Misoprostol (Cytotec)

Posted by capnjack @capnjack, 5 days ago

I found a couple of references to the use of misoprostol (prescribed to prevent ulcers and also to induce labor) as a treatment for COPD. A small study in 1995 showed asthmatics using their albuterol inhalers less often, and another study in 2022 showed (in mice) possible actual rebuilding of alveoli! I.e., rebuilding damaged lungs. Anybody else bump into this info?

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ktf | @ktf | 4 days ago

Hello can Jack. I have not but I’m going to look into that and ask my amazing pulmonologist.

ktf | @ktf | 4 days ago

Oops. Auto correct changed your name.
capnjack

ktf | @ktf | 4 days ago

In reply to @ktf "Oops. Auto correct changed your name. capnjack" + (show)

https://copdnewstoday.com/news/targeting-fatty-molecules-receptors-may-improve-lung-repair-copd/
First article that opened. From 2022
Interesting

donnab213 | @donnab213 | 3 days ago

Article was written almost 3 years ago. Wonder if any progress has been made during those 3 years.

taipan | @taipan | 3 days ago

In reply to @ktf "https://copdnewstoday.com/news/targeting-fatty-molecules-receptors-may-improve-lung-repair-copd/ First article that opened. From 2022 Interesting" + (show)

how can it possibly take over 2 years to verify this work
at this speed nothing much is happening

ktf | @ktf | 3 days ago

Taipan clinical trials often take a long time. Apparently they haven’t moved to human trials yet.
For instance I did a clinical trial at Tempke Lung in Philadelphia for my chronic bronchitis - it took almost two years to complete. Luckily I got the actual RheOx treatment for the bronchitis. And my bronchitis is gone. But RheOx has not been approved in the US yet. Once it does get approval it is a game changer for those with the COPD chronic bronchitis!
Tempke Lung is a premier hospital for trials.

taipan | @taipan | 2 days ago

In reply to @ktf "Taipan clinical trials often take a long time. Apparently they haven’t moved to human trials yet...." + (show)

at an age of quantum computers, plenty of sophisticated equipment, I do not understand the time frames needed

ktf | @ktf | 2 days ago

In spite of all the new tech, clinical trials at this point in time require humans ultimately.
I enjoy all the new techy & sophisticated tools but if new drugs and new procedures were left up to machines only I would most likely not participate in that kind of clinical trial bcz no matter how sophisticated a tool is the human body is a different kind of machine that as far as I’m concerned needs a human body.
I will gladly look into all manner of human trials, read the abstracts by professionals in the field & then decide whether to participate.

jamecline | @jamecline | 2 days ago

In reply to @ktf "Taipan clinical trials often take a long time. Apparently they haven’t moved to human trials yet...." + (show)

Misoprostol is already an approved drug with known side effects other drugs are used for crossover treatments they weren't originally developed for I'm definitely going to ask my p doc at my next visit

ktf | @ktf | 2 days ago

In reply to @jamecline "Misoprostol is already an approved drug with known side effects other drugs are used for crossover..." + (show)

I am too but the problem I see is it is not approved for COPD so like dupxient before its approval for COPD my insurance would not cover it. Nor did my COPD qualify for its use. I’ve already printed out that study to let my pulmonologist take a look. Please let us know what your pulmonologist says taipan.