Med. praxi. 2025;22(4):293-296 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2025.058
Intravenously administered vitamin C therapy in a patient with Post-covid syndrome
- Klinické centrum Praha, s. r. o.
The author presents a case report of a young man who developed post-covid syndrome. No serious pathological conditions were identified in the differential diagnosis, only post-covid syndrome was suspected. Supportive therapy with intravenously administered vitamin C was indicated. Within 13 months, after a series of vitamin C infusions, there was a significant improvement to complete disappearance of symptoms, including a return to full school workload. The case study shows the possible effect of supportive infusion therapy with vitamin C in a young patient with long-term post-covid syndrome, in whom conventional supportive measures were not helpful
Keywords: intravenously administered vitamin C therapy, vitamin C infusion therapy, supportive treatment of post-covid syndrome.
Received: May 28, 2025; Revised: July 14, 2025; Accepted: July 15, 2025; Published: September 29, 2025 Show citation
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