IV Vitamin C promotes fracture and wound healing Loveland

April 19, 2019

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Vitamin C is a  nutrient that is valuable for bone health. Most of us first heard of vitamin C in relation to  European seafaring explorers and scurvy. That is how the British sailors got the name “Limeys”. They would add lemon or lime juice to their grog to prevent scurvy which is a disease of vitamin C deficiency. Humans, guinea pigs, and bats are the only mammals that do not make their own vitamin C.   

Bone density and Vitamin C

Lower rates of bone loss as we age occur in people who have a higher intake of vitamin C. Also,  studies show people with osteoporosis have lower levels of vitamin C. In women who smoke the bone benefits of vitamin C are even better. The same result was found in women who were on hormone replacement. The research suggests that vitamin C prevent low turnover osteoporosis. Low bone turnover, means low bone renewal.

Fracture risk and Vitamin C intake

There is a lower risk of fracture with a higher intake of vitamin C. It has been shown in patients with hip fractures to typically have a lower level of vitamin C. The 15-year Framingham Osteoporosis Study people with the highest intake of vitamin C had significantly fewer fractures compared to those with the lowest vitamin C intake.

Fracture healing and Vitamin C

Vitamin C assists in fracture healing because it is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrient. Vitamin C supplementation has consistently been found to speed fracture healing. This has been borne out in human and animal studies. As a fracture heals it forms a  fracture callus. Vitamin C improves the mechanical resistance of these new tissues. Vitamin C also helps prevent the development of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in a wrist fracture. CRPS is a painful inflammatory process that comes with suboptimal fracture healing.

I recommend that you supplement with vitamin C daily whether or not you have a fracture. IV vitamin C is part of many of Loveland Medical Clinics’ IV therapies. The Myers Vitamin IV drip has 2000 mg of vitamin C(ascorbic acid) in it. Our flu and cold IV therapy has 6000 mg of vitamin C in it as well as 10 mg of zinc which works in conjunction with the vitamin C to kill off the infection. We treat many cancer patients with high dose vitamin C from 25000 mg to 100000 mg depending on what their cancer doctor has put them on.

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