Inflammation Reduction and Pain Relief Inflammation is the bodys response to injury, but too much inflammation can slow down healing and cause chronic pain
Swelling of the face, lips or throat, widespread rash, or difficulty breathing, which can signal a rare allergic reaction and is a medical emergency
Given this information, emerging therapies which target GSH homeostasis such as N-acetylcysteine (NAC), GSH esters, or activation of antioxidant response elements may provide new avenues to interrupt oxidant-driven inflammation in these diseases
A Cochrane systematic review of NAC for COPD exacerbations (39 RCTs, n=7,436) found that NAC and other mucolytics significantly reduced the frequency of acute exacerbations (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62-0.92) (Poole et al., Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2019) [43]