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COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Last Active: Dec 28, 2025 | Replies (134)Comment receiving replies
I have read this post several times times & had already started using NAC at 1200mg/day & NAD at 300mg/day, plus fish oil, etc.
However, I am unfamiliar with some of the other ingredients mentioned; could you please expand the info on the other meds mentioned?
I am a 79 year old man with COPD, quit smoking in 2012, but lungs are in bad shape: last spirometer test indicated FEV1 of 32%.
I try to eat a nutritious diet, get plenty of of sleep & try to walk a mile (slowly w/4 liters/minute oxygen) once a week or so. I would like to incorporate some of the other recommendations if I had a better understanding of them.
Thank you!
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There are so many supplements, vitamins and peptides that it is confusing to know what to take. I put the vitamins and supplements into a table last night, so that you can identify what will help you according to the symptoms you personally experience. Its attached below. Vitamin C and D are essential daily supplements for COPD.
Other things worth looking into are;
If you have chronic bronchitis and frequent exacerbations, discuss roflumilast with your doctor, it reduces inflammation (The Lancet).
If CT shows significant emphysema and hyperinflation, ask your doctor about having Zephyr Valves fitted.
Collagen Peptides may support lung tissue. Complements NAC’s antioxidant effects.
How to Use: 10g daily in water
Creatine Peptides May strengthen respiratory muscles, aiding your walking (Chest Journal).
3g daily in water
Discuss collagen (10g/day) and creatine (3g/day) with your doctor to confirm safety with NAC, NAD, and inhalers.
I've attached the table: Symptom Categories and Relevant Supplements, Herbs, and
Vitamins
The following table summarises the supplements, herbs, and vitamins that may help manage
COPD and emphysema symptoms, grouped by the symptoms they target.
We will find a cure one day, some good research going on in China, they are regrowing alveoli. P63+, HHIP
Symptom Categories and Relevant Supplements (Symptom-Categories-and-Relevant-Supplements-1.pdf)