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Reviewer: Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C 1,000 mg , 75 or over on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I started taking this on Monday. Today is Friday. Dizziness has overtaken me since yesterday. I don't think I should take any more of this Lypo Spheric Vitamin C 1,000 distributed by LivOn Laboratories. (not the one selected below - it isn't on your list of Brand Products Used.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female (Consumer)
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For 3 years now I've been getting chronic colds that got worse and worse with time. All the Dr.'s said it was allergies. Come to find out it was soy. I was eating A LOT of soy becuz of food allergies. Soy causes colds and sinus problems over time. During this time I would fight the colds with Vitamin C either straight or in "Airbourne". It would always knock it out. I wouldn'
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Reviewer: Vitameatavegamin, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Consumer)
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I began taking large doses of vitamin C in 1972 after suffering one cold after another for months, when I was in high school and I had two little sisters at an age where they brought home every conceivable virus. I based this trial on the reading of the new book by Linus Pauling, Vitamin C and the Common Cold. My life changed dramatically as I ceased getting colds as long as I kept taking at least
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Reviewer: FERN-C, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Consumer)
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I have been taking vitamin c in a non acidic form 500 mg capsule for the past three years with excellent results. I used to suffer with a couple of dusy cold mostly during winter months every year. This amount of vc has kept this problem at bay.
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I think this does nothing for the common cold.
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