Dianazene was the name given by

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to a vitamin compound containing

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, and various

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, including especially large doses of

niacin Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It can be manufactured by plants and animals from the amino acid tryptophan. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variet ...

. Hubbard promoted it as a form of protection against radiation poisoning during the 1950s, saying that "Dianazene runs out radiation — or what appears to be radiation. It also proofs a person against radiation in some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer." In 1958, the

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seized and destroyed 21,000 Dianazene tablets from the Distribution Center Inc., a company with ties to the Church of Scientology, because they were falsely labeled as a preventative and treatment for radiation sickness. Vitamins continue to play a large role in the Scientology

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and (the secular version) in the

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program, where it is similarly claimed that large quantities of niacin and other vitamins, combined with the heat in a sauna, can "purify" the body by allowing it to release

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s stored in cellular tissue and to "run out" or ameliorate prior radiation exposure including

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Ingredients

A standard dose of Dianazene, according to Hubbard's 1957 book ''

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'', contained the following ingredients: * Vitamin B₃ (

Niacin Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It can be manufactured by plants and animals from the amino acid tryptophan. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variet ...

): 200 mg *

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( Ferrous gluconate): 10 grains (600 mg) *Vitamin B₁ (

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): 25 mg *Vitamin B₂ ( Riboflavin): 50 mg *

Vitamin C Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits and vegetables, also sold as a dietary supplement and as a topical 'serum' ingredient to treat melasma (dark pigment spots) ...

(Ascorbic acid): 200–500 mg *

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(

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): 15-20 grains (1000–1300 mg)

References

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