DEAR DR. GOTT: There have been a lot of people writing you with questions about shingles. I would like to give you a “recipe” my mother-in-law gave me. I know it worked for her, my father-in-law, my husband and me.
Simply take this combination three times per day: one 400 IU vitamin E, two 100-milligram B-complex and four 1,000-milligram slow-release vitamin C tablets. When the shingles symptoms are gone, stop the vitamin E and B-complex and taper off the vitamin C slowly. If you have diarrhea symptoms, eat cheese.
DEAR READER: I have not heard of this and have no idea why it would work. You failed to mention how long before symptoms typically start to disappear when using this “remedy.” I would also like to mention that the tolerable upper limit for those over 19 for vitamin C is 2,000 milligrams, and for vitamin E, it is 1,500 IU. While vitamin C has a relatively low toxicity, vitamin E may cause hemorrhaging and interrupt blood coagulation when taken above recommended daily doses. I suggest everyone interested in trying this remedy do so only under physician monitoring.
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