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Glad you made it through yea I’m gonna blast the NAC. I’m having insane workouts and feel great all day then cough up mucus like chewed gum from around 3am on to the point I have to just wake up. I did rest for 2 solid days but I just can’t rest anymore it’s a real head fuck.Yeah, NAC is for mucus and supposedly can have other beneficial effects during covid.
Quercetin is the "zink ionophore" which supposedly helps zink get into cells. One of the few treatments that can shorten flu duration is zink (examine.com). A megadose of zink at the first sign of symptoms, like 100mg of elemental zink.
From quick google:
"It is also unclear if there are any benefits from supplementing with zinc for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2. There is limited indirect evidence from viral upper respiratory infections that zinc lozenges with a daily dose of >75 mg of zinc may shorten the duration of the common cold. However, there are risks with higher doses above the NOAEL including permanent loss of smell [28]. Therefore, a daily dose higher than 100 mg of elemental zinc in a lozenge is probably not advisable, as it is questionable whether there are any additional therapeutic effects [61]."
I'm one of the unfortunate ones who ended up on a ventilator.
This Meta-Analysis was just released. It is also discussed on Examine dot com as well. BTW....I take NAC every day when I have it, so i'm actually pro-NAC.
Abstract
Background:
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) may reduce acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through an antioxidant effect. Due to the heterogeneity in studies, the currently available data do not confirm the efficacy of oral NAC therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. We hypothesize that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients receiving regular oral NAC therapy do not achieve improved clinical outcomes.
Objectives:
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the efficacy of long-term oral NAC therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
Data sources and methods:
The literature search was performed using the PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases to identify all included clinical studies. Studies were eligible for inclusion only if they directly compared the outcomes of NAC versus placebo in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease between 1 January 2000 and 30 May 2022. All studies were included if they reported one or more of the following outcomes: number of patients with no acute exacerbations, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score, glutathione level, and adverse events.
Results:
Nine randomized controlled trials were included in the meta-analysis. There were 1061 patients in the NAC group and 1076 patients in the placebo group. The current meta-analysis provides evidence that the number of patients with no acute exacerbations (965 patients receiving NAC therapy, 979 control group patients), change in FEV1 (433 patients receiving NAC therapy, 447 control group patients), change in FVC (177 patients receiving NAC therapy, 180 control group patients), change in St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score (128 patients receiving NAC therapy, 131 control group patients), change in glutathione levels (38 patients receiving NAC therapy, 40 control group patients), and adverse events (832 patients receiving NAC therapy, 846 control group patients) were not significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion:
NAC did not reduce the risk of acute exacerbation or ameliorate the decline in lung volume in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
Got out of the fever of it 21 days ago. It wasn’t that bad but yesterday was the first day I wasn’t hacking up pheghm and just worn out mostly. I got on NAC late but it seemed to help. Oddly no cough til fever broke then it got terribleJust got Covid myself again, 2nd time.
Doesn’t feel as bad as the first time but a lot of mental fog, head congestion, fatigue, etc.
Seems like it’s going around again.
No fever, no coughing for me.Got out of the fever of it 21 days ago. It wasn’t that bad but yesterday was the first day I wasn’t hacking up pheghm and just worn out mostly. I got on NAC late but it seemed to help. Oddly no cough til fever broke then it got terrible
Just didn’t another vitamin d blood test, and originally last year, I started supplementing and had a 35, I was taking 5000iu, so bumped it up to 10,000iu daily, and rechecked but only got a 31.Also up your vitamin D I guarantee if you test it now it’s low.
God I feel for you I can’t imagine losing taste or smell let alone both. I bet it’s really hard to eat at all.No fever, no coughing for me.
Just the mental fog, bad headache, congestion, also lost taste and smell again.
I haven’t tried testing my glutathione levels from nac, but anecdotally I’ve heard it works better taking it between meals on as of an empty stomach as possible.I always take 1200mg nac a day. Should I double it for a while?
More than likely you developed a secondary respiratory infection. This happened to me in 2021 when I contracted Covid. Five days of a cold then another 5-7 days of respiratory infection feeling like shit for 2-3 of those days. Doctor said he saw a lot of secondary respiratory infections after Covid infection.I know this is the more hardcore thread but it’s where all the best posters are as well. So please indulge me:
Got Covid for about 8 days in total , day 2 now on my feet. Felt amazing yesterday then did hour fasted cardio, evening was 2 hours of ches with heavy weights, worked with 2 times as much as I expected. Post workout shake then clean dinner. Up at 230 am shitting regular shit but lots of mucus. Then cough kicked in and couldn’t sleep. Resting today, COVID is 100% over just wondering if and what you guys who’ve had it did to speed the return to normal especially the lungs/mucus/cough. I added a 3rd Animal pak to my vitamins and drink tons of water. Probiotics? I take 3,grams of C a day. Any ideas are appreciated.