PLEASE it is so easy to Provide a Link....It gives Credibility to Random Statements...Here is a Lung Foundation Statement re Stem Cells.....Will the Real ''Lung Foundation'' Please Tell us the Answer.????

QUOTE: Until we know more, we must be strongly concerned that the treatment could cause adverse effects and could worsen the patient’s condition rather than improve it. As such, safety must be the top priority.

QUOTE; We caution all patients to carefully consider the claims of benefit being made by many of these programs as they have not been substantiated nor have they been reviewed by experts in the field or any regulatory agency. Because of the potential for harm, the lack of any proven benefit, and the high fees that many of these programs charge, we caution you not to participate in these or any other comparable unauthorized or unapproved stem cell administrations, unless independent credible, reliable, and objective sources of information are available to substantiate the information and claims being made.

QUOTE: Because the presence of stem cells in the adult lung was confirmed only very recently, there are no stem cell treatments currently available to patients with COPD.

SOURCE: https://www.copdfoundation.org/COPD360social/Co...

There are no stem cell treatments for COPD that have been proven to work. The companies that offer them have lots of testimonials from people who would have you believe that they came to the center weighed down by their O2, on inhaler after inhaler, unable to do anything but cough and gasp, and after treatment, they threw their O2 away, tossed their meds and went skipping down the sidewalk. Ask the people fronting these organizations for any proof that their treatment works, such as, increase in FEV1, reduction in use of O2, reduced medications, improvement in 6 minute walk, or even improvement in quality of life as measured by any of the clinically approved measures (St. George, CAT, etc.) and they get very quiet. My friend, Dr. Robert Sandhaus, a world renowned pulmonologist at National Jewish in Denver, calls it "snake oil". There's a reason neither Medicare nor any insurance company will pay for the treatment. And there's a reason they're charging $3000 to $10,000 for treatment: they want your money.

That said, most of the clinicians and researchers in COPD I know believe that the cure will probably have something to do with stem cells, and there are remarkable things being done in regenerative medicine at a number of universities and research centers, so there is progress being made. There just aren't any treatments now that have had any success.

Very expensive costs approximately 15,00.00

Still new to this. A doc that is not doing as she should be. Oxygen at night, proair a d spriva thats it.

Not sure whats going on now. Got a cold a month or so ago cant shack it and now dizzy

I contacted the Lung iIstitution and they charge $750.00 for their srem cell treatment. The claim it works and have lot of people who say they have done the treatment and had remarkable improvement.