Thread by @citlanx

@organichemusic Enovid I believe works.... not 100%, but has kept a bronchial infection at bay that my niece brought to our home last week from Mesa, AZ. Enovid seems to have some side effects, day 5 blurred vision that lasted most of the day, but went away. Otherwise seems safe. 1/n

@organichemusic 2/n When I went to the airport to pick up my brother & his daughter, my Vflex N95 was not in the center consol. My wife cleaned out the car. 🤦‍♂️Not knowing they might have any kind of illness at all, I wanted to wear the Vflex to be safe. I kept windows cracked and vent open.

@organichemusic 3/n I know Covid had ripped through their family a few weeks prior, but still wanted to be safe. Our home is well ventilated/filtered, we have MERV13 in the HVAC running 24/7, got 3 Winix D360s running 24/7 and a wood stove we keep piping hot so we can keep window open. But...

@organichemusic 4/n I still should have kept the N95 on even in the home. The ventilation in the car or my home was not good enough. Taken multiple RATs one as late as yesterday. All negative. BTW.. our insurance recently covered 4 boxes of Abbott BinaxNow 😇

@organichemusic 5/n My niece, 12, attends a charter school in Mesa that probably gives no effort to #SAFEindoorAir so she likely has picked up a common seasonal respiratory bug to share with family and friends. Her cough was mild.

Covid got them a few weeks prior. That gave some peace of mind.

@organichemusic 6/n Their visit lasted less than 24 h. They came in on Oct 21, Thursday evening, late about 10 PM and left Friday about 4:30 PM.

On Oct 22, Saturday, I could feel the illness setting in. Could incubation of a seasonal bug be that quick? IDK.. but I sure feel it in my chest.

@organichemusic 7/n

Full force Enovid 4 to 5 times a day... seemed to keep the desire to cough low for about 4 to 6 h, then shortly after a dose of Enovid, the urge to cough dissipates.

I have had chronic sinus congestion most of my life, a regular user of vitamin P (pseudoephedrine). But..

@organichemusic 8/n ... with the use of Enovid, my need for pseudoephedrine is absolutely zero! I also have been a regular user of Fluticasone Propionate (Glucocorticoid) which also has dropped to a need of zero.

One other side effect that happened day 5... (might be Enovid related...IDK)...

@organichemusic 9/n I have another condition that started about 23 years ago, so random, cannot really place what triggers it, maybe stress... I know of no one else that has this condition. It is excruciatingly painful and can last up to 30 minutes. I hope sharing this will be of benefit...

@organichemusic 10/n The Enovid on day 5 (same day of the blurry vision) might have triggered it later in the evening. Though the blurry vision had gone away hours before, while going into a deep slumber, proctalgia fugax started kicking in.

@organichemusic 11/n (I'd love for anyone else who knows anything at all about proctalgia fugax to chime in). For me it happens about 4 or 5 times a year. Really no predictor of when it will kick in. But this time, it was ...

@organichemusic 12/n I keep bottles of nitroglycerin tablets in my car, my office, in my bicycle pack, backpack, kitchen... everywhere. I do not want to be caught somewhere without it. It helps to relax the spasms. The spasms come on slow enough giving ample warning to start the nitroglycerin

@organichemusic 13/n this time, the same day as the blurred vision, which did go away hours prior (Enovid related I cannot say), proctalgia fugax episode was 3 orders of magnitude greater than any other episode. Ended up taking 3 nitroglycerin tablets over a period of 7 minutes. They act fast...

@organichemusic 14/n Usually 1 nitroglycerin tablet will be effective enough within 2 min. 3 tab is the maximum allowable per prescription. I don't know how bad the episode would have been without the 3 tablets, but 3 was not enough. It lasted 25 minutes.

Next time, ethyl either or chloroform

@organichemusic 15/n I am still using the Enovid, but maybe half as much and my cold symptoms have reduced about half as much.

I am a believer in Enovid, but there may be some risks associated with it.

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