My disease is interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and I cannot take the two drugs that help delay the disease?

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Pirfenidone is an orally active small molecule drug that may inhibit collagen synthesis, down regulate production of multiple cytokines and block fibroblast proliferation and stimulation in respons...

His prognosis is quite grave. The worst thing about his condition is that it is irreversible...With such poor pulmonary function parameters it is questionable if providing oxygen by conventional me...

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I was diagnosed almost 5 years ago and given 18 months to live. The doctors tried steroids and Interferon, but no success. I was living in a city at higher el...

First, let me say how sorry I am to hear that your father has pulmonary fibrosis (PF). I speak from experience - I have PF and was diagnosed in 2003 and given about 18 months to live. As you can ...

It depends on how bad the PF is had if they have underlying diseases along with it. Overall health is a factor too. But they can live along time with treatment. Jerry Lewis, who is all over ...

What Is IPF? Some Basic Facts Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a debilitating disease marked by progressive scarring of the lungs that gradually interferes with a person's ability to b...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the most common form of IIP, causes progressive pulmonary fibrosis predominantly in male smokers. Symptoms and signs develop over months to years and include exertion...