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COVID-19? I like what I’m hearing about famotidine

Last update: 08-19-23 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN “Famotidine use was associated with a reduced risk of death and intubation. By comparison proton pump inhibitors (that reduce gastric acid independent of a histamine mechanism) were not associated with reduced risk of death or intubation.”  ~Hogan II et al., 2020 I like the sound of this! …

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War Stories: James

By Eugene L. Heyden, RN I’m sure you’ve heard of Kelly by now.  Others have told her story, and you can find my version here, on my website.  And just so you don’t get the impression that Kelly is the only one who’s Crohn’s went into remission via vagal nerve stimulation (VNS), let me introduce…

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Fatty Liver Disease? This One Thing Could Turn It All Around

  By Eugene L. Heyden, RN “Given the high prevalence and rising incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the absence of approved therapies is striking. Although the mainstay of treatment of NAFLD is weight loss, it is hard to maintain, prompting the need for pharmacotherapy as well.”   ~Rotman and Sanyal, 2017 I’ve seen this…

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Natto-Serra and the Challenge of Long COVID

By Eugene L. Heyden, RN   Introduction The symptoms of long COVID are multifarious and include breathlessness, fatigue, chest pain, myalgia, cognitive dysfunction, innate immune responses coupled to inflammatory cytokine production, and a pro-coagulant state.  ~Kell et al., 2022, emphasis added) Ongoing vascular endothelial damage promotes platelet adhesion and coagulation, resulting in the impairment of…

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What Does This Guy Know That You Don’t Know?

Last revision: 12-26-22 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN What does Adam know that you don’t know?  It may be what remission from Crohn’s feels like.  And if you were to ask him, he would say it feels “Great!”  It feels so great, in fact, he would like to tell you his story.  Particularly impressive, is…

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War Stories: Miriam

Last revision: 02-27-24 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN   “Based on these initial encouraging results, off-label use of HBO [hyperbaric oxygen] might offer a solution to therapy-refractory patients, such as the cases presented here in which a proctectomy was already considered to be the next step.  ~ Lansdorp et al., 2020a “What is hyperbaric oxygen…

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Lumbrokionase for Long Covid

Lumbrokinase for Long COVID: Considering the possibilities

Topic: Lumbrokinase; Long COVID; COVID-19 Download a PDF of the entire article By Eugene L. Heyden, RN   Introduction “Studies have shown that long covid can affect the whole spectrum of people with covid-19, from those with very mild acute disease to the most severe forms. “The symptoms of long covid include fatigue, dyspnea, cardiac…

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