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4. If CV messes around with the vagus nerve, that explains the GI symptoms.

Sun May 10, 2020, 03:14 AM

May 2020

The vagus nerve serves the GI tract.

Sounds like nicotine patches could be a treatment, if this article is accurate.

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Nicotine as a Potential Therapy for COVID? [View all] McCamy Taylor May 2020 OP

Me too. tazkcmo May 2020 #8

What do you know about SuPAR(s) involvement in this pathway? Backseat Driver May 2020 #2

Even when they're NOT smoking. NurseJackie May 2020 #9

I'm "retroactively ashamed" of how awful I must have smelled to others. NurseJackie May 2020 #11

Same here, with the retroactive shame. Jedi Guy May 2020 #12

According to WHO smoking kills more than 8 million people a year. CentralMass May 2020 #5

And? DrToast May 2020 #15

You can figure it out on your own. nt USALiberal May 2020 #20

Fortunately, there are several ways to get nicotine Mariana May 2020 #16

The hypothesis could cause a shortage of nicotine patches. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #6

What does "the clinical setting" mean? planetc May 2020 #7

Basically, yes...clinical trals involving people...nt Wounded Bear May 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Nature Man May 2020 #14

And I just quit smoking in November MiniMe May 2020 #18

From 2004, Medical uses of nicotine, a review McCamy Taylor May 2020 #19

I said to a smoking coworker soon after the virus... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #21

1985 study, nicotine cuts down apneic spells in sleep apnea McCamy Taylor May 2020 #22