Testing Specific Intravenous MVM Micronutrient Replenishing: A potential safe and effective treatment for long-COVID, more robust vaccine response and / or for better all around general health?

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"SARS-CoV-2, like all coronaviruses, is studded with spike proteins—necessary for entry into a host cell—resembling the spikes on a crown. These proteins require metals like zinc to function, and they steal these metals from our own cells."
https://research.arizona.edu/stories/could-copper-disable-virus-behind-covid-19

"Large numbers of patients who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 continue to experience a constellation of symptoms long past the time that they’ve recovered from the initial stages of COVID-19 illness. Often referred to as “Long COVID”, these symptoms, which can include fatigue, shortness of breath, “brain fog”, sleep disorders, fevers, gastrointestinal symptoms, anxiety, and depression, can persist for months and can range from mild to incapacitating."
https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-launches-new-initiative-study-long-covid

"Vitamins and minerals supplements have been well known to help the immune system in battling viral infections in general. Physicians worldwide are largely interested in vitamin and mineral supplements to help them battle COVID-19 whether through protection or treatment. Dietary supplementations especially vitamin D, vitamin C, and Zinc offer good prophylactic and therapeutic support to the currently available treatment regimens. They are relatively safe and were proven to aid recovery in other respiratory infections."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35656948/

"Research hasn’t confirmed if specific vitamins are helpful in fighting long Covid, but it is nevertheless important to treat vitamin deficiencies, said Vanichkachorn.

“For example, a deficiency of vitamin B12 can lead to symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and difficulty thinking,” he said.

Minerals like iron are important too. A recent study indicated that patients with long Covid may have trouble with how their bodies use and store iron."
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/struggling-with-long-covid-heres-what-you-should-and-should-not-eat.html

"The symptoms experienced by patients with Long COVID are almost identical to those of Vitamin B12 Deficiency."
https://pernicious-anaemia-society.org/pernicious-anaemia/long-covid-and-pernicious-anaemia/

"Interestingly, all of these symptoms can be directly related to a vitamin D deficiency. While the underlying mechanism triggering these persistent symptoms is likely more complex than just a simple deficiency in Vitamin D, studies have found that there is a clear and direct correlation between vitamin D levels and the severity and length of COVID-19 infection."
https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2022/09/21/vitamin-d-and-your-immune-system-can-this-nutrient-help-combat-long-covid/

"People with known nutrient deficiencies. It’s well established that vitamins A, C, and D as well as zinc, iron, and selenium play an important role in the immune system, and deficiencies can make you more susceptible to illness and less able to fight off illness quickly. Vitamin and mineral supplements can help close nutrient gaps to support your immune system."
https://www.verywellhealth.com/best-supplements-for-covid-19-5409553

"Vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin C and minerals such as zinc, and selenium are known to impact our immune system. It seems likely then that they would help prevent or treat COVID."
https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/2022/07/15/vitamins-and-minerals-for-covid-is-more-better/

Smell/Taste alteration in COVID-19 may reflect zinc deficiency
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7844651/

"The recommended amounts of nutrients vary by age and sex and are known as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs). However, supplement labels use the Daily Value (DV) for each nutrient, which is often, but not always, similar to the RDA or AI for that nutrient. The %DV for each nutrient will show you how much (what percentage) a serving of the product contributes to reaching the DV.
What are some effects of MVMs on health?

Here are some examples of what research has shown about taking MVMs to increase nutrient intakes, improve health, and reduce the risk of disease.

Increase nutrient intakes
Taking an MVM increases the amounts of nutrients you get each day. This can help you get recommended amounts of vitamins and minerals when you cannot or do not get enough of them from food alone. But taking an MVM can also raise the chances of getting too much of some nutrients, such as iron, vitamin A, zinc, niacin, and folic acid, especially if you take a product that contains more than the recommended amounts of some nutrients"
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/mvms-consumer/

"The first IV vitamin drips were developed and administered by Dr. John Myers in the 1970s. His research led to the popular Myers’ Cocktail."
https://www.healthline.com/health/under-review-IV-vitamin-therapy#Whats-happening-to-your-body-when-you-get-an-IV-drip-of-vitamins?

"There are many reasons why a blood test for minerals and vitamin deficiencies may be recommended."
https://www.healthcheckup.com/general/blood-test-for-minerals-and-vitamin-deficiencies/

"Such micronutrient deficiencies may limit the effectiveness of the COVID vaccines.

We propose that a nutritional supplement (e.g. containing vitamins A, B6, B9, B12, C, D and E and the minerals Zn, Cu, Se and Fe) should be provided free of charge to all those aged over 70 years for a period of weeks before and after they receive the vaccine. The additional cost of providing a supplement of those nutrients important to immune function that are likely to be insufficient or deficient in the elderly would be a small investment to better assure a robust vaccine response."
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/optimising-covid19-vaccine-efficacy-by-ensuring-nutritional-adequacy/5F25F117DED5141638554BAAFC66E1FF

"Micronutrient deficiencies can have devastating consequences."
https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/micronutrient-malnutrition/micronutrients/index.html

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