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• Case Report   
  Case Cluster of RT-PCR COVID-19 Positive Patients with an Unexpected Benign Clinical Course with Vitamin D, Melatonin, Vitamin C, and Viscum Album
  Author(s): Mark Hancock*, Petra Ketterl, Xavier Vinas and Paul Werthmann
  
  Background: The SARS-COV-2 global pandemic has been noted to have a differential effect on those exposed depending on risk factors such as age, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Case presentation: We report a case series of 12 confirmed positive patients and 12 presumptive positive patients all of whom had either an entirely asymptomatic or relatively mild clinical course. 2 patients had active cancer, 3 patients were cancer survivors, 1 patient without cancer was 74 years old. All patients were treated early in their disease course with vitamin D loading (50,000 IU daily for 3 days), 60 to 240 mg melatonin, and 2000 mg oral vitamin C. The 6 high risk patients and one 59 year old patient were treated with at least 2 intravenous doses of vitamin C. The 2 patients with active cancer received 75 grams of vitamin C (one .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096-22.S17.004

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