It is the name of high-dose vitamin C therapy administered intravenously in the range of 0.5-1.5g/kg at certain periodic doses and intervals. You are familiar with vitamin C’s ability to fight against diseases. Like colds and flu. It does this by awakening our immune system, that is, our white cells. It is a very powerful antioxidant. So it protects us from free radicals. It prevents normal cells from deteriorating.
Characteristics of Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is an essential vitamin for the biological activities of our body. It is also known as ascorbic acid. Since Vitamin C is soluble in water, it does not accumulate in our body as much as other vitamins (A, D, E, K). Vitamin C cannot be produced in the human body. Therefore, we need to take it with food from outside on a daily basis. Vitamin C taken orally is absorbed at a certain rate from our intestines. More is not absorbed. Excess vitamin C in our body is excreted in the urine. Therefore, there is no excess vitamin C.

Diseases treated with high doses of Vitamin C: Since Vitamin C biologically affects many cells, it is used as a complementary treatment in the following diseases. Cancer, Arthritis, Lyme disease, Bacterial infections, Viral infections (Influenza, Hepatitis, HIV, etc.), Post-injury pain, Lack of energy in the body and fatigue, Increases appetite, Chronic prostatitis (Frequent recurrent prostate inflammation), Chronic urinary tract infection (Frequent recurrent urinary tract inflammation), Metabolic Syndrome (Diseases caused by metabolic syndrome are diabetes, heart attack, obesity, stroke)
Vitamin C and Cancer
The most important difference of cancer cells from normal cells is that they use only glucose (sugar) as an energy source. In addition, since they can only use glucose by fermentation, they can produce 20 times less energy than normal cells. This requires cancer cells to use at least 20 times more glucose. Because of these properties, cancer patients are given radioactively labeled glucose and PET/CT examinations are performed and tumor cells are detected because they use too much glucose. Vitamin C is 85-90% structurally identical to glucose. This is why vitamin C accumulates in cancer cells. Vitamin C accumulates 5 times more in cancerous tissues than in normal tissues.

  Vitamin C administered intravenously in high doses accumulates in the tumor tissue, shows oxidant properties and causes the death of tumor cells. When Vitamin C enters the cancer cell, hydrogen peroxide (oxygenated water) is released as a result of a chemical reaction. This poisons the cell and the cell dies. As you can see, Vitamin C works like chemotherapy, but without the harmful effects of chemotherapy. So it does not kill normal cells. It doesn’t destroy our defense system; in fact, it helps us to win the battle against cancer by raising it to a higher level. For this effect to occur, the level of vitamin C in the blood must reach a certain level. That’s why we give high doses of Vitamin C.
To understand in which cancer types it is effective, we need to look at the PET/CT results. Since Vitamin C acts similarly to glucose, it can be assumed that if a tumor can be detected on PET/CT and is highly active, it will benefit from Vitamin C treatment.
In cancer treatment, it is also used when cancer cells die, pain is reduced and the side effects of chemotherapy (drug treatment) become unbearable. It is complementary in oncologic terms. Vitamin C stores are depleted in cancer patients. When vitamin C is low, there is a decrease in the functioning of the immune system. At the same time, the fact that Vitamin C has antioxidant properties is a fact that is very important in the fight against cancer.

It reduces the metastasis (spread) of cancer and even destroys them and shrinks the tumor. If vitamin C is not taken intravenously, i.e. orally, it can cause cancer cells to grow and develop. It has been observed that high doses of vitamin C by mouth do not kill cancer cells.
Side effects:
High doses of vitamin C may affect kidney function. In rare cases, it may contribute to stone formation. Dry mouth, nausea, skin allergic reactions may occur. Bleeding into tumors may occur. Edema (water retention) may occur in patients with heart failure.
In diabetics, sugar may be high in finger glucose measurement. The patient should not increase the insulin value for this reason. It may cause irritation in the vascular pathway. Cramps may occur. Therefore, some precautions are taken in treatment