Mark Levine Quotes on Medicine & Medical (6 Quotes)

Our goals were to address the following, ... Does ascorbate in pharmacologic concentrations kill cancer cells, but not normal cells, using conditions that mimic IV use and a clinically relevant time course Is action dependent on extracellular ascorbate, intracellular ascorbate, or both If effective, what are the mechanisms Can ascorbate be delivered to tissues without harm Are there implications for other diseases.

Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners worldwide currently use ascorbate IV in doses as high as 70 g over several hours, ... Because IV ascorbate is easily available to people who seek it, a phase I safety trial in patients with advanced cancer is justified and underway.

It cuts down on medical errors and the amount of time it takes for (family members) to come to the hospital in the event that something happens.

What this does is provide plausibility that we should be reinvestigating ascorbic acid in cancer treatment. It's not ready for patients. Patients shouldn't get the wrong idea. We don't want to provide false hope.

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C, ascorbate) has a controversial history in cancer treatment, ... Observational reports described ascorbate, given in pharmacologic doses of 10 g daily, as effective in treating some cancers and in improving patient well-being. Subsequently, the same dose had no effect on patient well-being and survival in two double-blind placebo-controlled trials, and ascorbate was discarded as a treatment modality.

This makes it a lot easier to find next-of-kin in the event of an emergency and also finding any medical history or allergies,