Frequently Asked Questions

How do you make a diagnosis of the syndrome?

• The diagnosis is based solely on clinical history and symptoms given that no physical exam findings, laboratory, or imaging tests have been validated despite decades of study. In fact, one of the hallmarks of the disabling syndrome of CFS is that testing, despite often being extensive, largely returns normal results.
• The symptoms supporting the clinical diagnosis are the triad of fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and “brain fog.” In addition, numerous other organ system complaints are often involved as well, chief among them being sensory neuropathies and dysautonomia/POTS (among others).

What does my package fee cover (and why is it so expensive)?

• The costs of the care we deliver are high due to several factors:
• The patient population we serve is almost uniformly complex, with severe, complex illness. We have few “low resource use” patients.
• Optimal care of our patients, as we have discovered, requires a large and ever-increasing team of skilled nurses (we do not employ medical assistants) to provide:
• regular, pro-active follow-up of symptoms, treatments, and responses
• ready access to answers of both simple and complex questions and treatment of evolving symptoms via our clinic portal
• Evaluating and treating a novel and complex illness requires extended visits for evaluation and decision making, often exceeding the already generous times we schedule.
• Documenting and formulating individualized treatment plans, ordering tests, and writing for numerous prescriptions and supplements also demand additional significant time investments.
• Continually evolving both our insights into the syndrome and identifying effective therapeutic approaches requires significant time investments in not only reading and research but in daily collaboration via clinical discussions among a growing network of providers.
• Because we do not (cannot) accept insurance, our prices reflect the true cost of delivering high quality, independent, expert care.
• Unlike many clinics, we are unable to off-set payroll and fixed costs with established profit drivers such as expensive testing, imaging, or procedures.
• Lastly, we strive to offer our staff the salaries and employment benefits they deserve.

What Kind of Care Do You Offer?

• We offer general medical care consultations, targeted medical interventions, and ongoing subscription care. However, the mainstay of our practice is in Covid specialty care:
• For the prevention and treatment of Covid, we offer consultations to provide medicines and a treatment plan to follow in the event of falling ill with Covid (“meds-on-hand”) as well as visits to care for patients with acute Covid.
• For patients with Long Covid or Long Vax, we offer intensive treatment packages which cover 3-4 months of care followed by subscription options for continued, longitudinal care.
• Current wait times are about two weeks for Long Covid or Long Vax syndrome visits

How do I look up my vaccine batches?

• Go to www.howbadismybatch.com, and you can look up Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J shots given in 2021.

What does shedding mean in regard to the mRNA vaccines?

• From this 2015 FDA Guidance document: “The release of viral or bacterial gene therapy products from the patient by any or all of the following routes: feces (feces); secretions (urine, saliva, nasopharyngeal fluids, etc.); or through the skin (pustules, lesions, sores).” The products (i.e. spike protein) are known to be shed via either the synthetic lipid covered nanoparticles or via enclosure within endogenous nanoparticle sized “exosomes” from a vaccinated/boosted person, to another, regardless of their vaccination status. Our impression is that aerosolized particles conveyed via exhalation and inhalation are the primary route of transmission.  Dr Kory’s Substack series on the topic provides insight into the scientific basis of shedding as an observed adverse effect of the mRNA vaccines.  https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/shedding-of-covid-mrna-vaccine-components

What are good resources to learn about PASC and vaccine injury?

⁃ FLCCC website https://covid19criticalcare.com, and its I-RECOVER protocol for both Long Covid and Long Vax, as well as FLCCC weekly webinars, and the FLCCC Long & Short series by Dr Been (both can be viewed on Odysee https://odysee.com), as well as the growing series of articles both online and in print from The Epoch Times https://m.theepochtimes.com.

How would you describe your approach to treatment?

⁃ Our approach to the treatment of Long Covid and Long Vax relies on a deep study of the pathophysiologic processes triggered by the spike protein.  We continually work to identify current and emerging therapies whose mechanisms of action best control or reverse the pathophysiology underlying a patients symptoms. The therapies we employ in an individual patient with this complex disease are often wide-ranging and consist of not only nutraceutical and repurposed compounds, but also intravenous, electrical, photobiomodulatory, mechanical, and hyperbaric treatments.

What are good resources to learn about PASC and vaccine injury?

⁃ FLCCC website https://covid19criticalcare.com, and its I-RECOVER protocol for both Long Covid and Long Vax, as well as FLCCC weekly webinars, and the FLCCC Long & Short series by Dr Been (both can be viewed on Odysee https://odysee.com), as well as the growing series of articles both online and in print from The Epoch Times https://m.theepochtimes.com.

How would you describe your approach to treatment?

⁃ Our approach to the treatment of Long Covid and Long Vax relies on a deep study of the pathophysiologic processes triggered by the spike protein.  We continually work to identify current and emerging therapies whose mechanisms of action best control or reverse the pathophysiology underlying a patients symptoms. The therapies we employ in an individual patient with this complex disease are often wide-ranging and consist of not only nutraceutical and repurposed compounds, but also intravenous, electrical, photobiomodulatory, mechanical, and hyperbaric treatments.

What can I do today to start getting better?

⁃ We have found that the foundation of recovery stems from adopting certain healthy behaviors such as; drinking plenty of pure water every day (using a reverse osmosis filter or water distiller), avoiding processed food and alcohol (food should look like food and not come from a box or a bag), avoiding levels of exertion or exercise which worsen fatigue or other symptoms for hours or days afterwards.
– Weather and season permitting, get at least fifteen minutes of sunshine daily. Focus on optimal “sleep hygiene.” Turn off your Wi-Fi router at bedtime and keep your phone away from your head and body while sleeping, preferably off and out of the bedroom.  Avoid aluminum from deodorants, personal care products, cookware, beverages (aluminum cans) as it increases sludging of the blood through flocculation.
⁃  Further, it is critical to avoid a repeat Covid illness or exposure by utilizing the preventive and early treatment visits that we offer and/or can be found outlined in protocols from the FLCCC Alliance.
⁃  It is critically important that all our existing and prospective patients no longer seek or receive any further Covid mRNA vaccines.
⁃  Lastly, depending on individual environmental sensitivities, some may need to avoid close contact with people who have recently been vaccinated or boosted.

What prescription and over-the-counter medications can make my PASC or vaccine injury worse?

⁃ We strongly recommend against and do not prescribe statins (E.g. Simvastatin, Atorvastatin), PPIs (E.g. Omeprazole, Pantoprazole), poly-ethylene glycol containing products (E.g. Miralax), and antacids containing aluminum (E.g. Pepto-Bismol, Maalox, Mylanta).  

What can I do to manage my pain until my visit?  

⁃ Pain in PASC and vaccine injury can be the result of diverse pathophysiologies, including systemic inflammation and/or low-oxygen levels in tissue due to amyloid fibrin microclotting. Eating real food, avoiding sugar and alcohol, getting adequate rest, and managing stress are all building blocks of pain management. Modest time-restricted eating (intermittent fasting), limiting eating to an eight-hour window on a daily basis can help reduce inflammation.  Patients with diabetes or other chronic health conditions should do so under the supervision of a practitioner.  While Tylenol can be used for pain, it also undermines mitochondrial function, which can worsen fatigue. NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen and Naproxen inhibit the production of DAO, an enzyme which helps break down histamine, and can worsen symptoms from mast cells hyper activated by spike protein.  

Why should I trust you over other providers?  

⁃ We have sacrificed our reputations and livelihoods in order to be able to maintain the welfare of our patients as our primary consideration rather than following the directives of health care bureaucrats under the influence of profit-making corporations.

⁃ We provide care based upon the science and clinical insights we have gained in over two years that we have been studying these syndromes. We place an emphasis on both critical thinking and open-mindedness, and as a result, we are learning from and applying the traditions and insights from a diverse set of disciplines including allopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic, Eastern, and integrative medicine.

⁃ We carefully observe and record the responses to our interventions and adjust plans of care to help you recover as safely and quickly as possible.

Yes, but why Leading Edge Clinic instead of another COVID literate practitioner?  

⁃ We opened our practice in February of 2022, and since that time, have evaluated and treated more than 4,000 patients for acute COVID, PASC and vaccine injury.  We are among a very small number of providers in the United States with the depth and breadth of clinical expertise in treating the diverse spectrum of symptoms resulting from spikeopathy.  Our team continually studies and applies our increasing clinical and scientific knowledge to optimally and safely accelerate the recovery of our patients.

Can I get better?  

⁃ Yes.  The majority of our patients achieve significant recoveries.   A small number of patients have proven to be especially difficult to help recover, but we don’t give up on them, and keep learning and trying to treat.  In most cases, patients can expect to get back to 80-85% of their level of health before injury.  Although all our patients want to get back to 100%, so far, that has proven to be difficult to achieve in most cases.

Will you write for prescriptions for Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, low-dose Naltrexone, etc.?  

⁃ In most cases, these therapeutics are appropriate and prescriptions will be written by our providers.

Can you test for spike levels?  

⁃ We use what we think is an indirect measure of spike, which is a spike antibody dilution level.

Can you test for microclotting?  

⁃ Yes.  We can facilitate evaluation for levels of amyloid fibrin microclotting with flow cytometry, staining, and electron microscopy in a manner which guides clinical treatment.

Do you treat microclotting?  

⁃ Yes.  After detailed discussion with patients re: risk vs benefit of treatment options, we decide together upon a plan of care which can begin to mitigate amyloid fibrin microclotting.