Wow, my head is spinning from these recent clinical trial results. Within minutes of one another, two conflicting studies were released. The first I’ll highlight is of tocilizumab (the drug that my friend and colleague Kazu Yoshizaki developed to treat Castleman disease and tested on himself to prove that it was safe before giving it […]
Five life lessons from Chasing My Cure that we need to share during COVID19
I decided to write Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race To Turn Hope Into Action, because I learned so much about life, hope, and resilience from nearly dying five times and fighting back to find a treatment that is saving my life. I knew these lessons were applicable beyond those battling disease and felt compelled […]
He Cured His Own Disease; Reader’s Digest, May 2020
Check out the pdf of the article “He Cured His Own Disease” that ran in the May 2020 issue of Reader’s Digest here.
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[Video] Learn how we’re helping in the fight against COVID19
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HFHfTd9-Y8[/embedyt] Check out the above video about our COVID19 drug repurposing work or go to: https://youtu.be/0HFHfTd9-Y8 Thank you to Jimmy Baggott for making this amazing video! #ThinkItDoIt #FromHopeToAction #ChasingMyCure #ChasingCOVIDsCure David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, Chasing My Cure: A […]
I wasn’t the first Castleman community member to test a drug on myself
As I’ve shared before, repurposing existing drugs to treat COVID19 (and every other disease) is our best opportunity to save lives as quickly as possible. One drug that is being repurposed and has gotten a lot of attention is tocilizumab (Actemra). As I shared in #ChasingMyCure (excerpt below), it was originally developed by my friend […]
Our army achieved our goal: extract data on every drug used to treat COVID19
When fighting a war, information really matters. You need to know what weapons have been tried and which ones have been most (and least) effective. This information helps soldiers to adjust their strategy. The same holds true when fighting a global war against a disease like COVID19 (or Castleman disease or any disease!). We need […]
Why we joined the fight against COVID19. How you can help too.
As I was driving down to North Carolina to visit my family at the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic, I found myself hoping and praying that COVID-19 would not have the kind of impact that was being projected. This wasn’t the first time I hoped and prayed for something that felt so out of […]
I’ve nearly died five times battling a COVID19-like illness. Here’s what I’ve learned.
This weekend, I was going to go to San Diego to see my best friends from medical school for the first time in 2-3 years and then to SF for 4 talks that I was really excited about! I was going to evangelize about repurposing drugs for new uses to save lives (I’m literally alive […]
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[Video] A Doctor Works to Cure His Disease and Help Others
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Chasing My Cure in the news!
It has been amazing to see all of the incredible press and media attention for Chasing My Cure! Check out the various stories below: Chasing My Cure in the press: Good Morning America, August 26, 2019 Philadelphia Magazine, August 28, 2019 Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2019 Next Big Idea Club—Top 6 Nonfiction Books of Fall […]