DMSO for Respiratory Diseases — Research and Patient Reports on COPD, Asthma, and Lung Recovery
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Since childhood, I've known numerous smokers who had slow, agonizing deaths from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). These deaths were often quite traumatic for their family and friends, particularly as patients became increasingly disabled from their loss of respiratory function. Once I entered medicine, I saw the other half of this tragic story. I lost count of how many COPD patients were subjected to the same medical protocols — which they often couldn't refuse because people will do anything to be able to breathe. They'd eventually get hospitalized for COPD exacerbations or pneumonia (common COPD complications), and before long, they'd enter a cycle of ever more frequent repeat hospitalizations until they died. Note: Steroids are frequently used to manage COPD and slow lung destruction. However, steroids suppress the immune system, which coupled with the reduced respiratory turnover seen in COPD, makes patients much more vulnerable to pneumoni...