Comments on: Vitamin C for Canine Cancer Patients? Part 2

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:01:54 +0000

Hi, I live in Ft. Lauderdale. I would Like to take my dog for vitamin c iv therapy, but i cannot find a place that does this type of treatment.

By: Mich

Mich — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:27:01 +0000

http://lib.vet.chula.ac.th/Data_files/ebook/FAVA2008/paperfile/PD024.pdf

I came across this when looking up info regarding MCTs and Vit C … something to keep in mind if you are persuing this treatment!

Mich

By: To: Lager's Mom

To: Lager's Mom — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:11:05 +0000

Hi Lager’s Mom. I ran across this clip: http://www.lanouvelleimage.com/nouv/video.html

If you notice at mark 3:12 of the video clip, the lady is given intravenous vitamin c for cosmetic purposes (skin lightening). Perhaps you could email the derm about it. It’s probably gonna be 1/10 the price here in US. They look reputable and certified in their country.

Best of health!

By: Lager's Mom

Lager's Mom — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:30:41 +0000

Do you think Vit C injections should cost $400/per treatment? It kills me that I can’t afford them, KILLS ME, can anyone help? I am trying some chinese meds now, and they just don’t seem to be working…

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:39:30 +0000

Hi Dr. Dressler

Interesting read. We as humans know the benefits of vitamin C. So what does one do? Should the regular vet already know the benefits of vitamin C, and have the education on the dosage and frequency or is this something that we can/need to get from you? Is the dosage in regards to pounds of weight of the dog? For example, our Taz is pretty close to 100 pounds and 11 years of age.

Thanks

By: Julie Kolaj

Julie Kolaj — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:18:21 +0000

Dear Dr. Dressler,
Further to my comment on depression/cancer in dogs, i am curious if ester c or c ester, as i believe it is known in your country, may be of help to dogs with cancer. As vitamin c is water soluble and ester c is non acidic and fat soluble i believe ester c can penetrate the thin membrane encasing a cell thus concentrating in the cell plasma Whether this would be of value to dogs with cancer i don’t know. However on a slightly different subject i know large dose have been proven to affect a disappearance of symptoms of hip dysplasia. I have also read that alpha lipoic acid is 400 times sronger as an anti-oxidant than vits c and e, and raises the levels of these vits in the body, in humans. I don’t know if you can give alpha lipoic acid to dogs and if so would it offer any help to dogs with cancer.Would value any info you may have on this.Julie (England)

By: Galina

Galina — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:56:12 +0000

Dear Dr. Dressler!
Almost 3 month ago my dog Toto, a 12-year-old toy poodle, was diagnosed with an aggressive oral melanoma with an extremely poor prognosis. His lymph nodes in the neck on the side of a tumor were noticeable and x-rays of the lungs did not give a clear answer. Toto went through immediate surgery and vaccination with a new “break through” DNA based vaccine against cancer-associated protein tyrosinase that claimed to extend dogs life from 6 month to a year. Browsing the web for unconventional cancer treatments I came across your website with a report of high dose vitamin C IV injections curing three patients. Thinking that it might be difficult to perform I concentrated on the pills, lots of pills, day and night. Three weeks later just overnight his lymph nodes in the neck enlarged to the size of my fist! I understood that nothing was working. There was no time to loose and to my luck the veterinarian had vit C injectable. We started with 1g/4ml injections (Toto is 17 lb) just under the skin because I tried to avoid IV. After the first injection the tumor loosened up and after the third (every day) it shrunk back to the size it was three weeks ago (1.5cm). WOW! Since then Toto was getting under skin injections, 1g, every day. My pharmacy gave me twice more concentrated vit C so the volume was reduced to 2ml. The injections were painful but other than that no side effects!!! Unfortunately after a month of injections his lymph nodes started to enlarge again and I did not have any choice but to accept IV injections, the dose was doubled (2g, 4ml plus veterinarian added 10ml of 0.45 saline solution) and IV was given every other day or so. To my surprise Toto takes IV injections extremely well: he is not shivering any more at the vets office, very joyful, playful, has good appetite. No side effects!!! Just yesterday I found out that one doctor at Thomas Jefferson Hospital (Philadelphia) was organizing clinical trials to cure lymphoma with high dose of vit C injections!!! That gave me more hope!

By: J Motts

J Motts — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:08:56 +0000

I have spoken to my local vet, she had never heard of it. I went to the only specialists in town, they aren’t interested in trying and said it might damage my dog’s liver? Recommendations?

By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:38:07 +0000

I was looking for info for my mother’s dog but thought I would post a great sight for getting high doses of vitamin c in a new oral method. http://livonlab.com I am a cancer patient and I use this stuff daily and I feel like a new person.

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:52:40 +0000

Talk to your vet. It is easy to get, cheap, and simple to do! Print out the blog page and print out the papers linked to so you can educate if needed. Also please read as much of this blog as you can (previous entries)
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