Massive Vitamin C as an Adjunct in Methadone Maintenance and Detoxification

Vitamin C and Physiology Scurvy, an ancient plague, was mentioned by Hippocrates as the cause of debility, bleeding gums, and hemorrhages. Cities under siege, as well as ships at sea, were often devastated by this progressive and undefinable entity. During the Crusades, St. Louis and all of his knights were said to have been defeated and captured because of scurvy. During the 1497-98 voyage of Vasco de Gama, 100 of his crew of 160 died of scurvy, and in 1577, a Spanish galleon was found adrift with all dead of the disease. A story goes that on one of Columbus' trips, a number of Portuguese sailors were put ashore to die of scurvy. However, on a return trip, these men were found to be alive and healthy since they had out of desperation and hunger eaten the local wild plants and fruits they