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='''COVID / Long COVID / Post-COVID Synrome / Long-Haul COVID (SARS-CoV-2)'''=


=== 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37264452/ The controversial effect of smoking and nicotine in SARS-CoV-2 infection.] ===
=== 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37264452/ The controversial effect of smoking and nicotine in SARS-CoV-2 infection.] ===
* States the obvious: the exposure (smoke vs. nicotine and dose need to be characterised correctly).
* States the obvious: the exposure (smoke vs. nicotine and dose need to be characterised correctly).
* Considering that the effects of nicotine and cigarette smoke are different from each other, it is necessary to be careful in generalizing the effects of nicotine and cigarette to each other in the conducted researches. The generalization and the undifferentiation of nicotine from smoke is a significant bias. Moreover, different doses of nicotine stimulate different effects (dose-dependent response). In addition to further assessing the role of nicotine in COVID-19 infection and any other cases, a clever assessment of underlying diseases should also be considered to achieve a guideline for health providers and a personalized approach to treatment.
* Considering that the effects of nicotine and cigarette smoke are different from each other, it is necessary to be careful in generalizing the effects of nicotine and cigarette to each other in the conducted researches. The generalization and the undifferentiation of nicotine from smoke is a significant bias. Moreover, different doses of nicotine stimulate different effects (dose-dependent response). In addition to further assessing the role of nicotine in COVID-19 infection and any other cases, a clever assessment of underlying diseases should also be considered to achieve a guideline for health providers and a personalized approach to treatment.
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* We therefore hypothesize that this molecule could displace the virus from nAChR attachment and pave the way for unimpaired cholinergic signal transmission. Treating several individuals suffering from post-COVID-19 syndrome with a nicotine patch application, we witnessed improvements ranging from immediate and substantial to complete remission in a matter of days.
* We therefore hypothesize that this molecule could displace the virus from nAChR attachment and pave the way for unimpaired cholinergic signal transmission. Treating several individuals suffering from post-COVID-19 syndrome with a nicotine patch application, we witnessed improvements ranging from immediate and substantial to complete remission in a matter of days.
*In all four of the cases we studied, transcutaneous use of nicotine led to a near immediate improvement in symptoms and rapid restitutio ad integrum. The course of symptom improvement was as distinct as the clinical presentation of post-COVID-19 syndrome in each patient.
*In all four of the cases we studied, transcutaneous use of nicotine led to a near immediate improvement in symptoms and rapid restitutio ad integrum. The course of symptom improvement was as distinct as the clinical presentation of post-COVID-19 syndrome in each patient.
* Citation: Leitzke M. Bioelectron Med. 2023 Jan 18;9(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s42234-023-00104-7. PMID: 36650574 Free PMC article.
*Citation: Leitzke M. Bioelectron Med. 2023 Jan 18;9(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s42234-023-00104-7. PMID: 36650574 Free PMC article.
 
===2023: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45072-9 Treatment of 95 post-Covid patients with SSRIs]===
*To stick nicotine patches helps PCS (post-COVID syndrome) patients. This may be not only because nicotine is a nicotinic receptor agonist and therefore an opponent of these poisonous metabolites, but nicotine is a strong acetylcholine (ACh) agonist as well.
*Citation: Rus, C.P., de Vries, B.E.K., de Vries, I.E.J. et al. Treatment of 95 post-Covid patients with SSRIs. Sci Rep 13, 18599 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45072-9


===2020 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704168/ Does Nicotine Prevent Cytokine Storms in COVID-19?]===
===2020 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704168/ Does Nicotine Prevent Cytokine Storms in COVID-19?]===
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*Abstract: "SARS-CoV-2 is a new coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. It causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19), which is fatal in many cases, and is characterized by a cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Great efforts are currently being made to block the signal transduction pathway of pro-inflammatory cytokines in order to control this “cytokine storm” and rescue severely affected patients. Consequently, possible treatments for cytokine-mediated hyperinflammation, preferably within approved safe therapies, are urgently being researched to reduce rising mortality. One approach to inhibit proinflammatory cytokine release is to activate the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway through nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAchR). Nicotine, an exogenous α7nAchR agonist, is clinically used in ulcerative colitis to counteract inflammation. We have found epidemiological evidence, based on recent clinical SARS-CoV-2 studies in China, that suggest that smokers are statistically less likely to be hospitalized. In conclusion, our hypothesis proposes that nicotine could constitute a novel potential CRS therapy in severe SARS-CoV-2 patients."
*Abstract: "SARS-CoV-2 is a new coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. It causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19), which is fatal in many cases, and is characterized by a cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Great efforts are currently being made to block the signal transduction pathway of pro-inflammatory cytokines in order to control this “cytokine storm” and rescue severely affected patients. Consequently, possible treatments for cytokine-mediated hyperinflammation, preferably within approved safe therapies, are urgently being researched to reduce rising mortality. One approach to inhibit proinflammatory cytokine release is to activate the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway through nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAchR). Nicotine, an exogenous α7nAchR agonist, is clinically used in ulcerative colitis to counteract inflammation. We have found epidemiological evidence, based on recent clinical SARS-CoV-2 studies in China, that suggest that smokers are statistically less likely to be hospitalized. In conclusion, our hypothesis proposes that nicotine could constitute a novel potential CRS therapy in severe SARS-CoV-2 patients."
*Citation: Gonzalez-Rubio J, Navarro-Lopez C, Lopez-Najera E, Lopez-Najera A, Jimenez-Diaz L, Navarro-Lopez JD, Najera A. Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) and Nicotine in COVID-19 Patients: Trying to Calm the Storm. Front Immunol. 2020 Jun 11;11:1359. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01359. PMID: 32595653; PMCID: PMC7300218.
*Citation: Gonzalez-Rubio J, Navarro-Lopez C, Lopez-Najera E, Lopez-Najera A, Jimenez-Diaz L, Navarro-Lopez JD, Najera A. Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) and Nicotine in COVID-19 Patients: Trying to Calm the Storm. Front Immunol. 2020 Jun 11;11:1359. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01359. PMID: 32595653; PMCID: PMC7300218.
===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750020302924 Editorial: Nicotine and SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 may be a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system]===
*Nicotine could maintain or restore the function of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory system and thus control the release and activity of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This could prevent or suppress the cytokine storm. This hypothesis needs to be examined in the laboratory and the clinical setting.
*Citation: Farsalinos K, Niaura R, Le Houezec J, Barbouni A, Tsatsakis A, Kouretas D, Vantarakis A, Poulas K. Editorial: Nicotine and SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 may be a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system. Toxicol Rep. 2020 Apr 30;7:658-663. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.04.012. PMID: 32355638; PMCID: PMC7192087.
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===2022 [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.826889/full Nicotine in Inflammatory Diseases: Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Inflammatory Effects]===
===2022 [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.826889/full Nicotine in Inflammatory Diseases: Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Inflammatory Effects]===