Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Lorena McManus | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/lorena/activity/ Activity feed for Lorena McManus. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:30:47 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 92d1adbcab644489a39af3e7f674c004 Lorena McManus replied to the discussion Gabapentin For IPF-Related Cough? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/gabapentin-for-ipf-related-cough/#post-21703 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:23:57 -0500 Reply to Gabapentin For IPF-Related Cough?

Hi Charlene,

Yes gabapentin is documented as a treatment for the dry cough associated with PF. There are research articles documenting this practice. Will send along when I locate them. Our doctors in Canada, especially our palliative docs who are well versed in it, use it more often. Cheers!

]]> 1ed131452d72306ebd62b60c0230402e Lorena McManus replied to the discussion To Our Canadian Members: Happy Canada Day! in the forum Canadians With PF https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/to-our-canadian-members-happy-canada-day/#post-20147 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:52:35 -0500 Reply to To Our Canadian Members: Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day to you Charlene! I am grateful for many things about Canada. I am thankful for a home, and enough food to eat and all the life I have that I often take for granted, a life that many around the world don’t have. Many don’t even know where their next meal is coming from and live in squalor. Sadly, many are children. Canada has… Read more

]]> 417c1508fe787ec06456e60d615fa0e0 Lorena McManus replied to the discussion Way to handle side effect nausea in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/way-to-handle-side-effect-nausea/#post-19843 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:25:22 -0500 Reply to Way to handle side effect nausea

There are medications to counteract the side effects the side effects of antifibrotic medications and I’m not sure why doctors aren’t prescribing them. Some examples are Imodium for diarhhea and Zofran for nausea and vomiting. Please ask your physician about them as other folks have had success.

]]> db04e893cb9347ee7b1d14c249f76bec Lorena McManus replied to the discussion can someone talk about the end days in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/can-someone-talk-about-the-end-days/#post-19628 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:36:15 -0500 Reply to can someone talk about the end days

Hi Jan,

You are very welcome. It is so often the fear of the unknown that haunts us. Unfortunately I’m not familiar with serrapeptase nor has it been mentioned in any of the literature I have read. What I do know and has been recently reinforced at a symposium I attended is that opioids are the most effective treatment for shortness of breath,… Read more

]]> 633aa589908d30db0d2fe1ec89e00a7e Lorena McManus replied to the discussion can someone talk about the end days in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/can-someone-talk-about-the-end-days/#post-19626 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:23:14 -0500 Reply to can someone talk about the end days

There is a section under files I believe that has some information on Hospice/Palliative care. It is such an important and good question. So many of us bemoan the lack of control this disease leaves us with. Planning how we would wish our life to end is a way to have some control. I worked  in Palliative/Hospice Care for most of my Career as… Read more

]]> e0cddc065ca869c435ac46828f0d43f3 Lorena McManus posted a new activity comment https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/5600/#acomment-12778 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:12:31 -0500 Hello Everyone. I am so frustrated by the fact that there are medications that doctors can prescribe that counter act the side effects of he anti-fibrotic but so many people aren’t being given the option of trying them. From the reports I have seen they are very effective. One is Imodium for diarrhea and the other is for nausea and vomiting… Read more

In reply to - Ed Caraher became a registered member ]]> 11311e5a4c2888e0eb7ea2611c212705 Lorena McManus replied to the discussion IPF patient wonders if current symptoms are IPF related or not in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/ipf-patient-wonders-if-current-symptoms-are-ipf-related-or-not/#post-18775 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:12:33 -0500 Reply to IPF patient wonders if current symptoms are IPF related or not

Good morning everyone. I just wanted to reply in general to the posts related to increased coughing and phlegm. There was mention of a change in colour of the phlegm; one person mentioned a greenish tinge and another mentioned some red. Please always report these changes to your doctor ASAP. Along with your other symptoms both can be… Read more

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