Dosages

Vitamin C

U.S. RDA:
Men:
General: 60mg
Women:
General: 60mg
Pregnant: 70mg
Nursing: 95mg for the first 6 months, then 90mg.

Dr. Atkins:
General: 500mg of ascorbate every day, along with an equal amount of the bioflavonoids.
Include at least a gram of bioflavonoids whenever your ascorbate dosage exceeds a gram.

Dr. Balch:
Abscess: 5,000 - 20,000mg, daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Acne: 1,000 - 1,600mg 3 times daily.
Adrenal disorders: 4,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Age spots: 3,000 - 6.000mg daily in divided doses.
Aging: 4,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses.
AIDS: 10,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis: 5,000 ­ 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Asthma: 1,500mg 3 times daily with bioflavonoids. If you have a history of kidney stones or hemochromatosis, do not take vitamin C at this dosage level.
Autism: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Bedsores: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily in divided doses.
Bee sting: 10,000mg within the first hour. Then 5,000 - 25,000mg daily in divided doses.
Bladder infection: 4,000 - 5,000mg daily, in divided doses with 1,000mg of bioflavonoids.
Boil: 3,000 - 8,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Breast cancer: 5,000 - 20,000 daily, in divided doses.
Bronchitis: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Bruising: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Bruxism: 3,000 - 5,000mg daily.
Bulimia: 5,000mg daily, in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Burns: 10,000mg immediately after a burn; 2,000mg 3 times a day thereafter until healed. Take with bioflavonoids.
Bursitis: 3,000 - 8,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Cancer:5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Canker sores: 3,000 - 8,000mg daily in divided doses.
Cardiovascular disease: 1,000mg 3 times daily.
Chickenpox: 1,000mg 4 times daily.
Chronic fatigue syndrome: 5,000 - 10,000mg daily.
Colitis: 3,000 - 6,000mg daily in divided doses.
Common cold: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Constipation: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Crohn's disease: 1,000mg 3 times daily.
Croup: 60mg 5 times daily for children 6 - 12 months old; 100mg 4 times daily for ages 1 - 4; 500 mg for 3 days for children over 3.
Diabetes: 3,000 - 6,000mg daily.
Down syndrome: 3,000mg daily.
Drug abuse: 2,000mg every 3 hours.
Emphysema: 5,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Environmental toxicity: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids and quercetin.
Epilepsy: 2,000 - 7,000mg daily, in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Bloodshot eyes: 1,000 - 2,500mg 4 times daily.
Macular degeneration: 1,000 - 2,500mg 4 times daily.
Shingles: 2,000 - 6,000mg daily and up.
Fever: 5,000 - 20,000daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Foodborne/waterborne disease: 8,000mg daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids and vitamin E.
Glaucoma: 10,000 - 15,000mg daily, in divided doses. Under a doctor's supervision, you can increase the dose to 30,000mg daily. Take with bioflavonoids.
Gout: 3,000 - 5,000mg daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Halitosis (bad breath): 2,000 - 6,000mg daily.
High cholesterol: 3,000 - 8,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Impotence: 500mg 3 times daily. Take with bioflavonoids.
Infertility: 2,000 - 6,000 daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Inflammation: 3,000 - 6,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Influenza: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Insect allergy: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Periodontal disease: 4,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Pneumonia: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Pregnancy related problems: 2,000 - 4,000mg daily, in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Psoriasis: 2,000 - 10,000mg daily.
Skin cancer: 5,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Tonsillitis: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Tuberculosis: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.
Tumor: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily, in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Varicose veins: 3,000 - 6,000mg daily with bioflavonoid complex and extra rutin (50mg 3 times daily).
Warts: 4,000 -10,000mg daily.
Weakened Immune System: 5,000 - 20,000mg daily, in divided doses.

Dr. Barney:
AIDS/HIV: up to 20,000mg daily with meals in divided doses. Take with bioflavonoids.
Allergies: 5,000 -10,000mg daily in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Alzheimer's disease: 6,000mg in equal divided doses with meals. Take with calcium and magnesium.
Anxiety: 1,000mg with each meal.
Athlete's foot: take as directed, using up to 10,000mg daily in divided doses with bioflavonoids at meals.
Bladder infections: 3,000 - 5,000mg in divided doses. Drink plenty of water. Take with bioflavonoids.
Boils: 10,000mg daily in divided doses.
Bronchitis: 10,000mg daily in three divided doses with bioflavonoids. Take with meals.
Bursitis: 5,000mg daily with bioflavonoids, in divided doses with meals.
Cancer: 10,000 - 15,000mg daily with bioflavonoids in divided doses with meals.
Carpal tunnel syndrome: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids at each of three meals.
Cataracts: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids at each of three meals daily.
Chickenpox: follow label directions. Use liquid products that have been esterized.
Colitis: 6,000mg with bioflavonoids at each of three meals daily.
Coronary heart disease: 1,000 - 3,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Diarrhea: 500mg twice a day with meals using a buffered or esterized product with bioflavonoids.
Diverticulitis: 6,000mg with bioflavonoids divided into each of three meals.
Earache: 1,000mg with each of three meals (or an age appropriate dose).
Fever: 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids, in divided doses with meals.
Gallstones: 1,000 - 3,000mg daily in divided doses with meals.
Glaucoma: 10,000 - 20,000mg daily in divided doses with bioflavonoids.
Gout: 3,000mg with bioflavonoids in three divided doses, daily.
Heart attack: 1,000 to 3,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
High blood pressure: 1,000 - 3,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Impotence: 3,000 - 5,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Infertility: 3,000 - 5,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Meningitis: 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids, divided into three doses with meals.
Menopause: follow label directions.
Menstrual cramps: follow label directions.
Obesity: 1,000 - 3,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Parkinson's disease: 1,000 - 3,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Periodontal disease: 1,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
PMS: 1,500mg daily.
Pneumonia: 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids, in divided doses with meals.
Pregnancy-related complications: follow label directions. Do not take mega-doses (over 5,000mg daily) when pregnant.
Rheumatic fever: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids, with each of three meals (or age appropriate dose).
Shingles: up to 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Sinusitis: 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids, divided into doses with each of three meals.
Sprains/strains: 5,000mg daily.
Stress: 3,000 - 5,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Stroke: 5,000 - 10,000mg daily with bioflavonoids.
Sunburn: follow label directions.
Ulcers: 1,000 - 3,000mg with bioflavonoids prior to each meal and at bedtime.
Vaginitis: follow label directions.
Varicose veins: 3,000 - 5,000mg with bioflavonoids daily.
Visual disorder: 6,000mg with bioflavonoids in divided doses.
Warts: 3,000 to 5,000mg with bioflavonoids.

Drs. Zand, Spreen, & LaVille:
Abscess: 1,000mg three to five times daily and 500mg of mixed bioflavonoids three to four times daily.
Acne: 500mg with an equal amount of bioflavonoids, three times daily.
Aging: 1,000mg three times daily with an equal amount of bioflavonoids.
Allergies: 1,000mg five times a day for four to five days. Follow this with 1,000mg three times a day for three weeks; then take 1,000mg a day for two months.
Alzheimer's disease: 500mg with bioflavonoids, three times daily.
Anemia: 600mg twice daily.
Appendicitis: 1,000mg and 500mg of bioflavonoids three times daily for two weeks, then reduce to the same dosage twice a day.
Back pain and strain: 1,000mg with and equal amount of bioflavonoids, three times daily.
Bites: 1,000mg three times daily for two weeks.
Breast cancer: 500mg with bioflavonoids, four times daily.
Bronchitis: 500mg three times daily until you are better.
Bruise: 500mg daily for one month.
Burns: 1,000mg three times daily and 500mg of bioflavonoids twice daily for one to two weeks.
Cancer: 500 - 1,000mg three to four times daily for one week following chemotherapy or radiation treatment and at least once a day at all other times.
Canker sores: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids twice a day between meals for five days.
Cardiovascular disease: 1,000mg three times daily.
Carpal tunnel syndrome: 1,000mg daily.
Cataracts: 5000mg three time daily of a buffered vitamin-C formula that included bioflavonoids.
Chickenpox: 5000 - 1,000mg for the first week three to four times daily, plus an equal amount of bioflavonoids.
Chlamydia: 500mg three to four times daily.
High cholesterol: 3,000mg as part of a good antioxidant formula.
Chronic fatigue syndrome: at least 1,000mg with bioflavonoids three times daily, up to the highest level you can tolerate without developing loose stools.
Cirrhosis: 3,000mg as part of a good antioxidant formula.
Colitis, ulcerative: in addition to a good antioxidant formula take 500mg of vitamin C with bioflavonoids three times daily.
Common cold: 500 - 1,000mg with an equal amount of bioflavonoids, every hour for up to eight hours at the first sign of a cold.
Conjunctivitis: 500 - 1,000mg with bioflavonoids three times a day for five to seven days.
Corneal problems: 1,000 - 3,000mg of a vitamin-C complex three times daily while symptoms are acute. When symptoms improve, reduce the dosage to 500 - 1,000mg three times daily.
Cough: one lozenge an hour, as needed.
Cuts & scrapes: 500 - 2,000mg with an equal amount of bioflavonoids, three times daily.
Diabetes: 500 - 1,000mg and 500mg of mixed bioflavonoids two to three times daily.
Drug abuse: 1,000mg of buffered vitamin-C formula that includes bioflavonoids three times daily.
Ear infection: 500 - 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids four to five times daily, until the infection clears.
Eczema: 5000 - 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids at least twice daily, for one to two months.
Emphysema: 1,000mg twice daily.
Endometriosis: 500 - 1,000mg three times daily of a vitamin-C complex that contains bioflavonoids.
Eyestrain: 1,000 - 3,000mg of a vitamin-C complex three times daily. When symptoms improve, reduce the dosage to 500 - 1,000mg three times daily.
Fibrocystic breast disease: 500mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids three times daily.
Fibroids, uterine: 500mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids three times daily.
Floaters: 500 - 1,000mg of a vitamin-C complex three times daily.
Flu: 500 - 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids five times a day for five days to one week.
Food allergies: 1,000mg of vitamin C, in mineral ascorbate form with bioflavonoids, twice a day for two to three months.
Glaucoma: 500 - 1,000mg with bioflavonoids three to four times daily.
Gonorrhea: 1,000mg of a vitamin-C formula, four or five times daily.
Gout: 1,000mg daily of vitamin-C formula.
Hair loss: 500 - 1,000mg twice daily.
Hay fever: 1,000mg and an equal amount of bioflavonoids, at least three times daily.
Herpes: 500 - 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids three times daily for three days.
High blood pressure: 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids twice daily.
HIV disease: 3,000 - 10,000mg daily.
Hives: 5000mg three to four times daily.
Hypoglycemia: 500mg and 500mg of bioflavonoids twice daily with zinc, immediately before a meal.
Jaundice: 500mg five to six times daily with bioflavonoids.
Kidney disease: 1,000mg at least twice daily.
Lupus: 1,000mg three times daily.
Lyme disease: 500 - 1,000mg three times daily for two months with an equal amount of bioflavonoids.
Macular degeneration: 1,000mg plus 500mg of bioflavonoids three times daily.
Measles: 500 - 1,000mg three to four times daily with an equal amount of bioflavonoids. Do this for one week. The following week take the same dosage two or three times a day. During the third week, take the same dosage two or three times daily every other day. Then continue to take one-half dose once a week for three weeks.
Memory problems: 1,000mg
Meningitis: 5000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids four times daily for two weeks, then reduce to 500mg of each twice daily.
Mononucleosis: 1,000mg with an equal amount of bioflavonoids three to four times daily during the acute phase and twice a day thereafter, until the illness is completely resolved.
Multiple sclerosis: 500mg with bioflavonoids twice daily.
Muscle sprain, strain, & pain: 1,000mg of a vitamin-C formula.
Pain: 1,000mg and an equal amount of bioflavonoids three times daily.
Pancreatitis: 500mg three times daily.
Parkinson's disease: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids three times daily for one month.
Pelvic inflammatory disease: 1,000mg three times daily.
Periodontal disease: 500mg.
Phlebitis: 500mg three to four times daily and 200mg of mixed bioflavonoids three times daily.
Pneumonia: 500 - 1,000mg and an equal amount of bioflavonoids three to four times daily for two weeks.
Poison ivy, oak & sumac: 500 - 1,000mg three to four times daily.
PMS: 500mg with bioflavonoids two or three times daily.
Psoriasis: 500mg with an equal amount of mixed bioflavonoids two or three times daily.
Retinal disorders: 500 - 1,000mg of vitamin-C complex three times daily.
Rosacea: 500mg of vitamin C and bioflavonoids three times daily, between meals, for one month. After that, take 500mg of each twice daily for one month. Then reduce the dosage to 500mg of each once daily.
Shock: 1,000mg three times a day for four weeks.
Sinusitis: 500 - 1,000mg of each three to four times a day for four to five days.
Skin cancer: 500mg with bioflavonoids three times daily.
Sore throat: 1 teaspoon dissolved in water and sipped throughout the day. Do this for the first 48 hours of a sore throat.
Stress: 1,000 - 3,000mg with bioflavonoids daily.
Stroke: 500 - 1,000mg and an equal amount of mixed bioflavonoids three times daily.
Stye: 500 - 1,00mg three times daily until the infection clears.
Sunburn: 500 - 1,000mg and an equal amount of bioflavonoids three to four times daily for two weeks following a sunburn.
Tendinitis: 1,000mg with bioflavonoids three times daily for two weeks. Then take 500mg three times daily for three weeks.
Tetanus: 500 - 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids three times daily for one week following a puncture wound. Then take the same dosage twice a day for two weeks.
Thrush: 3,000mg daily.
Tinnitus: 500mg three or four times daily for one month.
Tuberculosis: 500mg and an equal amount of bioflavonoids three to four times daily for the first month. During the second month, take the same dosage, but twice a day. During the third and fourth months, take one dose daily.
Urinary tract infection: 1,000mg three to four times daily.
Vaginitis: 1,000mg of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids three or four times daily for three days.
Vasculitis: 1,000mg and 500mg of mixed bioflavonoids three times daily.
Vocal cord nodules: 500mg three to four times daily.

Integrative Medicine Communications:
Tissue saturation: 100 to 250 mg
General supplementation: 250 to 500mg daily.
Recovery (illness, surgery, etc): 500 to 1,000mg three times a day (with each meal)