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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Thanks, I am open to all new information and when I get a chance I will check it out. Doc

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Stephen Roberts's avatar

Dr. Bryan Ardis has a presentation posted on the homepage of his website, thedrardisshow.com, called The Other "N" Word on nicotine, from one year ago in April 2024, with much more scientific information that you should find very interesting. Dr. Ardis explains that nicotine is NOT addictive, it is the pyrazines added to nicotine products that make them addictive. According to Dr. Ardis, nicotine is very beneficial for preventing/fighting a long list of ailments including Covid 19 and Long-haul Covid, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Dementia, Hypothyroidism, Sleep Deprivation, Chronic Stress, Addiction and Schizophrenia, MS, Autism, Diabetes, Myocarditis, Cancers including Turbo-Cancers, HIV, Rabies, etc. -Janet

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Mr Tardigrade UK's avatar

It is a cure to many ailments and it destroys their nanotechnology, which is why the are going to ban it.

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Muad'Dib's avatar

A small addon here: smoking tobacco is absolutely not harmful in any way, bar you use organic tobacco, not industrial cigarettes loaded with additives and pesticides.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Sheila,

I am so happy to hear that you are off antidepressants, and are smoke free for two years. Some folks are posting that nicotine is not addicting. I asked for their information on how that could be, I am open to any new ideas.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Can one of you please send me the information from Dr Ardis about nicotine not being addicting.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Tom, I am not sure what you are talking about. I specifically said that vaping sucks and that chart showed all the harmful side effects of vaping. YOU COMPLETELY MISREAD IT, I AM AGAINST VAPING AND MADE THAT CLEAR. You are completely mistaken in your criticism, that was not my position and never was.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Carole, No doubt cigarettes are loaded with tars and chemicals and even viruses that are very harmful. I mentioned it briefly in the article, but my intent was not to write an article about smoking but rather to take a fresh look at possible benefits of nicotine that were previously overlooked, or overshadowed by the horrors of smoking.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Dave, HILARIOUS COMMENT BROTHER.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Joe,

The non addictive nature of nicotine has been mentioned by a handful of my readers. That is good news as far as using nicotine. As I mentioned in the article it is found in many nightshades but I believe the levels are very low.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Yes, you are correct, I have heard mention of using it to help clear spike proteins, but I couldn't find enough information on it to be comfortable about reporting that yet. in the near future, I am going to write an article on Longhaul Covid and its treatment.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

Sez77, I couldn't agree more with you. After 40 years of practicing medicine and being a functional medicine physician, I am constantly in awe of the human body and its incredible design.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

If what you say about nicotine is true, then I am very interested in what you are saying, send me what you say to support the fact that it is not addicting. I am always open to new ideas, and that is the purpose of the Medical Underground. Except for my concerns about addiction, I thought nicotine had some really good uses.

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Dr. Ralph La Guardia's avatar

We will have to disagree on that, since I know many patients who use nicotine pouches and keep going up in the number they use. However, I approach everything with an open mind, perhaps I have gotten a mistaken impression of its addictive potential by my skewered experience with patients. In addition to which, everything ever mentioned about nicotine discusses its addiction. But, your comments were fascinating.

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Sheila Parrott's avatar

Nicotine has anti inflammatory properties. There’s some interesting information out there regarding therapeutic use for flushing spike proteins from the Covid vaccine.

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Joe Hemstock's avatar

Pure nicotine’s not addictive and is found in many foods… it squashes everything from the flu to covid, takes down cancer too. Every cell of your body has a nicotine receptor in it. Great for your overall health

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