Fake snake oil cures for long COVID patients leave patients at risk

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SOURCES:

Linda Geng, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, Stanford University; co-director, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Center.

Diana Gthe, founder of the COVID support group Survivor Corps.

Michael Peluso, MD, infectious disease physician, assistant professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Zachary Schwartz, MD, Medical Director, Post-COVID-19 Recovery Clinic, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada.

Alexander Truong, MD, pulmonologist, Emory University School of Medicine.

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation physician; Director, Post-COVID Recovery Program and Clinic, San Antonio, TX.

Nature: Promoting non-evidence-based therapies within patient-led Long COVID support groups.

Facebook: @COVID19survivorcorps, May 27, 2022.

Hormonal and metabolic research: Post COVID and apheresis – Where are we?

The BMJ: Long covid and apheresis: A miracle cure sold on an assumption of hope, Long covid patients travel overseas for expensive, experimental blood washes.'”

FDA: FDA warns against stem cell therapies and dietary supplements.

Stem Cell Reporting: Ethical Issues and Public Communication in the Development of Cellular Treatments for COVID-19: Lessons from the Pandemic.

Stem Cell Cell: Selling US Stem Cells in 2021: US companies selling unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.

Scientific reports: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms in the post-COVID state: a randomized controlled trial.

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