Yostradamus MD MPH 🇺🇸
@dryostradamus
Propofol expert aka anesthesiologist. Sometimes I write a paper or 2 about #longcovid #PCVS #chronicdiseases. Getting my 💔 by the NY Mets since the 80's
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Detection of S1 spike protein in CD16+ monocytes up to 245 days in SARS-CoV-2-negative post-COVID-19 vaccine syndrome (PCVS) individuals Took us 4 years to get our post-COVID vaccine syndrome paper (PCVS) peer reviewed and published. We knew back in…
While our clinical trial on maraviroc is for adults (18-65)- one of the long COVID groups who we have seen the fastest and dramatic improvements on maraviroc are pediatrics populations. Hypothesis is that they have not been exposed to vector borne and herpes family viruses yet…
Millions of children are living with #LongCOVID. Their symptoms disrupt memory, energy, mood, and development, keeping them out of school, sidelined from friendships, and left without answers. Join us for #PediatricLongCOVIDAwareness Week. longcovidfamilies.org/advocacy/ped...
When I was a 3rd year resident, I was diagnosed with a tumor in L1/L2 of my spinal cord. The neurosurgeon told me without immediate surgery I would the lose ability to walk, pee and feel my lower extremities. I was terrified that I would no longer go to the gym, surf and dive…
As someone who does A LOT of neuro and spine cases, I 💯 agree with everything on this post. While there have been breakthroughs especially with minimally invasive spine surgery, I would consider non-operative options first and then surgical intervention.
As someone who does A LOT of neuro and spine cases, I 💯 agree with everything on this post. While there have been breakthroughs especially with minimally invasive spine surgery, I would consider non-operative options first and then surgical intervention.
Unless absolutely necessary, I would advise against spine surgery. We see many failed backs. There is indeed a role for spine surgery, as I can personally attest to, but be sure to exhaust all non-operative options first. Once a person has surgery, they're never the same!
As Long COVID funding gets cut by government and private funding (due to unaccounted for taxpayer money spent), the next big money train are the COVID vaccine injured patients.
This interesting peer reviewed and published paper on patient reported treatment outcomes for long COVID suggested maraviroc was one of the top reported medications. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… This is also a potential mechanism to treat post COVID vaccine syndrome (PCVS). Our FDA…
@dryostradamus sieht beachtliche Erfolge, wenn er das HIV-Medikament Maraviroc bei #LongCovid bei Kindern und Jugendlichen einsetzt, bessere noch als bei Erwachsenen. Es war ja auch schon auffällig, dass es zu den 3 am meisten helfenden Interventionen in dieser Studie zählte.
I’d add MDL for Lyme as they do a v good western blot and generally take insurance. Igenex etc also v good and can test for panel of diseases. For just bartonella, I like Galaxy Diagnostics @Bartonella.
💯 If you are doing clinical trials on long COVID (and on post vaccine) and you do not screen and exclude Lyme your trial will fail. Simply asking ‘did you have Lyme disease’ on a study enrollment questionnaire is not a screen for Lyme disease. Blood work is the key! Many…
⚠️ Add Lyme to the differential as it has a long history of causing A Fib ❤️ . Also, latent Lyme can activate in face of COVID / COVID vax & cause it. Not taking Lyme seriously is a huge mistake.
In NYC for the weekend and still mind boggling Walgreens at Penn Station keeps even the chocolates locked up. WTF!
You know when both left and right wing social media propagandists cosplaying as physicians block you then you hit their nerve center and are doing something right! Stay gold, Ponyboy!
Any plans for a case series for these 30 patients? If I can work 60+ hours a week in the OR and write up an 18 patient maraviroc case series on my free time (and without any compensation), I am sure others can crank out some case series publications.
I am unclear as to the mystique surrounding Pemgarda as this beacon of unattainability. Approval is straightforward - I’ve done it for 30+ patients, ~10 more pending. It’s the eye of the tiger. Private practice equates to freedom to be proactive and do what’s best for patients.
Very encouraging to see others observe what we have been observing since 2022. nature.com/articles/s4159… Lots of interesting data points between vector borne reactivation and PASC and also post COVID vaccine syndrome (PCVS). In some who had persistent COVID vax complications we…
This is a very interesting topic and we are pulling together some data on this right now. The general gist of our data, though: just like COVID can reactivate latent herpesviruses, I think we have emerging evidence to suggest it can also reactivate latent tick-borne infection 😐
My anesthesia residents and I just got notification that our Long COVID Project just got accepted at the 2025 American Society for Anesthesiologists (our national society conference) in San Antonio in October! This was a Quality Improvement submission into the perioperative…
Important read for clinicians!
🚨 I am very excited to share my NEW paper on #Dysautonomia, a common comorbidity of systemic disease. Read full-length article here: 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100… #neurotwitter #MedTwitter #POTS #LongCOVID #MECFS #BrainHealth @Jacobs_Med_UB @Dysautonomia @DrABrashear
I know a lot. Problem is there is a lack of awareness even in the medical community. Most of the long COVID research is going into giant circle jerking surveys and doing trials on stupid shit.
Terrifying to think of all the surgeons operating with “brain fog” (sars2 brain damage) out there… 😱
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸 The legendary ‘Back Up Terry’ video clip is a public service announcement to be safe today! 🙏🏾
We published in 2020 that IFN-gamma was elevated in 2020 cohort of Long COVID patients. frontiersin.org/journals/immun… IFN-gamma is in the numerator of that long haul index (LHI) that fucksticks with conflict of interests mocked.
This sounds familiar.... IFN-γ remains switched on after infection, 'prompting a prolonged conversation between T-cells and macrophages' and potentially testing JAK inhibitors
Over $1.6 billion in US Taxpayer money given to the @NIH for Long COVID research and we have no actionable plans and nothing to show for it. Clinicians in their respective specialities still do not know how to manage these complex patients except play hot potato and send them to…
Here's an excerpt from the recommendations given to a patient seen at @NorthwesternU "Long Covid Clinic" for severe, debilitating fatigue Summary: 1. Stay updated on covid boosters. 2. There is no approved treatment (Then, why do you have a clinic and charge people when you…
Anyone who has known or follows me, knows I am not a sensationalist and take a measured approach, wanting to see well designed studies and data before commenting. A very highly respected physician researcher sent me this text a few days ago. I am not going to jump to any…
Those CD16+ monocytes are like garbage trucks on fire filled with crap (viral and bacterial debris, dead cells, etc). Trials and studies validate certain biomarkers and test drug efficacy.
That is exactly what we are doing and have a chronic Lyme trial planned. We also found Borrelia protein fragments in monocytes #lyme