Hi, Susan, Intravenous ascorbate is vitamin C in the form of sodium ascorbate administrated intravenously (directly into the animal's veins) at high doses in veterinary medicine. It is typically mixed with sodium chloride and administered over the course of a few hours, depending on how much vitamin C the cat will be receiving.
I have used it with my FeLV cat Linus for his lymphoma and was able to put him into remission for going on two years now when the diagnosing vet had told me he had about 4-6 weeks to live in early 2008. We administered it over the course of a year (2x a week for three months), six months off, then 2x a week for three more months). We did not reverse his FeLV with the low dose he was getting (1,000 mg per pound of body weight). However, I am going to be trying this therapy more intensively for the next young FeLV that comes into my care, for I truly believe that if I can administer the ascorbate in the early stages of the disease before it has a chance to progress too far the ascorbate will reverse it. For information on why and how intravenous vitamin C kills these viruses, see Dr. Fred Klenner's paper, Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C, reprinted in its entirety at this link: http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/198x/smith-lh-clinica l_guide_1988.htm The writings of retired veterinarian Dr. Wendell Belfield also cover many conditions that he used vitamin C for as far back as the 1960s. Tragically, few vets paid attention to this paper and the profound evidence of how well this therapy works in vet medicine. Dr. Belfield's paper is here: http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/197x/belfield-w-j_int _assn_prev_med-1978-v2-n3-p10.htm The protocol would be rather intensive for a cat with advanced FeLV but if the cat is early into the disease I believe that administration of up to 2,000 mg per pound of body weight for a number of consecutive days (perhaps 10-11) would kill the virus based on Dr. Klenner's explanation. I have seen it kill FIP in a young kitten when administered for 11 consecutive days at nearly 2,000 mg per pound. If you intend to try this for your cat, you should contact me and let me know so that I can give you more specific directions or give your vet the name of my vet. Again, though, I have not yet tried to reverse FeLV in a cat who has had it for years and am not sure if it is even possible. A lot of it would depend if the virus has progressed to the stage that it is already in the cat's bone marrow. Still, being the kind of person I am, I will probably still try that just to satisfy my own interest and, of course, help others to know whether it works. Having just lost three companion animals I have just been so overwhelmed with veterinary expenses that my funds are too low to consider it right now. But as sure as the sun rises in the east, I will. :) FYI, I spoke with a nurse in Pennsylvania this week and she said that there are definitely vets in Pennsylvania who are doing this treatment on animals. It is completely safe and nontoxic for the animal. Regarding the Mega-C Plus, it is an excellent supplement and completely safe for the cat. It was formulated by Dr. Belfield himself. People are misinformed about vitamin C in general, hence the reason I am getting such a barrage of backlash over posting this information. I believe they are just scared and of course, skeptical based on their misinformation. Sally Snyder Jewell, Marketing Director Tower Laboratories Corporation www.HeartTech.com 1-877-TOWER-LABS Practicing Medicine Without a License? The Story of the Linus Pauling Therapy for Heart Disease, by Owen Fonorow and Sally Snyder Jewell > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk- > boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Sander, Sue > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 6:58 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vit C therapy Sally Snyder Jewell > > Sally, Please tell me EXACTLY what "INTRAVENOUS > ASCORBATE" is. I have > a FELV+ cat who shows no symptoms. Do you recommend this > for him? If > so, do all vets did this? I live in the Phila Pa area. Also, I have > the MEGA C but someone on this list (I think) said it may contain > something (that over the long haul) may not be good. What is > your > opinion on this. > > Thanks. > > Susan > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of S. > Jewell > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:42 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vit C therapy Sally Snyder Jewell > > Merlin, > > Indeed in the interest of "self-disclosure," in all of my posts > anyone > could have seen from my sign-off at any time that I work with > Tower > Laboratories, a nutriceutical manufacturer whose Pauling therapy > vitamin > C/lysine protocol has been saving lives from heart disease for the > past > 14 years. I have made no attempt to hide that fact, though > perhaps > doing so might have made me seem more like one of you and > less like I > was trying to "sell" you something. > However, despite what I do to support my family and my rescue, I > am > certainly not paid to spend time posting here about the > successes I have > seen with intravenous ascorbate in my cat rescue and answering > e-mail > questions gratis after my 12-hour work days in an effort to help > others > save animals. My company does not even sell vitamin C for > animals and I > have never once offered to sell anything to anyone here, so to > accuse me > of "selling snake oil and preying on people's love of their pets" > borders on libel. > There is no "ulterior sales motive" here - I am simply trying to > help. > I am also, as you accurately point out, a published contributing > author, > and if memory serves, this is the first time I have ever been > publicly > chastised for sharing information in the interest of helping > animals. > Perhaps it is really true that people do not value the things they > get > for free. > > I first posted my experience with vitamin C here because I love > animals > and people and want to see these cats have a chance of survival > and yes, > help their owners to have "hope" > where there would otherwise seem none. It would have been > self-serving > not to, or to disseminate the information for profit, as many might > have. After all, there aren't many options for saving these cats > and it > seemed to me that some might actually appreciate and find my > experience > useful. I truly did not expect such a firestorm of skepticism and > negativity and I am beginning to regret my initial decision to > share at > all, though thankfully there have been some to embrace and > implement > what I have shared, and for them and hopefully many others to > follow in > our footsteps, it was worth it. > > The fact that I work in this field affords me knowledge that others > may > not have - others who are still looking for some of the answers > that I > have been fortunate enough to discover. I have shared in > honesty and > with a caring heart and now the information is out there for those > who > would like to try vitamin C in all forms for their animals. I have > not > made claims that it will work positively to cure FeLV cats in all > cases > but have very specifically stated that I don't know what the > response > would be for cats that are well into the disease process with bone > marrow involvement, though I sure intend to find out once we > recover > from the financial burden of the last three sick cats and their > treatments. With the alternative being certain death, my question > is, > "What compassionate, thinking pet owner would deny an animal > a chance at > life because he or she "did not believe" that something would > work?" My > vet has now done three clinical trials with three successful > outcomes. > Had I been skeptical and waited for published clinical trials, all > three > cats would now be dead. > > I lost a kitten in November to FIP because we did not use the > correct IV > ascorbate protocol and because he was perhaps too far into the > disease > process to be brought back. Do I wish that I had never > discovered or > used the vitamin C protocol because my heart was crushed over > the loss > of him? > Of course not, for because of what I learned with him we were > successful > in saving his sister. Every day she is a living reminder that his > death > was not in vain, and I will never stop trying to save the ones I can > with this protocol because I know it works and it's really all I have. > It seemed logical to me that others would appreciate the > opportunity to > hear of and try this for the animals they love as well, regardless > of > where or who it came from. > Waiting for conventional medicine to understand or embrace this > science > is costing animals (and humans) their lives but nothing says that > their > owners and caregivers cannot. > > We are not talking about an "ordinary" vitamin as most have > come to > consider vitamin C. The majority of the world's population has no > clue > about how far-reaching and powerful ascorbic acid truly is for > destroying viral and bacterial infections and also reversing heart > disease, and how very critical this substance is to human and > animal > life. While it is tremendously helpful with the common cold virus, > this > is quite honestly the least of the diseases it can cure. > However, the low U.S. RDA for vitamin C is killing human beings > one by > one, and because our "domesticated" cats and dogs make too > little > vitamin C and get little to none in their food, it is also killing them. > We owe it to them to become educated about this and take > action. > > Clinical trials cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and though > NIH > funding continues on a broad scale for other less serious > diseases and > conditions, the NIH has twice been petitioned for and twice > denied a > grant for funding for such clinical trials of the Pauling therapy for > heart disease, the leading cause of death in this country. It's > really > not hard for the thinking person to do the math and figure out > why. The > research is indeed being "quashed" and the biggest business to > benefit > is the pharmaceutical industry. > > The science behind the power of vitamin C for reversing disease > in > humans and animals is sound and predates World War II. Other > veterinary > clinics are using intravenous vitamin C with the same types of > success > that we have seen, and owners are taking their pets to them for > treatment from across the U.S. With a little effort these clinics > can > be located and contacted for additional information or treatment. > > In closing, to those of you who might - by some miracle after the > negative light cast upon it - still be considering the use of vitamin > C > therapy for your companion dogs and cats or rescues, the most > important > thing I can tell you is to be broad-minded about what this acid > can do > for animals (and humans) in its various forms and what diseases > it can > treat, some of which are outlined in Dr. Belfield's paper at > http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/197x/belfield-w-j_int > _assn_prev_med-1978-v2-n3-p10.htm. Don't be afraid to try > because you > have never heard about it, because there have been no "clinical > trials," > or because you're afraid to get your hopes up only to have your > heart > broken if it doesn't work. Your heart will be broken anyway, time > and > again, as more cherished animals succumb to the ravages of > these > diseases while you stand helplessly watching. The choice > would seem a simple one, regardless of one person's opinion > otherwise. > > > Sally Snyder Jewell > www.SallysCatHouse.com > (perhaps this signature will better qualify me to post here) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o > rg > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o > rg _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
