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It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by Digit-Al »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #54
armini wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says he used the money from redundancy to continue with his work. Pfizer would have a hard time winning that case because the discovery was made past their employment. Having field knowledge doesn't make it a crime. Coding is different because it's easier to copy paste functions & classes, it also doesn't help that everything has timestamps. Your best bet is to rewrite everything.

Maybe it's semantics, but I understand it was discovered while at Pfizer and further developed post-redundancy. IANAL but it definitely feels like a grey area?

It's not a grey area at all. The article literally says that he purchased the IP rights from Pfizer, and as part of the deal they got a small stake in his new company.

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by m463 »

gglanzani wrote: post #70
Renaud wrote: post #68

Tangential question: as I now start suffering from arthritis in my hands, I was wondering if there is anything linked to diet that could help reduce it? I had read that fatty fishes were a good source to reduce pain but in your experience, is there any other food/lifestyle changes that can help alleviate it before resorting to medication?

Avoid carbs

I think you're right. I suspect pre-diabetes causes lots of these types of symptoms especially when you're not young anymore, and basically the cure is manage carbs (and exercise)

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

gglanzani wrote: post #70
Renaud wrote: post #68

Tangential question: as I now start suffering from arthritis in my hands, I was wondering if there is anything linked to diet that could help reduce it? I had read that fatty fishes were a good source to reduce pain but in your experience, is there any other food/lifestyle changes that can help alleviate it before resorting to medication?

Avoid carbs

Can you expand on your reply with some sources and / or the science behind it? Just saying "avoid carbs" sounds like oversimplified dietary advice.

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

fsckboy wrote: post #37

where it says he took all his savings and "beat arthritis": it doesn't appear he has arthritis, he's an entrepreneur who took all his savings and founded a drug startup company with an idea he had around the time Pfizer laid him off

The title is a bit misleading, but technically correct, as in it doesn't say my arthritis. But I'm still going to take it, along with every other headline about medical (or energy) breakthrough with a biiiig grain of salt, as these are often sales pitches to attract investors.

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

mgarfias wrote: post #45

Beef: it’s a pain killer, not a fix.

Yeah, it doesn't seem to explain how doing something about the pain receptors is actually fixing the issue; it improves quality of life, sure, but does it fix the cause and repair or avoid damage?

That is, if it's only suppressing pain, the people suffering will do more things that may cause more cartilege damage. (disclaimer: I don't know much about arthritis so I may be wrong)

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by 627467 »

fsckboy wrote: post #37

where it says he took all his savings and "beat arthritis": it doesn't appear he has arthritis, he's an entrepreneur who took all his savings and founded a drug startup company with an idea he had around the time Pfizer laid him off

yeah. somehow I also thought the same, but both interpretations are valid. I felt more irked by the title being in the first person when in fact the article is not written by the person seemingly making that statement

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by DaoVeles »

Renaud wrote: post #68

Tangential question: as I now start suffering from arthritis in my hands, I was wondering if there is anything linked to diet that could help reduce it? I had read that fatty fishes were a good source to reduce pain but in your experience, is there any other food/lifestyle changes that can help alleviate it before resorting to medication?

I know this is a lil more extreme and Dr Greger does have an agenda of Plant based diets but he always has a decent explanation of the possible triggers.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-plant-based-diets-he...

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by aszantu »

nwienert wrote: post #66
aszantu wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

been on an elimination diet for a while, because if I'm not, I get depression and suicidal ideation. I don't have a diagnosis for arthritis, but I'm testing around a lot and maybe this info helps you in your journey: I make gelatine from pig's feet occasionally, when I make it with just salt and some lemon or vinegar, I don't have problems. Last time I thought, maybe try bell pepper, haven't tried for a while and I s…

I found some relief in the GLP-1 agonists, a surprising amount actually, and that was not due to any weight loss.

not surprising, I also get inflammationary symptoms when I eat carbs, like heavy joints and drepression.

Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis

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Post by __alexs »

My cat has the occasional bad arthritis flare up which we give her Solensia (another NGF targeting drug, but via monoclonal antibodies) for. It works incredibly well. Within 12 hours they go from being barely able to walk to being totally fine and mobile again.
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