I feel both benefits and bad side-effects when taking vitamin C so I'm trying to find some good info which contains alot of experience with correct dosing, side-effects and benefits in connection with mercury poisoning/detoxing. Whilst searching I found the below, a discussion amongst Dr.'s who mercury detox their patients and their opinion on vitamin C. Thought I'd post it here for anyone curious:
Dr. Freedenfeld: We use IV vitamin C along with glutathione after each phase of dental amalgam removals. I think it helps to remove the mercury that is inadvertently released from the tooth and surrounding bone during the drilling process. Vitamin C also reduces the charge of the mercury molecule and thus decreases the toxicity. So Hg++ → Hg+ → elemental Hg.
Dr. John Wilson: IV vitamin C has been a mainstay of detoxification of mercury for years. It is a weak chelator, but when used in high doses frequently, it can pull a lot of mercury. I know numerous patients who have tremendous benefit from IV-C when detoxing mercury.
Dr. Rozema: IV-C does a lot of things but removing mercury is not one of them. It is known that vitamin C as well as Thiamine (B-1) can be helpful in assisting the removal of lead from the brain when using EDTA, but I know of no study that speaks to vitamin C and mercury.
Dr. John Wilson: Though there've been no published studies to my knowledge that support the mercury chelation ability of Vitamin C, clinical experience of many physicians has supported the use of Vitamin C in detoxifying mercury. The ene-diol structure of Vitamin C would likely make it a weak chelator of mercury. It's anti-oxidant properties and the ease of inexpensively maintaining high serum levels of this vitamin make it an easy addition to any mercury detoxification program
Dr. Queen: Well, I’ve got a tremendous bibliography on high dose vitamin C, and this material certainly has a place in the treatment of the mercury toxic person. As demonstrated in many references, a primary benefit is its ability to greatly reduce any possible inflammatory response that may occur during amalgam removal and following chelation. The evidence for it being useful in excreting mercury is limited, although there is substantial evidence that it greatly reduces the toxic reactions of mercury. As per toxicity of the vitamin C itself, toxicity is limited but can be severe. The literature describes the occurrence of five deaths in 50 years. Body chemistry can identify those people at risk, which I highly recommend. The bottom line: I wouldn't want to proceed with a detoxification program without IV-C, but would definitely not administer without first determining risk through a comprehensive chemistry profile.
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