IV Therapy

"What intravenous therapies and other injectable therapies are done at the clinic?"

We specialize in administering the following formulas:

Meyer's Cocktail (vitamin and mineral formula)

Glutathione

High Dose Vitamin C Therapy

Mistletoe

Tailored formulas for specialized protocols

Intravenous vitamin C therapy: How does Vitamin C work in Cancer?

The molecular shape of vitamin C is remarkably similar to glucose. Cancer cells will actively transport vitamin C into themselves, possibly because they mistake it for glucose.

If large amounts of vitamin C are presented to cancer cells, large amounts will be absorbed. In these unusually large concentrations, the antioxidant vitamin C will actually behave as a pro-oxidant as it interacts with intracellular copper and iron. This chemical interaction produces small amounts of hydrogen peroxide. There is a common misconception that intravenous vitamin C is an anti-oxidant therapy and would therefore be contraindicated with chemotherapy and radiation. This is not the case.

Because cancer cells are relatively low in an intracellular anti-oxidant enzyme called catalase, the high dose vitamin C induction of peroxide will continue to build up until it eventually lyses (breaks) the cancer cell from the inside out! This effectively makes high dose vitamin C a non-toxic chemotherapeutic agent that can be given in conjunction with conventional cancer treatments. According to research, these potentially tumor-toxic dosages can only be obtained by intravenous administration.

About Intravenous Nutrient Therapy in General:

Often one of the greatest limiting factors in getting medicine into our bodies is how much our digestive tract can absorb at one time.  Intravenous therapy bypasses this limitation by allowing vitamins, minerals, and medicines to be given directly into the body, effectively bypassing the limitations of the digestive tract.  This allows for higher doses to be provided at one time and in a faster manner than by other means.

Of particular interest in current research is the administration of high doses vitamin C.   

For more information, see here:

http://orthomolecular.org/library/ivccancerpt.shtml