Intravenous Vitamin C Megadose Can Effectively Treat Lymes Disease
July 21, 2009 at 3:52 am · Filed under Lymes Disease, arthritis, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, hypercoagulation, neurotoxin ·Tagged Lymes, hypercoagulation, intravenous vitamin c, nattokinase, natural killer cells, systemic fungal overgrowth, intravenous glutathione, DHEA, testosterone, urine histamine · Edit
Thomas Levy, MD, JD, author of Curing the Incurable, effectively treated a female patient suffering severe Lymes disease, using intravenous Vitamin C:
One case in particular stands out. A woman suffering with severe and debilitating Lyme disease had been seen by many doctors and had not responded to several courses of antibiotics. Her health was rapidly failing and her husband called Dr. Levy.
The woman was immediately infused with 100 grams of Vitamin C and within just two hours of treatment here husband reported that she looked 50 to 60 percent better. Over the next two days she received five more 50 gram infusions of Vitamin C, and by hour 72 she was completely well. That was nearly two years ago. She has since suffered no relapses, nor is there any indication of a chronic infection.
After reading about Dr. Levy successfully treating Lymes disease with intravenous Vitamin C, Florida Detox and Wellness Institute successfully treated a male Lymes patient with Intravenous Vitamin C. In contrast to the severe Herxheimer dieoff and intensification reactions, which usually occur when antibiotics or herbal treatments kill Lymes spirochetes, the male Lymes patient experienced some brief nausea, during treatment.
My Lyme symptoms started two and half years before it was finally diagnosed correctly following a Western Blot Lyme test. I tested positive for Lyme disease and tick borne disease coinfections Bartonella and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in September 08.
Prior to being diagnosed with Lyme disease I was referred to Psychiatrists and Pain Management Specialists none of which even considered my symptoms could be Lyme. Lyme is known to mimic 350 other diseases and my symptoms ranged from pelvic nerve pain radiating down my left leg, chills, severe anxiety, joint pain, loss of appetite, insomnia, lethargic, depressed, memory loss and fuzzy thinking, and decreased motor skills. It had gotten to the point where I couldn’t write my name in cursive because I had lost dexterity and/or communication from my brain to my hands.
I was referred by my primary care physician to a Psychiatrist that prescribed the following medications over the course of the two plus years of undiagnosed Lyme: Klonopin, Buspar, Lexapro, Effexor, Paxil, Cymbalta, Xanax XR, Xanax, Trazadone, Zoloft, Valium, Prozac, and Zyprexa. All of these medications individually had their own side affects which further contributed to incorrect diagnosis of my symptoms. In addition to the Psychiatrist over this period of time, I was also referred to several Pain Management Specialists from Anne Arundel Medical Center to Johns Hopkins for the nerve pain radiating from my Pelvic area down my left leg. The Pain Management Specialists administered 15 different nerve blocks to include blocks administered through my back under x-ray.
In addition to the nerve blocks they also performed a procedure to burn and deaden the femoral nerve so that it would not transmit the pain any longer. All of these injections were risky and extremely uncomfortable. In addition to the nerve blocks the Pain Management Specialists prescribed the following pain medications over the same 2 plus year period: Methadone, Opana, Opana XR, Oxycontin, Vicodin, Percocet, Elavil, Neurotin, and Lyrica.
As you can imagine the great mimicker Lyme disease together with the Psychiatric medications and pain medications sent my overall health in a downward spiral. Upon the successful diagnosis of Lyme disease, I was treated by an Infectious Disease specialist who inserted a Picc Line in my left arm and administered 30 days of Rocephin. Upon conclusion of the 30 days the Picc line was removed and the Infectious Disease specialist considered my Lyme treatment over.
I was still experiencing all of the same symptoms and he suggested I go see a Psychiatrist. I didn’t feel I needed a Psychiatrist at this time and after doing our own research I went to a Lyme Awareness Doctor at the National Integrated Health Associates in Washington DC. The Lyme Awareness doctor immediately began oral antibiotic treatment that had me on no fewer than 3 antibiotics at the same time. Over the course of 9 months of treatment by the Lyme Awareness Doctor I was on: Doxycycline, Rifampin, Azithromycin, Flagyl, Levaquin, Bactrim and others that I can’t remember at this time.
Hind site being 20 – 20, all of this time I was developing a severe stomach infection (Candidiasis) and lost weight from 170 down to 127 lbs. I was following the doctor’s orders directly for increased probiotics and diet and was placed on Diflucan on several occasions over the 9 month period to treat the stomach infection. All the while my stomach infection was getting worse and I was now almost completely unable to eat. Feeling I was at rock bottom a friend of mine who was successfully treated at Florida Detox and Wellness Institute told me of a new IV therapy with mega doses of Vitamin C that was showing promising results for the treatment of Lyme.
I was unable to eat, had lost 43 lbs., and was experiencing all of my symptoms at their highest point. My wife contacted Florida Detox and Wellness on a Friday morning and we were on a plane on Sunday. During my first appointments at Florida Detox and Wellness Institute. I was extremely weak, couldn’t eat, my immune system was completely shot and as I mentioned earlier I was at rock bottom.
Florida Detox and Wellness Institute immediately ordered brain chemistry and major blood work and began administering IV Therapy with mega doses of Vitamin C. During the first week of treatment I received 4 rounds of IV therapy and by the end of the week we were going over most of my blood work and adding mostly natural supplements to aid my fighting the stomach infection, battered immune system and brain chemistry issues. I returned to Florida on two more occasions and have received 19 rounds of IV therapy.
My natural killer cell count which had remained under 40 during 9 months of Picc Line and oral antibiotic treatment was now 464. The Lyme Awareness Doctor’s that treated me with all of the antibiotics wanted this count to be around 180 before they would cease treatment. With 19 treatments at Florida Detox and Wellness Institute, I had achieved and surpassed the goal of 180 to a high of 464. Most of my Lyme and stomach infection symptoms have subsided and I plan on continuing treatment at Florida Detox and Wellness Institute for additional IV therapy and adjustments to my brain chemistry to help address anxiety and depression symptoms.
I hate to think of where I would be if I had continued on the oral antibiotics and not sought out treatment at Florida Detox and Wellness Institute.. After having used over 1000 hours of leave and missing the last 4 months of work I have now returned to work part time working my way back to full time.
Interestingly, his Natural Killer Cell Count increased from 38 to 464, after intravenous Vitamin C treatment. This Lymes patient also had elevated fibrinogen, and is being treated with Nattokinase for hypercoagulation. His deficient DHEA and testosterone hormones are also being treated and followup testing will be done to determine extent of remaining infections.
On 9/30/09, he reported, ” I am dramatically improved from when I first visited Florida in June. I still feel I have a ways to go but I think the majority of my issues may reside in the anxiety and depression arena. I would love to knock out that last positive under band 23 while I continue to work on my brain chemistry and associated anxiety issues.”
To be continued-
Steven Sponaugle
Research Director
Florida Detox and Wellness Institute
www.floridadetox.com
