Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | El | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/elainewedral/activity/ Activity feed for El. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:38:44 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 69fb46f27d907cb18ce3032f9f1da541 El replied to the discussion Ofev and zinc in the forum Ofev (Nintedanib) https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/ofev-and-zinc/#post-35763 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:54:33 -0500 Reply to Ofev and zinc

Rick

Thanks so much for all of your helpful information.  One section  I’m not clear about is the aging  stem cells lining air sacs loosing their ability to heal damaged tissue as they age and zinc needs a protein called Zinc transporter 8 (ZIP8) to draw zinc into cells to regenerate damaged cells. How can we be assured we have adequate ZIP8… Read more

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Hi Ron
How is your trial with B1 1015550 coming. We are rooting for you

]]> 65390b0de847cd5c347f118755c95a30 El replied to the discussion All IPF Clinical Trials in the forum Clinical Trials https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/all-ipf-clinical-trials/#post-35536 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 18:00:07 -0500 Reply to All IPF Clinical Trials

Steve I totally agree with you & also would support with a reasonable fee for new trials

]]> a1111e044c7a9f08d60d65ab429f5f5e El replied to the discussion All IPF Clinical Trials in the forum Clinical Trials https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/all-ipf-clinical-trials/#post-35535 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 17:40:36 -0500 Reply to All IPF Clinical Trials

Steve I totally agree with you & also would support with a reasonable fee.

]]> 2ae0fe8a1d7a87bbc206a0e3f74857d6 El replied to the discussion Zinc in the Role of Lung Fibrosis in the forum Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness & Advocacy https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/zinc-in-the-role-of-lung-fibrosis/#post-35534 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 17:26:27 -0500 Reply to Zinc in the Role of Lung Fibrosis

Char I very much appreciated your remarks on zinc. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find the article.

i’m 79 diagnosed with IPF a year ago when I had my left lower lung removed from cancer.I’m on 3.3-4.0 oxygen and two 100 mg of OFEV per day. I would appreciate helping me find the technical info on Zinc and IPF. Thank you so muc for caring and sharing

]]> c153dcbe43f633ff6348884a71f997cd El posted a new activity comment https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/39534/#acomment-39578 Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:19:57 -0500 Graham
Great question.I hope we can all contribute to our team mates

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I was diagnosed with IPF last September after I had my left lower lung removed due to cancer. Actually i believe when looking back on records I think I had IPF in 2016. Like many of you I had pneumonia several times. I have never smoked but my husband is a chain smoker. When I had a CT scan in 2016, I was told that I should stop taking Humira… Read more

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