Vitamin C and Increased Platelet Count

• Effect of intravenous vitamin C administration on chemotherapy-induced adverse events in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer.

  • 2026-04-13
  • RCT
  • PloS one 21(4)
  • • Peesit Leelasawatsuk
    • Pasawat Supanimitjaroenporn
    • Nattida Rodsom
    • Theepat Wongkittithaworn
    • Manupol Tangthongkum

  • PubMed: 41973719
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346818

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Platelet Count

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  longitudinal analysis demonstrated a significantly attenuated decline in platelet counts in the vitamin C group compared with placebo

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2 g