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A 'mega dose' of Vitamin C may be harmful rather than helpful for patients with sepsis who are in the ICU, according to Australian and international research. Previous studies had been mixed as to whether there may be some benefit of giving sepsis patients a high dose of Vitamin C, but many of those studies had been quite small. This new study looked at nearly 900 sepsis patients who were also receiving drugs to increase their blood pressure - a mainstay of sepsis treatment. The study found a higher risk of death or persistent organ dysfunction in patients who received Vitamin C compared to those who received placebo.
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