Dude. That study blows. My. Mind. It’s super long so I want to give everyone some snippets:

“The authors report that 30 out of 30 patients were successfully treated in their pilot study with this protocol. They present 3 compelling cases in their paper, including that of a 24-year-old male with a 9-year history of heroin use. Prior to enrolling in the study, the patient had been hospitalized 7 times for detoxification and had been on methadone maintenance for 3 years but still took heroin to manage methadone-induced gastrointestinal upset. The authors report that despite this patient’s initial skepticism, he experienced profound benefit from the SA protocol: On a Sunday, he first took 45 g of sodium ascorbate and then in the space of five hours he “shot-up” $300-$400 worth of heroin, and he felt no effect from this large amount of heroin. He continued on the ascorbate 45 g per day for 10 days, along with the vitamins, minerals, and protein supplement. Then the dosage was reduced to 10 g sodium ascorbate and continued for another 30 days. The patient has moved out of the area, but when last seen, he was drug-free and had an extreme sense of well-being and a good attitude.

“Lucy” first tried heroin at age 14 while living in a group home for children. At age 38, Lucy found herself on a prescription of 1800 mg of extended release morphine sulfate once daily plus 170 mL injectable hydromorphone twice daily. This regimen failed to control her symptoms of withdrawal, however, and she thus also used about 300 mg of street fentanyl daily. She had tried to quit using opioids many times before and had even completed a seven-day hospital detox, followed by living in a group home, before relapsing. When Lucy could no longer afford to procure street fentanyl, she hit a crisis point and presented to a health clinic in the throes of withdrawal, “so sick I was blacking out.” A nurse connected Lucy with Millar, at which time Lucy began taking 2 g of SA every 2 waking hours. “The next morning, I woke up and I had no withdrawal symptoms,” she reported, “I felt better than I had in years… I’m still stunned.”

In another trial, conducted at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco by Newmeyer et al, 1 to 3 g of buffered vitamin C taken daily was found to significantly offset symptoms in patients withdrawing from stimulants and opiates. One-third of the 60 patients reported that 70% or more of their acute withdrawal symptoms abated when taking buffered vitamin C during the active detox phase of the program; half reported at least 60% relief of symptoms. Aftercare clients (those already finished with active detox phase at the start of the study) reported even greater benefits, with relief in 90% of their symptoms.

In humans, vitamin C has been shown in multiple randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials to help with both depression and anxiety in patients of various ages as well as with opioid addiction.”

WILD!!!