Show 1401: Are Miracle Cures Hiding in Plain Sight? Unlocking the Lifesaving Potential of Old Drugs

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week, we talk with a physician who was struck with a catastrophic illness as a medical student. He nearly died from it; in fact, a priest administered last rites. But David Fajgenbaum wouldn’t give up. He helped find the treatment–an existing drug for a different health condition–that has kept him alive for more than […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	There are thousands of medical conditions that lack effective treatments.
0:19.0	Could old drugs be repurposed to help?
0:22.0	This is the people's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady. Dr David Faggenbaum was on death's doorstep with a rare disease.
0:38.9	He was able to research the potential of an existing medicine to save his own life.
0:45.0	Once a drug loses its patent, the pharmaceutical firm has little incentive to keep investigating other possible uses.
0:53.0	Dr. Faganbaum has made it his mission
0:56.0	to learn how existing affordable medications could help
0:59.0	with hard to treat conditions.
1:01.0	Are miracle cures hiding in plain side?
1:04.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, unlocking the life-saving potential of old drugs.
1:15.0	In the Pupil's pharmacy health headlines,
1:18.0	when we mention vaccines, most people think of a shot
1:21.0	at a clinic, pharmacy, or doctor's office.
1:23.8	Next year, many Americans will be able to get their flu vaccines at home.
1:28.6	It won't be a shot, though.
1:30.0	The FDA has just approved flu mist, a nasal spray vaccine for home use.
1:35.0	Parents will be able to vaccinate their kids from 2 to 17 years old.
1:40.0	Anyone 18 to 49 can administer it themselves. This may seem like a novelty but
1:46.4	flu mist has been available in doctor's offices for more than 20 years. The
1:51.2	vaccine will still require a prescription. Public health officials hope, however, that
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