Adam.Selene@asuvax.asu.edu (Adam Selene) (05/25/89)
Dear Newsline: Dr. Cathcart's complete Vitamin C protocol for AIDS and related conditions such as for parasites, candida, etc. can be obtained by contacting his office at 127 Second Street, Suite 4, Los Altos, California 94022. Dr. Robert Cathcart, who is a pioneer in the field of Vitamin C treatment for AIDS, suggests that a formula of either ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate and water applied directly to the skin and covered with a bandage applied up to four times a day is helpful. Alternatively, soaks of 20% sodium ascorbate or ascorbic acid (1 gram per 5cc of water) for 15-30 minutes, 4 times a day is also useful. He cautions not to irritate the skin too much with these solutions and that ascorbic acid should be kept out of the eyes. However, a 20% sodium ascorbate solution can be used in the eyes with care. Dr. Cathcart also states that herpes simplex lesions can usually be made to more rapidly heal or be prevented at the outset by increasing doses of oral ascorbic acid and the application of the Vitamin C mixture. Frequently, one application will suffice for herpes. Care should be taken not to irritate skin too much in sensitive areas, especially under adhesive bandages. Frequently, applications to intact skin where the patient perceives an outbreak is about to occur will completely abort the attack. Several applications may be necessary to penetrate through the skin. Dr. Cathcart's complete Vitamin C protocol for AIDS and related conditions such as for parasites, candida, etc. can be obtained by contacting his office at 127 Second Street, Suite 4, Los Altos, California 94022. ( the writer continues ) Could it be possible that what is being commonly diagnosed as CMV retinitis is really ocular syphilis? With so many manifestations of AIDS the same as advanced syphilis and misdiagnoses which often occur, this may be a possibility to be further explored. As an example of a case that I know, an individual with brain inflammation was diagnosed as having toxoplasmosis and given three weeks of drug treatment in the hospital for this particular condition. After the three weeks were over, the physicians in charge decided that it wasn't toxoplasmosis after all. When the suggestion that the condition might be neurosyphilis was made by a member of our organization, the attending physicians refused to entertain this as a serious possibility, although they could not come up with another diagnosis. How many such cases that might be neurosyphilis and other forms of advanced syphilis have been misdiagnosed and treated incorrectly? Syphilis has been known as the ``great masquerader'' throughout medical history. * * * Sincerely, Alan Burns Co-Director, HEAL