Dr. Thomas Levy sent me a case report where vitamin C was used to
completely cure a case of swine flu. He says that adequately dosed
vitamin C, to his knowledge, has never failed to cure an acute viral
syndrome.
According to information he received from a colleague in New Zealand, John Appleton, the following occurred:
A Waikato farmer went to Fiji for a holiday and started developing
flu-like symptoms, but decided to tough it out. He arrived back in New
Zealand very sick with swine flu.
Tauranga Hospital was not able to treat him (what was not known at
the time is that he has leukemia — he didn’t know either.) They sent
him to Auckland Hospital, but he continued to deteriorate, despite the
use of Tamiflu and antibiotics.
His brother-in-law (who knows a bit about vitamin C) contacted Dr. Thomas Levy in the U.S., who referred him to John Appleton.
John Appleton provided a lot of information on vitamin C and referred the family to CAM (Centre for Advanced Medicine), www.camltd.co.nz
in Auckland. The family pushed to get him some IV vitamin C, but the
hospital refused. CAM doctors encouraged the hospital to try vitamin C.
His brother-in-law (who knows a bit about vitamin C) contacted Dr. Thomas Levy in the U.S., who referred him to John Appleton.
John Appleton provided a lot of information on vitamin C and referred the family to CAM (Centre for Advanced Medicine), www.camltd.co.nz
in Auckland. The family pushed to get him some IV vitamin C, but the
hospital refused. CAM doctors encouraged the hospital to try vitamin C.
The patient deteriorated further and was on life support. The family
was told nothing more could be done and life support would be switched
off. His lungs were not functioning. The family said NO — not until
everything has been tried.
The hospital was pushed hard to give him IVC and reluctantly agreed, saying if there was no improvement by Friday, that’s it.
The patient showed signs of improvement by Wednesday, to the hospital’s surprise.
Concerns were expressed about his kidneys, and a new specialist
wanted to stop the vitamin C use — the family was told his liver was
failing, “caused by vitamin C”.
John Appleton gave them data showing the liver is more likely to be affected by antibiotics.
Patient recovery continued to the point where he could be transferred
to Waikato (closer to home). He was still on a ventilator and NG tube
feeding. The doctors there were more receptive to vitamin C, but
wouldn’t agree to continue the treatment.
The family got a high profile lawyer involved who wrote a letter
about patient rights and called the hospital to recommend that they sort
it out with the family.
As a result, the hospital continued with IVC, albeit at a much lower
dose. A CAM doctor traveled to Waikato to endorse the treatment and
recommend IVC at higher doses. The patient continued to recover — he
was now conscious.
The hospital staff was stunned — they had never seen anything like this.
The patient was told by his brother-in-law that IVC had saved him.
The patient’s wife had not lost her husband and the children have their
father. The patient was by this time fully ‘with it’ and talking
normally with family and taking Lypospheric vitamin C (6 grams daily).
For those doctors wondering about doses, Dr. Levy communicated directly with the brother-in-law to find out.
- On the Tuesday following the initial "deadline," 25 grams were given intravenously.
- On Wednesday, 25 gram infusions were again repeated twice.
- Thursday the patient received 75 grams.
- Starting on Friday he received 100 grams intravenously and stayed at this dose daily for another 4 to 6 days.
Then the new consultant had the vitamin C discontinued completely.
One week later, the IVC was restarted at only one gram twice daily.
Dr. Levy encourages everyone to resend this case history to any and all
who you think could benefit, including your friends and contacts in the
government.
Obviously, a reasonable daily dose of vitamin C could be expected to
do an even better job at preventing H1N1 while having no downside
relative to the mass vaccinations getting ready to take place.
Dr. Mercola’s comments:
Vitamin C and Infectious Disease
Alternatives to Dangerous and Poorly Tested Flu Vaccines
A Word of Caution about Vitamin C Supplements