From fad diets and vitamins to 'blood washing', long COVID patients are seeking out experimental therapies in hopes for relief from symptoms. But, doctors worry about the potential harm some of these unproven and overhyped treatments could cause.
against unscrupulous clinics and the dangers of unproven stem cell treatments.
“It’s not a treatment protocol that is very manageable at a scale that we need for the amount of individuals suffering from post COVID-19 syndrome, such as putting them into a hyperbaric chamber every day for 30 days,” Schwartz said, adding that it is also unclear if these improvements even last.Other noninvasive treatments are no less expensive and potentially risky, doctors said.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy through alternative health care providers may cost as much as $100 or $200 a session, some estimate. A home medical device may cost $1,000, while supplements can quickly add up to hundreds or thousands of dollars.“Some of them are already struggling because they can’t work or have to reduce work and they can’t make ends meet. ... I have yet to find or hear of anything that has really helped them.
The National Institutes of Health received $1.15 billion in long COVID funding in February 2021, but critics say progress in recruiting participants and launching clinical trials has been slow, with no clear leadership, coordination, transparency, and communication from the agency or between clinics.
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