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Is Anyone Familiar With Stem Cell Therapy For Copd?
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I'm a 75 year old male dealing with COPD. I've had cyber knife treatment about 2 years ago for lung cancer. That seems to be under control. I was thinking bout stem cell therapy but didn't know if I was to old . Any info would bed appreciated.

posted August 12, 2017
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There are no stem cell treatments for COPD that have been proven to work. The companies that offer them have lots of testimonials from people who would have you believe that they came to the center weighed down by their O2, on inhaler after inhaler, unable to do anything but cough and gasp, and after treatment, they threw their O2 away, tossed their meds and went skipping down the sidewalk. Ask the people fronting these organizations for any proof that their treatment works, such as, increase in FEV1, reduction in use of O2, reduced medications, improvement in 6 minute walk, or even improvement in quality of life as measured by any of the clinically approved measures (St. George, CAT, etc.) and they get very quiet. My friend, Dr. Robert Sandhaus, a world renowned pulmonologist at National Jewish in Denver, calls it "snake oil". There's a reason neither Medicare nor any insurance company will pay for the treatment. And there's a reason they're charging $3000 to $10,000 for treatment: they want your money.

That said, most of the clinicians and researchers in COPD I know believe that the cure will probably have something to do with stem cells, and there are remarkable things being done in regenerative medicine at a number of universities and research centers, so there is progress being made. There just aren't any treatments now that have had any success.

I would further refer you to this site: https://www.copdfoundation.org/Take-Action/COPD... on-Position-on-Stem-Cell-Therapy.aspx This statement was written and endorsed by all the pulmonologists on the COPD Foundation's Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, as committee on which I have the privilege to sit. These men and women are some of the most respected physicians in the field. I also suggest this by the American Thoracic Society: http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.195...

Stems cells may indeed hold the key to a cure, but we're not there yet!

posted August 12, 2017
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Well said Jean....again
Pay attention to her advise. Her research and knowledge is right-on and she's not getting paid.
Thank you Jean

posted August 26, 2017
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Helen, ask your doc about pulmonary rehab. If there's no program, talk about starting your own. Here's a good web site to get started with: http://www.perf2ndwind.org/html/exercise.html

posted August 15, 2017
A MyCOPDTeam Member

I had stem cell therapy and it did not work on me.

posted August 15, 2017
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Thank you for your honest An through answers Jean, Is there COPD rehab I could look into , or a site I could look at for this , so far the best I found is chair yoga An the treadmill!

posted August 14, 2017

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