Ascorbic acid has some really interesting properties that I don't remember completely. It's part of how anti-oxidents work in the first place. Basically, it's "huggy", that's why it neutralizes the taste of iodine (and chlorine, so I've been told) in so treated water. Still looking to see if it just a mask, or if it also effects the absorbtion of the iodine. If it does, that might be the logic behind this theory, but anything taken (oral, DSMO patch, IM or IV) after the bite I just don't see as being into the system fast enough.

Still, I haven't read those papers yet. I'll pass them along to the folks I know who can put things like PhD and MD after thier names.