Vitamin C Injection
What is Ascorbic Acid?
Ascorbic acid is just vitamin C—a water-soluble vitamin your body needs but can’t make on its own. It’s naturally found in foods like oranges and peppers, but at 500 mg/ml (a high concentration), this is a pharmaceutical-grade version meant for injection.
What Does It Do?
At this strength it’s designed to deliver a big dose of vitamin C quickly—way more than you’d get from diet or pills. Here’s what it’s generally used for:
Boosting Vitamin C Levels:
Fixes deficiency (like scurvy—rare now) if you can’t absorb enough orally due to illness or gut issues. Symptoms of low C include fatigue, bleeding gums, or slow healing.
Each ml has 500 mg, massive dose compared to the daily need of 75-90 mg for adults.
Antioxidant Support:
Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals (unstable molecules that damage cells), which might help with inflammation, aging, or stress on the body from chronic conditions.
High doses are sometimes used “off-label” for immune support—like during colds—though evidence is shaky for that.
Special Conditions:
Cancer (adjunctive): Some studies explore mega-doses (10-100 g IV) to ease symptoms or side effects of chemo, but it’s not a cure—results are mixed, and this vial alone isn’t enough for that.
Burns or Trauma: High doses can support healing in hospitals by aiding collagen production (for skin and tissue repair).
How It’s Used
Dose: 1mL (500mg) per session
Route: Injectable (intramuscular), since 500 mg/ml is too concentrated for drinking or casual sipping.
Frequency: Could be one-off (for deficiency) or weekly (in wellness), based on what your provider’s aiming for.
Does It Help Metabolic Dysfunction or Weight Loss?
Vitamin C doesn’t directly treat metabolic dysfunction or burn fat. But:
It supports energy production (helps make carnitine, which moves fat into cells to burn).
Low C might worsen insulin resistance (a metabolic issue), so fixing that could indirectly help.
Weight loss? Only if paired with diet and exercise—no magic here.
Side Effects
Safe, possible GI side effects
What’s It For Here?
Think “immune boost” or “skin glow”
Vitamin C Injection
What is Ascorbic Acid?
Ascorbic acid is just vitamin C—a water-soluble vitamin your body needs but can’t make on its own. It’s naturally found in foods like oranges and peppers, but at 500 mg/ml (a high concentration), this is a pharmaceutical-grade version meant for injection.
What Does It Do?
At this strength it’s designed to deliver a big dose of vitamin C quickly—way more than you’d get from diet or pills. Here’s what it’s generally used for:
Boosting Vitamin C Levels:
Fixes deficiency (like scurvy—rare now) if you can’t absorb enough orally due to illness or gut issues. Symptoms of low C include fatigue, bleeding gums, or slow healing.
Each ml has 500 mg, massive dose compared to the daily need of 75-90 mg for adults.
Antioxidant Support:
Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals (unstable molecules that damage cells), which might help with inflammation, aging, or stress on the body from chronic conditions.
High doses are sometimes used “off-label” for immune support—like during colds—though evidence is shaky for that.
Special Conditions:
Cancer (adjunctive): Some studies explore mega-doses (10-100 g IV) to ease symptoms or side effects of chemo, but it’s not a cure—results are mixed, and this vial alone isn’t enough for that.
Burns or Trauma: High doses can support healing in hospitals by aiding collagen production (for skin and tissue repair).
How It’s Used
Dose: 1mL (500mg) per session
Route: Injectable (intramuscular), since 500 mg/ml is too concentrated for drinking or casual sipping.
Frequency: Could be one-off (for deficiency) or weekly (in wellness), based on what your provider’s aiming for.
Does It Help Metabolic Dysfunction or Weight Loss?
Vitamin C doesn’t directly treat metabolic dysfunction or burn fat. But:
It supports energy production (helps make carnitine, which moves fat into cells to burn).
Low C might worsen insulin resistance (a metabolic issue), so fixing that could indirectly help.
Weight loss? Only if paired with diet and exercise—no magic here.
Side Effects
Safe, possible GI side effects
What’s It For Here?
Think “immune boost” or “skin glow”
