Re: Mega-vitamin therapy

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Re: Mega-vitamin therapy

Bernard Peek

14 Feb 2005 22:03

>I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat
>and dizziness -- my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold),
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>this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false
>readings?

The vitamins won't do anything for the cold and might screw up the
tests. Have stiff drink instead. It won't help the cold either, but you
might feel a little better for a while.

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14 Feb 2005 20:19

I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat
and dizziness -- my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold),
and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses -- I
think it needs about 1g per day -- of Vitamin C) to deal with it.

However, today I started a new tub of test strips, and one thing which
Bayer says might cause false results is the presence in the bloodstream
of unusually high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

I'm wondering if it's alright to take up mega-vitamin therapy, or would
this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false
readings?

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