# US 2019/0314318 A1 · Suppression and prevention of tumors and treatment of viruses > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0314318 A1 - Document ID: US20190314318A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/950,246 - Filed: 2018-04-11 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-11 - Inventors: Robert Benson Aylor; Leigh Heather Makover; Robyn Aylor Haines - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190314318A1 ## CPC - A61K 31/205: Amine addition salts of organic acids; Inner quaternary ammonium salts, e.g. betaine, carnitine - A23K 20/105: Aliphatic or alicyclic compounds - A23K 20/142: Amino acids; Derivatives thereof - A23K 20/174: Vitamins - A23K 50/40: for carnivorous animals, e.g. cats or dogs - A23K 50/42: Dry feed - A61K 31/341: not condensed with another ring, e.g. ranitidine, furosemide, bufetolol, muscarine - A61P 31/12: Antivirals - A61P 35/00: Antineoplastic agents - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A23K: FODDER - A61P: SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS ## Abstract Combinations of betaine and vitamin C are used to suppress or prevent malignant tumors or to treat viruses, e.g., by combining the two ingredients in a product consumed by a human, dog, or cat, such as an aqueous liquid such as grape juice, the ingredients being provided in containers with instructions for use, or in finished products, especially with support of tests demonstrating the effectiveness of the treatment for, e.g., preventing tumors in populations known to be at risk of developing tumors, or, treating existing cancers in combination with other cancer drugs such as anastrozole and/or fulvestrant and/or artemisinin either concurrently or sequentially to prevent the cancer from growing when the cancer drug is not being used, or in the treatment of viruses. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A product to help ensure compliance and optimize effectiveness in a treatment for minimizing the harmful effects of at least one of a malignant cancer tumor or virus, said product comprising the ingredients betaine, or its functional equivalent homolog, and vitamin C, or its functional equivalent, in a form which can be used in the treatment of humans, canines, or felines, said product providing protection for each of said ingredients from moisture air and contamination and prevention of interaction during storage and where said product either includes or is in association with instructions as to an appropriate dosage for treating at least one of a malignant cancer tumor or virus and instructions to promptly take said ingredients when they are no longer protected and are together in a dosage so as to ensure maximum effect when the said dosage is taken. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21 wherein said product is suitable for and includes, or is in association, with instructions for using said product in the treatment of said malignant cancer tumor. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The product of claim 22 in single dosage form to ensure proper dosage and to make compliance easier. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The product of claim 23 for use by a human wherein each dosage contains at least about one gram of betaine and one gram of vitamin C. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The product of claim 24 wherein said product also includes, or is in association with, instructions to take from one to three dosages per day. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The product of claim 22 suitable for use by a human wherein each of the ingredients is in a separate package in bulk, wherein said product includes or is in association with instructions to measure out at least about one gram of each of the ingredients betaine and vitamin C, to add the said ingredients to an aqueous medium to create a single dosage, and to promptly take the said single dosage, said product also either including, or being in association with, instructions on the importance of continuing treatment to control said malignant cancer tumor. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The product of claim 26 wherein at said product includes, or is in association with, instructions to take said dosage for from one to three times a day. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21 wherein said product includes or is in association, with instructions for treatment of a virus. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The product of claim 28 wherein said virus is either a common cold virus or a flu virus. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The product of claim 28 packaged in a single dosage form that provides separate packaging for each ingredient to ensure proper dosage and to make compliance with dosing instructions easier. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The product of claim 30 suitable for use by a human wherein each dosage contains at least about one gram of betaine and one gram of vitamin C. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The product of claim 31 which includes, or is in association with, instructions to take from one to three dosages per day. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The product of claim 31 wherein said package includes, or is in association with, instructions to take more than three dosages per day if the condition is serious. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The product of claim 28 wherein each of the ingredients betaine and vitamin C is in a bulk package with instructions on at least one of said packages to measure out at least about one gram of each of sail ingredients into an aqueous medium to create a single dosage, and to promptly take said dosage. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The product of claim 34 wherein at least one of said bulk packages includes, or is in association with, instructions to take said dosages for from one to three times a day for a normal treatment or for more times a day for a serious condition. ### Claim 36 A product to help ensure compliance and effectiveness in a treatment for minimizing the harmful effects of a malignant cancer tumor or virus condition, said product comprising the ingredients betaine and vitamin C each of which is in a form which can be used in the treatment of humans, said product being in single dosage form to ensure proper dosage and promote compliance with dosing instructions and having separate protection for each ingredient from moisture, air, and contamination and said product either including on said packaging, or being in association with, instructions to promptly take said ingredients, after they are removed from said packaging and mixed together to ensure maximum effect. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The product of claim 36 wherein the ingredients are powders, the instructions include the instruction to add the ingredients together into an aqueous liquid, and the condition is a virus. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The product of claim 37 where said packaging is foil with a separate pocket for each ingredient, the amount of each ingredient is at least one gram, and the instructions include the advice to use up to three or more dosages per day depending on the severity of the condition. ### Claim 39 (depends on 36) The product of claim 36 wherein the condition is a malignant cancer tumor. ### Claim 40 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21 which is a food product suitable for treating canines, said food product containing vitamin C and betaine, the food product being in single dosage form containing and protecting the Vitamin C and betaine from moisture and air and which prevents the Vitamin C and betaine from interacting until after ingestion.