Antibiotic resistance might turn into a catastrophe, but there’s a solution hiding in plain sight

Waiting in the wings

“An unfolding catastrophe.”

“Approaching a point of no return.”

Those are the warnings from England about antibiotic resistance. The Chief Medical Officer says we are in danger of falling back into the pre-antibiotic era of the 19th century.

But others quoted in the British Medical Journal say the situation is even worse.

Antibiotics, they note, completely changed the way doctors practice medicine. Without antibiotics, a wide range of procedures we take for granted would no longer be possible.

For instance, hip surgery would simply be too dangerous. Believe it or not, they estimate that one in three hip surgery patients would die without antibiotic drugs.

Forest, meet the trees

But they’re overlooking (or worse, ignoring) one critical opportunity…

You see, they’re focused solely on fighting bacteria with drugs. What they’re ignoring is that there is a highly effective non-drug antibiotic. In fact, it’s 100% effective. It even kills the superbugs that antibiotic resistance created.

This medical marvel is intravenous vitamin C (IVC).

When I talked to Dr. Spreen about this, he offered a brief master class on bacteria control…

“Klenner, Cathcart, and others have shown (decades ago) that there are no bacteria or viruses that can stand up to a high dose IVC. It kills ALL invading bacteria if the dose is high enough. That dose can be reached by any competent practitioner.”

And IVC isn’t our only alternative. Dr. Spreen notes that colloidal silver, grapefruit seed extract, and olive leaf extract are first-rate antibiotics. But high dose IVC is superior because it reaches infection sites most effectively.

Of course, for most of us, IVC isn’t as practical as taking a round of pills. But that’s not necessarily the case for hospitalized patients. And hospitals are the front line of the worst superbugs.

But it’s not like IVC is a standard option in most hospitals (or in any).

So if you have a procedure planned that requires antibiotics, discuss using IVC with your doctor.

To be honest, that won’t be as easy as it sounds. He probably won’t respond by breaking open the Vitamin C storage and setting up the IV line. Some doctors don’t even know what IVC is. So we need a plan.

To start, you can find a checklist for getting IVC in the hospital at DoctorYourself.Com (doctoryourself.com/strategies.html). With many useful tips, the list guides you through the whole process.

Also, you might find it helpful to have a doctor with IVC experience on your side. On the HSI website, you can search to see if any doctors near you administer IVC. Just use this link for our “Find a Doc” feature.

Sources:
“Antimicrobial resistance—an unfolding catastrophe” British Medical Journal, Vol. 346, 3/13/13, bmj.com