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The DMSO Moment: How an Old Medicine Finds New Life - Mary Beth Pfeiffer

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A woman facing a lung transplant reversed her condition with a $30 over-the-counter treatment. Doctors told her she had no options. A new doctor suggested DMSO. Months later? Her lungs were CLEAR.  Erica Eyres, a vigorous fifty-six-year-old aerobics instructor who had struggled to breathe, was given “absolutely devastating” news in 2022: She might need a lung transplant. She had never smoked, ran cross-country track in high school, and was a personal trainer for years, but, by 2024, a transplant assessment was arranged. “I decided that I will make that decision,” she said, “only if it’s the last resort, and I’m on my deathbed.” A few months before her consultation, however, Eyres, then fifty-eight, made an appointment with a new primary care doctor for routine prescription refills. She was about to be introduced, literally and figuratively, to a new kind of medicine. It would change everything. Dr. James Miller, a former surgeon, liked to get to know his patients, so he asked Eyres...

DMSO Could Save Millions from Brain and Spinal Injury - A Midwestern Doctor (2025)

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Key Points DMSO is a remarkably safe chemical that protects cells from otherwise fatal stressors (e.g., freezing, burning, shockwaves, ischemia) Since the heart, brain, and spinal cord are particularly vulnerable to injury, DMSO can produce miraculous results when those injuries happen Despite decades of research, many serious shortcomings exist with how we treat strokes (including brain bleeds), heart attacks, and spinal cord injuries As I will show here, had the FDA not sabotaged DMSO’s adoption, in addition to countless lives being saved, millions could have been protected from a lifetime of disability or paralysis Generated using DALL·E—OpenAI’s legacy image model Introduction If I were stranded on a desert island or knew the world was ending and I could only bring a few therapies with me, one of them, without a doubt, would be DMSO. This is because:  It effectively add...

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