells and reverses multidrug resistance.
•Ivermectin combined with other chemotherapy drugs or targeted drugs has powerful effects on cancer.
•The structure of crosstalk centered on PAK1 kinase reveals the mechanism by which ivermectin regulates multiple signaling pathways.
•Ivermectin has been used to treat parasitic diseases in humans for many years and can quickly enter clinical trials for the treatment of tumors.


Abstract

Ivermectin is a macrolide antiparasitic drug with a 16-membered ring that is widely used for the treatment of many parasitic diseases such as river blindness, elephantiasis and scabies. Satoshi ōmura and William C. Campbell won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the excellent efficacy of ivermectin against parasitic diseases. Recently, ivermectin has been reported to inhibit the proliferation of several tumor cells by regulating multiple signaling pathways. This suggests that ivermectin may be an anticancer drug with great potential. Here, we reviewed the related mechanisms by which ivermectin inhibited the development of different cancers and promoted programmed cell death and discussed the prospects for the clinical application of ivermectin as an anticancer drug for neoplasm therapy.


Graphical abstract

Ivermectin has powerful antitumor effects, including the inhibition of proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenic activity, in a variety of cancer cells. This may be related to the regulation of multiple signaling pathways by ivermectin through PAK1 kinase. On the other hand, ivermectin promotes programmed cancer cell death, including apoptosis, autophagy and pyroptosis. Ivermectin induces apoptosis and autophagy is mutually regulated. Interestingly, ivermectin can also inhibit tumor stem cells and reverse multidrug resistance and exerts the optimal effect when used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs.
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1043661820315152-ga1.jpg

Abbreviations

ASCApoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD

DAMPDamage-associated molecular pattern

EGFREpidermal growth factor receptor

EMTEpithelial mesenchymal-transition

GABAGamma-aminobutyric acid

HER2Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

HMGB1High mobility group box-1 protein

HSP27Heat shock protein 27

OCT-4Octamer-binding protein 4

PAK1P-21-activated kinases 1

PAMPPathogen-associated molecular pattern

PARPpoly (ADP- ribose) polymerase

PRRpattern recognition receptor

ROSReactive oxygen species

STAT3Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3

SIDSIN3-interaction domain

siRNAsmall interfering RNA

TNBCTriple-negative breast cancer

YAP1Yes-associated protein 1

[monty]

A registered nurse, Sarah Absher says informed consent is not being given and other treatments are available. She quit her job and joined American Frontline Doctors. She says her parents are government lawyers and believe the government narrative and are not speaking to her.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/nurse-blows-the-whistle-on-the-medical-industry-theyre-not-offering-informed-consent_3894572.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email2&utm_campaign=mb-2021-07-15&mktids=3f54d37550cc4000b6fb9f6d1d3481cd&est=gKtxMWva1XHwRXaulCdsoF1hBxC8a0af7jau28mDpj2pQ0 TOB2YqFZJnISuaQK%2BwI4sa

Nurse Blows the Whistle on the Medical Industry: ‘They’re Not Offering Informed Consent’

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Last week, America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS (https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/about-us/mission-statement/)) came to speak in Kansas City, Missouri. AFLDS founder Dr. Simone Gold brought her message that COVID-19 is nothing to fear and that there are treatments available. At the start of the pandemic, she was fired after speaking out in support of anti-malaria medication hydroxychloroquine (https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-hydroxychloroquine) (HCQ).


At the time, President Donald Trump was praising the effectiveness of the drug, but shortly after, the FDA (https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or) revoked emergency use authorization for it. Now, recent (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.28.21258012v1) studies (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920304258?fbclid=IwAR2ThVW8heoWpjCJNALqNZO klRcDarS9csetteKE_jpT8U0l3-SH6IeJDHg) are confirming (https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30534-8/fulltext) that “Low-dose hydroxychloroquine combined with zinc and azithromycin was an effective therapeutic approach against COVID-19.”


The Epoch Times interviewed Sarah Absher, a registered nurse who worked in the field for 8 years but quit this spring and decided to volunteer with AFLDS after what she witnessed. She expressed her passion for the “medical freedom fight” and offered previously unseen materials to support her claims.

She began by introducing herself: “I love being a nurse and had the same concerns as Dr. Gold when we saw what was going on.”


Absher worked through the pandemic up until March 17 of this year. She said she hoped that things would change after the election, but when the big vaccine push came, she knew she couldn’t in good conscience stick with the common narrative on COVID-19: “Part of our job is to gather informed consent. With these vaccine trials, they’re not offering informed consent. They say it’s safe for pregnant women but pregnant women were excluded from the trials.”
https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC-1200x742.jpg (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC.jpg)Clinical data on the participation of pregnant women in vaccine trials. (Courtesy of Sarah Absher) (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC.jpg)https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC1-1200x854.jpg (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC1.jpg)(Courtesy of Sarah Absher) (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC1.jpg)‘Vaccine Talking Points’ (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC1.jpg)

“We all feel like we saw that things were not right. But physicians are all about reputation and with today’s cancel culture. They [the patients] are looking at us and trusting what we’re saying. And there was this unspoken line at my job. If I had deviated from the narrative … that’s why I left. When we received ‘vaccine talking points.’” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC1.jpg)

https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC2.jpg (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC2.jpg)Vaccine ‘talking points’ (Courtesy of Sarah Absher) (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC2.jpg)https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)Vaccine ‘talking points’ (Courtesy of Sarah Absher) (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)
Absher also pointed out: “I’m not against vaccines. I’ve gotten every vaccine you can get except this one. But the more they push it, the more it repels me. It just makes me realize that the public has a fundamental lack of understanding of what clinical trials are.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


She explained the three long phases of clinical trials, which have not been finalized for the COVID-19 vaccines. Before Phase 1 there is animal testing. Then Phase 1 opens up trials for small groups of people where they are compensated for allowing themselves to be experimented on. Then in Phase 2, if animal testing or Phase 1 does not show serious issues, a larger group of people is tested. Finally, if that group does well, then Phase 3 goes forward to test even more people in hospitals with their consent. If issues are found during any of these phases, the drug must be perfected. (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


“How do we go from that to just, we’re going to give this to people and if they have an adverse reaction, that’s just that? That’s the story COVID. It’s that everything has deviated from normalcy, especially the medical industry. We’re seeing a lot of anecdotal evidence. We had a better system for collecting data. But we haven’t been careful now. I don’t understand why they’re pushing so hard. If you look up FDA regulations, they’re not even following their own regulations. You cannot say something is safe while it’s still in clinical trials.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)
Changing Medical Standards (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)

Absher described her frustration with how COVID-19 has been handled: “At the very beginning of all this, we didn’t know. But it’s okay to say we got it wrong. But doctors, especially young doctors, have trouble admitting when they make a mistake, and nurses, we often have to tell them to just be honest and admit it.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


She explained why she left the profession: “Our job as medical professionals is to reel in the terror. But with COVID they were encouraging it.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)
“I wouldn’t go back unless medicine changed. It needs to change.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


Her experience with patients offers more perspective: “[The] 2017-2018 flu season was the worst I’ve ever seen. We were short-staffed. A lot of nurses and doctors got the flu even with a flu vaccine. And patients died. But come January, February 2020, none of my patients were dying. And I work in oncology with leukemia patients. We call them the ‘canary in the coal mine’ patients because their immune systems are so weak.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)
Medicine ‘Has Become Unrecognizable’ (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)

Getting back to the use of controversial treatments like HCQ, she noted “It’s not just HCQ and ivermectin, but there are plenty of treatments that are encouraging. What’s so unique about COVID is that it didn’t matter if the drug worked anymore. Medicine as a profession has become unrecognizable.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)

She then noted how this drove her to join AFLDS: “You can be a darling of the left one day, but if you deviate, you get attacked the next. I know we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard because we’re dealing with people’s lives.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


She pointed out that “in India, when they stopped using anti-malarials [like HCQ], that’s when the big spike hit with COVID. And when questioning why the First World is doing so poorly, but Africa is not, Africa is doing better because they take HCQ once a week to prevent malaria, so they had like no deaths.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)
The Cost of Speaking Out (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)

When asked about how her family has handled her decision to leave nursing she said, “My husband is incredibly supportive. He saw me go into a deep depression during COVID. I really thought people would see and things would change.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


But unfortunately, not everyone is as supportive. “My parents, they are 100 percent bought in. They’re former government lawyers. In their minds, the government would never do anything wrong. Things got very divisive when the big vaccine push started. I haven’t spoken to my dad, and we were very close, since February. And I haven’t talked to my mom since March. We’re at war.” (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)


Medical professionals like Absher who speak out against the narrative get canceled, and information about them gets censored. But she does hope that in coming forward, others will speak out. (https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/07/09/JSC3.jpg)

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Thought I'd put a link here to the dosage and other information about using ivermectin to cure Flu and Colds.

https://www.fightorbeenslaved.com