PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Vitamin C (4 January 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of Vitamin C as a treatment for covid-19.
Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)
Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)
Answer
Although some clinical trial results do show promise for vitamin C to support COVID-19 treatment and recovery, the studies are limited by small sample sizes, early termination of some of the studies, differences in dose and duration, lack of placebo controls, and no pre-and post-intervention plasma vitamin C concentrations. However, vitamin C is currently being trialled in the REMAP-CAP study for patients with COVID-19 acquired pneumonia.
Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
12 January 2022
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