Vitamin c is vital if using ascorbic acid simply supply enough alkaline minerals to balance the equation! Megadosing is a powerful healler and the minimal amount to heal is found in the titeration levels! The amount just below a loose stool! The acid scare is just that and if it is a concern simly use sodium ascorbate! I know personaly of its success in treating prostate cancer in a few months! There are a few bashers of vitamin C but those that do rely on a few wrong assumptions or are promoted by those who lose profit by its success! IV vitamin C is approved by the NIH an establishment organization who has decided it is the right thing to endorse! The controversy here is a mostly from a personal and untested biases and those who dont really understand how the body works!